Congressman Steve Kagen (D) told WLUK-TV he might not vote for the Senate health care bill when it comes to the House of Representatives, the first step in the reconciliation process.
“I have made the case to the speaker and also to the White House that we should take small pieces, small bites,” Kagen said. “In [...]
State Representative Jeff Wood countered the efforts to oust him from the state assembly with an amendment to the expulsion resolution that listed the arrests of every state legislator since the birth of the republic, pointing out none of them were expelled.
Wood actually drafted a wildly entertaining 12-page amendment to Nass’ resolution, in which he [...]
The unions representing Milwaukee County employees and Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker are locked in a struggle, and at stake is the financial well-being of Milwaukee County. The county budget for 2010 called for a number of concessions by the union. Since the union isn’t cooperating, extra furlough days have been added and the layoffs [...]
I’m sure Al Gore will be proud of the way some people decided to reduce their carbon footprint:
A seven-month-old baby girl survived three days alone with a bullet in her chest beside the bodies of her parents and toddler brother.
Argentines Francisco Lotero, 56, and Miriam Coletti, 23, shot their children before killing themselves after making [...]
Senate candidate Terrence Wall, when asked about global warming during an interview on WVCY, said the Earth’s climate changed over billions of years. When the show opened up for phoned questions and comments, one caller said Wall was a hypocrite for saying the Earth was billions of years old when Wall said he believed in [...]
Publication: Waukesha Freeman (Conley); Date: Feb 25, 2010; Section: Opinion; Page: 8A
Newcomer’s flip-flop
Rep. co-sponsors but now against bill on electoral votes
(James Wigderson is a blogger publishing at http://www.wigderson.com and a Waukesha resident. His column runs Thursdays in The Freeman.)
If it seems silly to be talking about the 2012 presidential elections now, normally I would agree [...]
The Legislative Audit Bureau has completed their study of Wisconsin’s public charter online schools, and the results are in: these schools are successful. As I wrote for the MacIver Institute this week, it’s time to celebrate their success by lifting the caps:
Students enrolled in virtual schools exceeded their brick and mortar counterparts in [...]
Publication: Waukesha Freeman (Conley);
Date: Feb 18, 2010;
Section: Opinion;
Page: 8A
Election results send message to City Hall
But is Scrima a good alternative to Nelson?
(James Wigderson is a blogger publishing at http://www.wigderson.com and a Waukesha resident. His column runs Thursdays in The Freeman.)
If nothing else, the columnists at The Freeman will have plenty to write [...]
Who’s the winner? I guess, me. I get to write about this election. One thing is certain: I won’t run out of material.
Perhaps the correct expression, given the circumstances, is a Morton’s Fork. From Wikipedia:
A Morton’s Fork is a choice between two equally unpleasant alternatives (in other words, a dilemma), or two lines of reasoning that lead to [...]
Waukesha voters have five choices in tomorrow’s primary election for mayor.
The incumbent, Larry Nelson, I dealt with at length in my newspaper column. Since the column appeared, Nelson has taken the unique approach of appealing to the Waukesha electorate by mentioning praise from Democratic State Senator Mark Miller, who represents the Madison [...]
