Published by LPulaski on Wed, 01/05/2022 - 12:36pm
“We can never know about the days to come, but we think about them anyway … So I’ll try and see into your eyes right now and stay right here, ’cause these are the good old days.” — Carly Simon, “Anticipation”
Carly Simon’s song about the difference between anticipation and reality comes to the wonderful conclusion that reality can be pretty darn good when you get right down to it.
These are the good old days: Now, you can take that at least two ways.
The American Society of Civil Engineers heralded President Joe Biden’s Nov. 15 signing of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill as “a historic bipartisan achievement that represents the largest investment in our nation’s critical infrastructure in a generation or more.”
Two years ago, a Madison East High School teacher chaperoning a Minneapolis field trip crept into students’ rooms using copies of their room keys and planted hidden cameras in their bathrooms.
On Nov. 22, a few weeks after the teacher, David Kruchten, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, the Madison School Board finally updated its field trip policies to prohibit chaperones from holding on to student room keys.
In early October, we finally got a glimpse into the Biden administration’s approach to trade when Ambassador Katherine Tai outlined a “New Approach to the U.S.-China Trade Relationship.” Tai made clear the intention to maintain several policies from the previous administration, including keeping hold of tariffs and zeroing in on enforcement. The stated difference in the new approach is to simultaneously build out more collaborative efforts with our allies.
In recent years, Wisconsin’s two public research universities, UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee, have aggressively and strategically built a faculty roster with a wealth of expertise in some of the world’s most cutting-edge and crucial fields.
Senate Bill 71, now known as Wisconsin Act 116, is officially signed into law and will hopefully prevent any future backlog of rape kits in the state justice system. It also allows survivors of sexual assault to keep track of where those kits are in the process instead of waiting for years with no word about whether justice will ever come.
Back when I was fool enough to run for the state Assembly, this quarter-century ago now, I found myself wandering a stray street in Ashwaubenon, which was weird because I was running for a seat that represented the northwest side of Green Bay and the village of Howard.
Published by LPulaski on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 12:25pm
In a state as abundant in water as Wisconsin, it’s easy to take for granted the rich groundwater resources running below our feet. Our Great Lakes contain 20% of the world’s fresh surface water, and there is more than enough water available for drinking, recreation, wildlife and business. However, growing concerns over the public health and ecological impacts of agricultural and industrial pollutants in our water mean we must reevaluate how we manage water resources in Wisconsin.
Published by LPulaski on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 12:10pm
Happy Thanksgiving. With these words, you often hear a message of thanks. This holiday, I echo this message and share my immense gratitude to everyone from the farmer to the consumer. In 2021, however, I also want to share my tremendous pride this Thanksgiving, and I hope you, Wisconsin agriculture, are proud as well.
On Nov. 22, a few weeks after the teacher, David Kruchten, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, the Madison School Board finally updated its field trip policies to prohibit chaperones from holding on to student room keys.