One thing about the World Cup that is difficult for Americans to understand (besides how supposedly top-notch officials can be fooled by flopping time and again, or why the time on the clock isn’t really how much time is left in the game, and why you would decide elimination games by using penalty kicks) is…… READ MORE
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Living on a Leash
When my wife and I thought we would be having kids we would see other parents out in public with their children on what I called a “kiddie leash”. It was a harness with a leash like you would use on your dog–but it allowed kids a small amount of room to roam while Mom or Dad…… READ MORE
We hear all the time about how our technology has led to “isolation” in our society. We ignore each other while sharing rooms or dinner tables–staring at our phones and tablets. We head off to separate rooms to watch different television shows every night. We play video game versions of sports and other activities rather…… READ MORE
Red Herrings
The Winnebago County Board will be voting tonight to clutter up the November ballot with non-binding referenda meant to increase Democratic turnout in a very contentious election year. Two questions, one dealing with creating a non-partisan commission in Wisconsin to draw up legislative maps, the other to decriminalize and tax marijuana could go before voters…… READ MORE
When Your Heroes Let You Down
I’ve noted here before that Phil Mickelson is my favorite golfer. His go-for-broke style on the course and the time that he makes for fans off the course endears him to millions of other golfers. I’ve defended him in arguments that he is a phony and is just as snobbish as Tiger Woods–but that he puts…… READ MORE
We Choose Not To Do These Things Because They Are Hard
It’s real easy to be “outraged” about politics today. It’s easy to post a scathing tweet or a Facebook update. It’s easy to retweet a link to a Salon.com article or to troll the social media account of the NRA or Fox News Channel or a lawmaker. It’s easy to grab an Uber with your friends and…… READ MORE
Controlling the End
Just a warning, this My Two Cents is probably going to result in the greatest outrage of any I’ve ever done because it takes a non-emotional look at a very emotional issue: suicide. We are being told that we need to have another “national conversation”–this time about suicide. A couple of celebrity deaths last week…… READ MORE
Leaving No Doubt
The old adage (often mis-attributed to Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain–it’s actually from the Bible) holds that “Tis better to remain quiet and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt”. Someone at the White House needs to hang a poster with those words in the Oval Office as a…… READ MORE
More Potty Talk
First, a My Two Cents Update: The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association has decided to just cancel its planned Democratic Gubernatorial Debate, rather than try to come up with a way to make it palatable with 10-candidates demanding to be on the stage. The WBA says it now wants to focus just the general election–when the field of…… READ MORE
The Over-Accommodated Generation
While millennials are correctly labeled the “Entitlement Generation”, they can also bear the title of “Most Overly-Accommodated Generation” as well. Their expectations go beyond just getting a trophy or verbal praise for everything they do to a belief that their every need must be met not just by the government, but by the entire private…… READ MORE
