As I See It

It has been 24 days of silence from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire since ProfessorJosé Felipe Alvergue used violence in an effort to intimidate conservative students. That silence led me to file an open records request and it took 10 days and multiple follow-ups, but they finally acknowledged it. Now over to the University of […]

I went to what was called a town hall meeting on Tuesday night with Congressman Mark Pocan (D-Madison). It was a campaign rally, not a town hall. The groups who organized the event spent nearly $16 million to support Democrats in 2024 and exactly $0 to support Republicans. The event was clearly scripted and there […]

The NFL draft begins Thursday. Hosted in Green Bay — the NFL’s smallest market. Word is it’s going to bring $90 million in economic impact across Wisconsin, including $20 million in Green Bay alone. Around 250,000 are estimated to visit the city for the draft. If those numbers are true, it makes you wonder why […]

Last week, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr made a series of inaccurate comments about people who are on the autism spectrum. I’m not going to repeat them because they’re simply wrong in so many cases.   Perhaps before he spoke, he should have done some research where even a quick search on […]

Did you get any greeting cards from friends and family for Easter? Or did you send any yourself? President Donald Trump gets into the spirit during major holidays. He posted a message online saying ‘Happy Easter to all,’ but he didn’t stop there. The president followed with comments about people he doesn’t like. Such as, […]

I asked the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire one very simple question: Is José Felipe Alvergue, the professor accused of violently intimidating conservative students on campus, on a paid or unpaid administrative leave? UW-Eau Claire passed me off to its media relations director for the entire Universities of Wisconsin. Its response: “This is an ongoing personnel […]

If there’s one thing good about Donald Trump, he sure gets everyone involved in politics. Sure, that takes illegally deporting a Maryland father of three to an El Salvador gulag and then trying to justify that somehow. And maybe that’s the problem with politics — the need for something so outrageous to happen, for people […]

This is a historic day for the City of La Crosse.   A new mayor, Shaundel Washington-Spivey, is sworn in this afternoon at City Hall.  As a La Crosse resident, I’m interested to see how the new mayor tries to implement his vision for the city to make life better for everyone on all sides of […]

In 1974, Congress made a stunning and disturbing discovery. It had actually written rules that limited its ability recklessly spend taxpayer money. So what did it do? It changed the rules. It created something called reconciliation, a sneaky procedural shortcut that has eliminated the filibuster, limits public debate to 20 hours and lets massive spending […]

Freedom of speech does not mean just speech you like. It actually means protecting voices —especially the ones that you don’t like. It’s been over a week now since UW-Eau Claire professor, Dr. José Felipe Alvergue. used violence in an effort to intimidate and silence conservative students on campus. The response from the university has […]

Elections are over. At least for awhile. La Crosse swears in a new mayor — Shaundel Washington-Spivey — next week. Six members — four rookies — of the La Crosse City Council will be sworn in, as well. Then, the next week, the La Crosse School Board swears in its three new members — through […]

One of the things I love about living in La Crosse is the opportunity to just take a walk.   This time of year, it’s fun to walk the marsh trails and check out the migrating ducks, geese, and swans that are headed back home from their winter in the south.  Even better, it’s too cold […]