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Blaska's Bring It!
with David Blaska
03/25/13A colloquy on school choice and government coercion with Ed HughesEd Hughes is one of the more thoughtful liberals in town. We’re lucky to have him on the Madison school board if for no other reason that the alternative could be much worse. There are many more like Marj Passman out there, folks! Mr. Hughes has posted a lengthy post at his must-read blog defending the public school monopoly. Did I say “lengthy”? It is a filibuster. Posted at 08:16 AM | Permalink | Comments: 3 |
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03/22/13Chicago’s public schools are in shutdown modeMay explain why former Chicago schools administrator Jennifer Cheatham sought greater opportunities here in Madison. The Chicago school system is closing 61 school buildings to address a $1 billion deficit; 140 of its 681 schools are at least half-empty. Might not a tiny voice be whispering to Fighting Ed Garvey, John Nichols, Jeff Simpson, the UW School of Education, and other bitter-enders that perhaps the Chicago teachers union bears some responsibility for a) the financial deficit and b) the flight of students out of the public schools? Posted at 09:17 AM | Permalink | Comments: 4 |
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03/20/13Charity for Madison’s ‘Occupiers’ means not enabling antisocial behaviorWhat would Jesus do? What would Pope Frankie One do? In taking the name of Francis of Assisi, the new pope encourages all of us to help the less fortunate. It is a welcome message. God is in the details. What truly helps the poor and what only assures that they will remain poor? Posted at 01:15 PM | Permalink | Comments: 2 |
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03/18/13Greece is an economic basket case because of ... austerity?Backwards reels the mind. Your humble Squire made Wisconsin a little bit smarter during his appearance on Wisconsin Public Radio’s Week in Review program Friday. He was paired opposite The Progressive magazine’s Ruth Conniff. Feeling entitled to her own facts as well as her own opinions, the Lefty lady postulated that Greece was in the economic dumpster because it had practiced fiscal austerity all these years. Posted at 01:55 PM | Permalink | Comments: 1 |
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03/15/13Manski and Democrats used Madison’s minorities as partisan cannon fodderMadison Prep was the mouse that roared. How can you explain the fear and loathing Madison’s power elite directed at the Madison Urban League’s proposed charter school? The Urban League’s Madison Prep charter school would have been just one school amid 50 Madison public schools. It would have taught 800 kids out of 27,000 enrolled in the district. The school board would have retained the ultimate authority to shut it down. So why the sturm und drang over this niche school? Posted at 08:28 AM | Permalink | Comments: 17 |
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 "
