The relationship between the Trump Administration and the media reached a ridiculous new low last week when TV cameras were banned from the daily White House briefing. CNN actually brought in a sketch artist to capture Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s image during the conference–like it was some Federal court hearing or a Renaissance-era drawing of…… READ MORE
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An Unwelcome Addition
The WIAA Board of Control has decided to add a shot clock to high school basketball in Wisconsin starting in 2019. As an official, a broadcaster and a fan of high school hoops, I am vehemently opposed to this measure. From the standpoint of an official, this is one more thing that can lead…… READ MORE
Maintaining Separation
I wasn’t able to tune into much news yesterday so I missed the excuses Democrats had for losing another special election for Congress. Was it Russian hacking that cost Jon Ossoff the race in the sixth district? Or was it gerrymandering this time? Was voter ID requirements the reason so few Democratic voters turned out? …… READ MORE
Bro Country USA
Country USA kicks off in Oshkosh today. There will be no shortage of cowboy boots, inappropriately short jean shorts, cowboy hats, backwards trucker hats, beer, Confederate flag images, giant mugs filled with double-strength mixed drinks and, of course, mud. But one thing that will be in very short supply is female artists. A cursory…… READ MORE
Not Big Enough
In the lead up to the 117th US Open at Erin Hills the key word was “big”. It’s a big course with big fairways, big greens, big bunkers, big crowds, big wind, big fescue areas, etc, etc. Only the big hitters would have a chance there. The scores would be big and it would be…… READ MORE
One Weird Day
Any time you put on a large event, things that you couldn’t possibly anticipate will come up. But I’m guessing the organizers of the US Open at Erin Hills could not have imagined a weirder first day of competition. Needless to say, none of us who went to the golf course Thursday expected to…… READ MORE
When the “Victims” Strike Back
A lot of terms were used to describe the man that opened fire on Republicans members of Congress at their baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia on Wednesday. “Bernie Sanders supporter”, “left wing extremist”, “disturbed”, and “troubled” were the most common used by those investigating the matter, those who were among the targets and those who…… READ MORE
Less Than Compelling
Usually us curmudgeons like to go on and on about how sports, music and movies were better in “our day”. I think that you can add Congressional hearings to that list as well. That’s what I was thinking during both the James Comey and Attorney General Jeff Sessions testimony the last couple of weeks. While…… READ MORE
Un-settling the Science
While James Comey was sucking up all the oxygen in the room, there was a pretty major science announcement last week. It turns out that the human species might be much older than we originally thought. Fossils found in Morocco place our earliest ancestors on the planet as far back as 350-thousand years ago. Until…… READ MORE
Open Week
Welcome to US Open week here in Wisconsin. Many of you will be venturing down to Erin (or Hartford or Richfield–I’ve seen all three used to describe the location of the course in stories) for practice rounds the next three days–or for the competitive rounds Thursday through Sunday (and possibly Monday–more on that later). Here…… READ MORE
