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Blaska's Bring It!
with David Blaska
02/10/14France’s Hollande goes for the gold, turns away from socialismYou know that socialism has failed when even socialists turn their backs on socialism. Will someone please tell John Nichols, former Enron adviser Paul Krugman, and Howard Dean’s Democratic wing of the Democratic Party? Posted at 12:18 PM | Permalink | Comments: 2 |
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02/06/14If Russell Wilson and Bill Cosby don’t blame whitey, why are Madison bridges racist?Wisconsin Badgers and Seattle Seahawks football fans should do a jump-around to celebrate the fact that Madison Ald. Anita Weir had no contact with quarterback Russell Wilson during his formative years. Posted at 10:50 AM | Permalink | Comments: 8 |
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02/05/14Our obsession with the homelessI write this in early January on the coldest day in 18 years, with temperatures of 20 degrees below zero and wind chills that threaten life and limb. As Hyman Roth might have said, this is the climate we have chosen. On balance, we have decided the good outweighs brutally frigid days. But the human species is not always rational. A temple in India is devoted to rats, which have free run of the place. The Bears re-signed Jay Quitler. And many chronically homeless people shun free shelter, even in winter. Posted at 11:35 AM | Permalink | Comments: 14 |
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02/03/14Honey, I sorted the leftist news mediaFirst, some Super Bowl chatter: The indentured servants here at the Stately Manor enjoyed the Super Bowl, lopsided as it was. That was the real surprise, that the Seahawks could be so much better than the Broncos. But why so many run plays when you’ve got Peyton Manning, who rarely threw downfield? Good for Radio Shack joshing its behind-the-times image with all those ’80s characters, like Cliff Clavin and Hulk Hogan. Who expected to see Bob Dylan doing a commercial? But it was for a good cause, Detroit. Posted at 10:07 AM | Permalink | Comments: 12 |
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01/29/14Gov. Walker: Revoke this teacher’s license!This is Scott Walker’s equivalent of Ronald Reagan’s “Tear down this wall.” Politically adroit, the governor’s latest challenge to the education establishment is also good policy. The governor is trying to help students and their parents, if they would only realize it. Name another governor (and legislature) who froze UW tuition for two years running. Posted at 11:29 AM | Permalink | Comments: 25 |
Raised on a farm near Sun Prairie, David Blaska is a recovering liberal who spent 18 years in daily newspapers, including 12 at The Capital Times in Madison as a reporter and editor. He served Gov. Tommy Thompson as acting press secretary in 1998 and is a veteran and survivor of 19 years in state government. He served 12 years on the Dane County Board of Supervisors. From December 2007 to November 2011 he wrote the consistently popular "
