June 30, 2019, 6:01am Columns
President Donald Trump’s immigration policy has crossed the line from gratuitous cruelty to flat-out sadism. Perhaps he enjoys seeing innocent children warehoused in filth and squalor. Perhaps he thinks that’s what America is all about. Is he right, Trump supporters? Is he right, Republicans in Congress? Is this what you… Read story
June 30, 2019, 6:01am Columns
After President Trump called off a military strike on Iran for its downing of a U.S. military drone, some compared his decision to President Barack Obama’s shameful failure not to enforce his “red line” in Syria. Sorry, the two situations are completely different. Trump was right to show restraint, and… Read story
June 30, 2019, 6:01am Columns
Hypertourism has become the curse of desirable places all over the world. It refers to the swarms of tourists who clog the plazas and narrow streets of prized cultural destinations — Florence, Venice, Barcelona, Prague and others. Party cities, such as Amsterdam, where both prostitution and marijuana are mostly legal,… Read story
June 29, 2019, 6:01am Columns
Can’t anybody here play this game? Read story
June 28, 2019, 6:01am Columns
This week I’ve tooled around the south-central Wisconsin towns of Orfordville, Monroe, Footville and Oregon, shopping at the Piggly Wiggly and Blain’s Farm and Fleet, eating burgers at the North Side Pub and Grill and taking in a Beloit Snappers minor-league baseball game. Read story
June 27, 2019, 6:01am Columns
Several current trends among millennials do not bode well for Democrats. Indeed, they suggest a greater affinity for (many) Republican policies, notwithstanding a, perhaps, contiguous dislike for the GOP’s leadership. Read story
June 26, 2019, 6:01am Columns
Washington residents hoping for a rare sighting of their governor will get their chance tonight, when he participates in the first of two debates for Democratic presidential candidates. Read story
June 25, 2019, 6:01am Columns
Joe Biden backtracked on the wrong old thing. Read story
June 24, 2019, 6:01am Columns
What’s worse than a humanitarian crisis at the southern border that is eerily and despicably reminiscent of our forced internment of Japanese Americans during World War II? Read story
June 23, 2019, 6:02am Columns
It has been a distressing couple of weeks in environmental news. Read story
