I was at the Labor Day rally at the Marcus Amphitheater where Sen. Barack Obama spoke. Certainly I expected a high degree of security. But they pulled something new out of their bag of tricks that really left me scratching my head.
The guards had made us dump all liquids, just like at the airport (though [...]

Today’s Journal Sentinel’s “Crossroads” section is a virtual festival of fallacious thinking, misunderstanding of reality, and just plain wrong-headedness.
Reader Advisory Committee Member Kelly Kasum Ressel, for instance, criticizes those meddling local bureaucrats who mandate that pool owners put up proper fencing to keep children out. She complains that this places the responsibility on the pool [...]

Journal Sentinel Community Columnist Al Smith shares some apocalyptic words about the proposal to require employers in Milwaukee to provide paid sick leave to all employees.
In truth, I think a requirement limited to Milwaukee is a bad idea that could backfire; I’d like to see a statewide mandate, or better yet (dreaming here), a national [...]

Jay Mariotti of the Chicago Sun-Times has a piece today about the Brewers’ acquisition of CC Sabathia and what it means to the Cubs. Perhaps out of envy, he takes a few shots at the city of Milwaukee.
I understand, and even forgive, the statutory reference to Laverne and Shirley (and Lenny and Squiggy). But was [...]

I know I pick on Patrick McIlheran a lot, but he just keeps writing the dumbest things. Like today’s “Quick Hit,” which I must quote in full:
Obama, Reagan and the world of make-believe
Barack Obama visited Mount Rushmore the other day, full of audacious curiosity. He asked a ranger about the chase scene across the monumental [...]

Shorter Roger Frank Bass, Professor of Education and Community Columnist:
Hey, you kids get off my lawn!
(”Shorter” concept invented and perfected by bloggers much more clever than I am.)