I’ve often mentioned here that the main problem with youth sports today is adults. And that was borne out again this weekend as the “real story” surfaced as to why Appleton East Boys Basketball Coach John Mielke suddenly announced his resignation mid-season on Saturday. As Appleton Post Crescent reporter Ricardo Aguello hears it Mielke quit after…… READ MORE
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How ‘Bout a Little Credit Over Here?
To make it seem less like an election year gimmick, Governor Scott Walker is out trying to sell his proposed $100 child tax credit as a “rebate” because the state is projected to run a surplus in the current budget. That leads me to ask, why can’t childless adults get in on that rebate action…… READ MORE
Water, Water Everywhere and Nary a Drop to Drink
If The Graduate was to be remade today (and I’m surprised it hasn’t been since Hollywood ran out of original ideas for movies about two decades ago) Mr Bailey would be telling Benjamin “I’ve got one word for you son, desalination”. As more people choose to live in areas where freshwater can be scarce,…… READ MORE
Now They Might Own the Future
There seems to be a lot of concern about the firing of Jason Kidd as Milwaukee Bucks head coach this week. Personally, I’ve felt that Kidd is a below-average coach, who is inconsistent in his player rotations and makes few effective in-game adjustments. But there are those who fear that firing Kidd–especially in the awkward…… READ MORE
Yes, It Is Your Money–And You Gave It To Them
Expect the drums of American Socialism to beat loudly for another couple of days. A British report finds that the three richest men in the US–Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett–have as much wealth as the lower one-half of the American population. Those three alone are worth about 250-billion dollars–the same as the poorest…… READ MORE
What a Difference a Year Makes–or Does It?
Saturday marked one year since President Donald Trump’s inauguration. My first thought was “are you sure it hasn’t been three years?” The second thought was “How would this year have been any different had Hillary Clinton won in 2016?” Certainly, our political discourse would have been very different. No late night Twitter rants, fewer…… READ MORE
The Other “Stupid Tax”
While they don’t make me as upset as Christmas shopping ads before Halloween (or Thanksgiving) the pre-tax season ads by tax preparers like H&R Block and Jackson-Hewitt do make me sad. It’s not because it reminds me that I need to grind over my own returns in a few weeks, but rather because so many…… READ MORE
He’ll Be Your President Then
With special election wins in several states since the last Presidential election, Democrats are becoming more confident in a “blue wave” sweeping across the country in the mid-term elections later this year. They are feverishly working computer models that show the possibilities of winning back a majority of not just the Senate but even the…… READ MORE
A Myopic Vision
Beware local politicians that say they have a “vision for the city”. Those visions tend to be very narrow and myopic. The latest example of that is a battle brewing between the new owners of the former Kmart/Sears building on Koeller Street here in Oshkosh and the City Plan Commission. U-Haul is looking to…… READ MORE
Why They Aren’t Coming From Norway
Not everyone chose to focus on the profanity in Congressman Dick Durbin’s description of President Trump’s comments on immigrants last week. The internet was also full of memes attacking the President’s wish to have more immigrants from Norway. Most of the posts pointed to Norway’s standing as the “happiest country on earth”. Others listed the…… READ MORE
