One of the four Sterling Hall bombers, Dwight Armstrong, is dead from lung cancer according to The Wisconsin State Journal. He was 58 years old. On August 24, 1970, Armstrong, his brother Karleton Armstrong, Leo Burt, and David Fine bombed Sterling Hall in Madison with a van full of explosives to “protest” the Vietnam [...]
Abortionist Caryn Dutton is leaving Wisconsin for a position with the Harvard Medical School. In this case, Wisconsin’s loss is Wisconsin’s gain. Dutton was central to the plan to perform second-trimester abortions at the Madison Surgery Center. Unfortunately, we’re “assured” by the UW Health that plans to perform these abortions continue.
Pro-Life [...]
UW-Madison is teaching teachers this summer how to speak hip hop. Continuing credits, fo shizzle.
The Hip-Hop Educator and Community Leader Training Institute planned for July 7 through July 11 is in its fifth year. The registration deadline is May 18.
Institute director Michael Cirelli said using hip hop in the classroom is vital because the [...]
Oh, if I put some thought and research into it, I bet I could find plenty of dumber ideas going through the legislature. But State Senator Glenn Grothman’s idea to put the state in charge of plowing Madison would have to rank right up there on the list.
State Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, said it’s [...]
Climategate has impact on Wisconsin
UW grad challenges global warming orthodoxy
(James Wigderson is a blogger publishing at http://www.wigderson.com and a Waukesha resident. His column runs Thursdays in The Freeman.)
Who is Patrick Michaels? Michaels is a scientist at the center of the global warming controversy and the target of many e-mails revealed in the Climategate [...]
The MacIver Institute is investigating the connection between UW researchers and Climategate, the scandal concerning global warming researchers fudging the numbers and suppressing criticisms of the theory.
MacIver has discoverd that several UW researchers were included in group email conversations that discussed masking data, incorporating false trends into climate research, and blocking efforts to correct that. [...]
It had to happen, I suppose. Mel Brook’s comedy classic “Blazing Saddles” is no longer suitable for even adult viewing on a university campus.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has apologized to a black student who during a class last year was shown a clip of the movie “Blazing Saddles” that features racial epithets.
During a seminar [...]
The Associated Press is reporting UW-Madison is giving seven liquor stores and a grocery store scanners that spot fake id’s.
Wouldn’t it be great if poll workers had scanners like these available on election day?
Wouldn’t it be great if poll workers actually had to ask for identification?
The circus museum in Baraboo was closed this week due to the flooding. The clowns were let loose in the world of politics as we begin this week’s search for the Idiot Politician of the Week.
This week I promise an all-badger state connection, unfortunately. Despite the record rainfall and flooding disasters, some politicians [...]
In this week’s “WisOpinion: The Show”, Jeff Mayers interviewed Bryan Kennedy, the president of the AFT. Kennedy endorses the appointment of Biddy Martin as UW Madison chancellor because she supports collective bargaining rights for faculty. In other words, you can’t say you weren’t warned. Kennedy also wants to tax businesses more rather [...]
