Senator Ron Johnson has doubled his wealth since being in office, certainly not from his senatorial salary, but largely through benefiting from the tax break that he demanded be part of Trump’s 2017 tax bill.
We live in a feel-good society. Feel-good comes with consequences, at times depriving others their right to feel good moments.
Drunk drivers, drug users, smokers, gamblers, speeders and others throw caution to the winds of consequence causing victims and tons collateral damage each year.
Mother Nature was very good to me on Mother’s Day, bless her. With her strong south winds, she is blowing lots of birds our way, including many species of warblers. This will be the prime week to spot spring migrants.
Years ago, I worked with a man who bristled whenever someone looked over his shoulder at his computer screen. It was practically a phobia for him, and we all knew to stand to the side when collaborating with him. He was such a nice man and worked way too hard so none of us had issues giving him some space.
If a legislator deletes an email, is it truly gone? Not necessarily.
On March 10, Dane County Circuit Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn ordered Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to search for deleted emails that should have been preserved after an open records request from American Oversight, a watchdog group.
Even on the most regular day, life is draining. The work day is long and the demands are great. By the time you hit the pillow at night you may feel like a smart device that has only two percent battery life left.
It has been over two years since we have all been together. So it was a grand reunion when I spent last weekend with six women who have been dear to my heart since 1969. Or was it 1970? We can never agree. We have loved each other through births and deaths, marriages and divorces, and the loss of parents, spouses and children.
The most critical aspect in political “balance of power” is that no one political party should get elitist position garnering carte blanche for governing. That is exactly what we are facing this November. There are those with non-relenting love for their party no matter how many fleas their favorite dog has, dogma remains dogmatic.
