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Town gets water decision right

Town gets water decision right But will city get it right? Waukesha Freeman May 23, 2013 Page A 6 Opinion My son fell behind in reading class and found himself stuck reading a book he didn’t like for a report he didn’t want to write. When he complained again about the book, I reminded him that had he started to read the book when he was supposed to, he might have been able to switch books. Now... [Read more]


Good Garvey, Graeme!

Former Democratic Party of Wisconsin spokesman Graeme Zielinski has guest-posted a blog post at Blogging Blue attacking Ed Garvey of Fighting Bob. Several times over the course of my job Garvey behaved with total dishonesty, both to me and with the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, with whom he seems to be nursing some kind of special hatred (last I checked, he’s not a member). At first, I tried to... [Read more]


Don’t fear school choice

Don’t fear school choice Waukesha parents deserve options Waukesha Freeman May 16, 2013 Page A6 Opinion The Waukesha Freeman reported the usual suspects against school choice met in the city at Horning Middle School on Monday night. They were opposing the expansion of school choice to the Waukesha School District and they were asking for more money for public schools. Tom Beebe of the Institute for... [Read more]


The Reverend Wright on the rubber chicken tour in Milwaukee

I spent Friday night with MICAH, bad Italian food, and the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Over at the MacIver Institute, I wrote about the evening’s entertainment. If there was a humorous, slightly politically incorrect moment for the evening, it was when Father Tomas Mueller presented the Volunteer Award at the dinner to the co-chairs of the Immigration Task Force. Poor Father Mueller could not remember... [Read more]


It’s… alive!

Graeme Zielinski leaving the Democratic Party to write a book (probably the Daffy Duck coloring book) can only mean one thing, a return to Twitter. The Lord hears the cries of the poor. Blessed be the Lord. — Graeme Zielinski (@gjzielinski) May 19, 2013   …because Jerry Springer isn’t nearly as entertaining. Meanwhile, the genius behind the original hiring decision at the Democratic... [Read more]


All they need to do is break into RNC headquarters

White House plumbers threatening our First Amendment rights looking for leaks? Check. Government pressure on the White House’s enemies list? Check. Scandal with a cover-up? Check. A potential foreign policy quagmire in another country’s civil war? Check. An embarrassing Vice President? Check. Scandalous Attorney General involved in a cover up and invoking Executive Privilege? Check. Perhaps... [Read more]


It’s her day, but … Mom should have plenty of reservations about this ‘treat’

My Waukesha Freeman column about Mother’s Day from 2007. Not much has changed. – JW It’s her day, but … Mom should have plenty of reservations about this ‘treat’ By JAMES WIGDERSON Waukesha Freeman May 10, 2007 Consider this my public service announcement to the male of the species. This Sunday is Mother’s Day. No, really, it snuck up on you again. You probably should’ve... [Read more]


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