The Right Not to Join
So there is a law requiring workers to join a union and pay dues. Isn't there some irony in the fact that unions were formed to protect workers from being forced to do things against their will . . ....
View ArticleIt's Okay to Grow Up
Did you ever look at your dog lying in the pool of shunshine coming through the window and think . . . "You've got it made!" Wouldn't that be great, to have no worries, and just lie in the sun? Or look...
View ArticleCelebrating 25 Years of School Choice
On May 8th, Hispanics for School Choice is hosting a School Choice 25th Anniversary Gala at Potawatomi Hotel and Casino. Governor Walker will be there, along with former Governor Tommy Thompson. The...
View ArticleThe Genius of Catholicism
Pope Francis’ new Encyclical on the environment will surely cement his place as the darling of the media. It’s true that John Paul II was a very visible Pope, but that had more to do with his charisma...
View ArticleWhy Free Food and Used Clothes Wont End Poverty
As a member of Lumen Christi Parish in Mequon Thiensville, we have a sister parish in the city called Our Lady of Divine Providence (OLDP) that we support as part of our parish outreach. OLDP is a...
View ArticleAre you a Producer or a Consumer?
Some people have said that the world can be divided into two kinds of people -- those who divide the world into two kinds of people, and those who don't. At the risk of falling into the first category,...
View ArticleA Lesson on Poverty from the Packers' Loss
I spent the weekend in New Jersey in and around the area where the majority of the Revolutionary War battles were fought. My host was a history buff and told us how unlikely it was that the colonists...
View ArticleObama prepared his budget. Did you?
There was a lot of talk in the news about budgets earlier this month. It started with President Obama’s proposed budget, which he must submit on the first Monday of February according to the Budget Act...
View ArticleOn Streetcars and Value Creation
The proponents of the Streetcar system in downtown Milwaukee seem to summarize their position this way: The new Streetcar system could enhance downtown Milwaukee and make the city more attractive to...
View ArticleOn High Expectations
Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If it is not true that a diving being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals has gone completely off its head.” --G.K. Chesterton If we are to...
View ArticleOn Responsibility
“Our children must learn to take full responsibility for their actions. The whole democratic system depends upon it. For our system is founded on self-government, which is untenable if the individuals...
View ArticleWhat is Self-Governance?
"Not being able to govern events, I govern myself" --Michel de Montaigne Governance generally refers to the interplay of two things: command and obedience, those who rule, and those who are subject to...
View ArticleIs the "wage floor" really a good idea?
By Sept. 7, 2015 10:29 p.m. The push to pay $15 per hour for the new arena work seems to reast on the idea that $15 per hour is the amount of money that a worker can live on comfortably. It's about...
View ArticleCinderella's shock value
Disney is the undisputed champion of the fairy tale. In the past century they have given the world renditions of all the major fairy and folk tales with class, beauty and impeccable production values....
View ArticleRising Above Class Warfare
At an economic roundtable a few weeks ago, one of the presenters cited as a concern the growing divide between rich and poor and the aggressive response of many people to news that they don’t like,...
View ArticleDonald Trump must go
There is no doubt that billionaire business mogul Donald Trump will electrify the Republican primaries like reality TV. Already, his presidential candidacy shot up in a CNN poll showing Trump getting...
View ArticleScott Walker the flip-flopper
By Aug. 24, 2015 6:28 p.m. Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign for president is sputtering. His poll numbers nationally have fallen and he has gone from first to third in Iowa poll. His overall approval...
View ArticleShorewood hates freedom of the press!
| Here’s a story that you’d think the mainstream media would take more interest in. A number of Wisconsin communities just voted to pull your freedom of speech. I have often heard that, if the Bill of...
View ArticleNativism and #BlackLivesMatter: Something in common?
By Aug. 27, 2015 1:28 p.m. We see two political sentiments motivating powerful minorities of voters. The first is nativism, seen in the candidacies of both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. The targets...
View ArticleOne thing Conservatives need to know about Trade and Trump
By Aug. 26, 2015 1:30 p.m. A conservative friend of mine came rushing in the old Thiensville State Bank building this morning and cried, "is it true what Rick Esenberg has been saying about Trump and...
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