WI Governor Scott Walker transfixed by a small blinking light Madison, WI In an unprecedented move Wednesday morning, the Wisconsin State Legislature approved a $300 million emergency spending bill to educate Governor Scott Walker. Citing Governor Walker’s history of cutting the state’s education budget by $1.2 billion and his support for drug-testing welfare recipients even after such […]
Read more +Okay, so the title is a bit of click bait. Fiscal conservatives aren’t a myth, exactly, but recent events in my home state of Wisconsin have helped to drive home just how rare the species has become in the modern political landscape. With the birth of the tea-party in 2009, it appeared a genuine, grassroots […]
Read more +Hey, audiences, we love you. We really do. We couldn’t do this comedy thing without you. Well, I guess we could, but telling jokes to an empty room is not fun for us. Trust me, we’ve all done it. But, sometimes, this magical relationship between performer and consumer can get a little testy. Over the […]
Read more +There’s been a movement among authors lately to be more open and transparent about what they earn. Jim C. Hines has been sharing an annual report for seven years already, while Hugo winner Kameron Hurley made waves last week with her own blog post. The purpose of these reports is not to boast. Far from it. […]
Read more +With another Super Bowl Sunday upon us, my social media feeds are again reminding me of the truly bizarre, self-imposed wall that exists between so much of nerdom and sports. I am a massive nerd. I am also a massive football fan. These are not contradictory stances. One does not exclude you from being the other. Growing up in […]
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