With more athletes joining Colin Kaepernick in his protest against the National Anthem, sports teams are engaging in a game of “Hide the Anthem”. Team USA Soccer star Megan Rapinoe joined the fray this month by “taking a knee” during the Anthem before a game with her Washington women’s professional league team. She announced that she…… READ MORE
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The Last Saints
Over the weekend, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was canonized as a saint by Pope Francis. The nun’s canonization comes just a couple of years after Pope John Paul II was given the same honor–on a fast-track basis. The two may be the last “modern” saints to join the Catholic canon. The greatest challenge “modern…… READ MORE
A Down Year
The Wisconsin Badgers kick off their 2016 season this weekend at Lambeau Field–and I’m not filled with as much optimism for this year as I have been in the past. A killer schedule combined with the first real effects of the poor recruiting from the Gary Anderson years have the Cardinal and White looking at…… READ MORE
What He Meant To Say….I Think
One of the more entertaining aspects of the Presidential campaign so far has been watching the “surrogates” for Donald Trump try to explain what the GOP nominee’s platform is. Usually, lower-level politicians like that are provided with key talking points–and a few significant numbers–to memorize and provide in answers to all questions. But because the Trump…… READ MORE
Ignorance Is Bliss
The Obama Administration is moving into a new phase in the War On Terror: Ignore them and they might go away. In a speech in Bangladesh, Secretary of State John Kerry said the following: “Remember this: No country is immune from terrorism. It’s easy to terrorize. Government and law enforcement have to be correct…… READ MORE
Let Him Sit
Why are we so touchy about people who don’t show “proper patriotism”? We’ve heard plenty about American athletes not showing “respect” for their flag or the National Anthem the last couple of weeks. Gymnasts weren’t putting their hands over their hearts or singing along to the anthem at the Rio Olympics. And then on Friday, Colin…… READ MORE
A New Low
It didn’t seem possible, but we may have hit a new all-time low in the aftermath of the Teresa Halbach murder case. I’ve debated the last few days whether to address this. We didn’t do a news story on it–unlike some other outlets–because the people behind it really don’t deserve the coverage. But I think everyone…… READ MORE
A Trip Back In Time
I paid a rare visit to the Wittman Regional Airport terminal building here in Oshkosh yesterday. Unless you are renting a car from Hertz, taking the Greyhound bus out of town, or voting, you don’t have much reason to go there nowadays. Ironically, my visit was for the unveiling of plans for a building that…… READ MORE
The End of the Peace Dividend
While I would never endorse Donald Trump’s call to end NATO, it would provide a very interesting case study into how long the social democracies of Western Europe could continue to maintain their vast nanny states if they had to pay for their own defense. During the Brexit debate, European Union bureaucrats argued that it…… READ MORE
The Epitome of Customer Non-Service
Allow me to vent about a major retailer for a moment. Nearly two years ago, we purchased an entire office-worth of furniture from the Ikea in Schaumburg, Illinois, with plans to replace our current home office fixtures. The plan was to put in new flooring in the room before construction of the do-it-yourself furniture. Unfortunately,…… READ MORE
