When does 1.9 = 2.4?
When you are the City of Madison police department. Ok - you asked for it. Several people asked me, "why isn't that on...
Why lowering the Curfew Time is a Not Such A Good Idea
Thanks to Tariq Pasha and the Steering Committee of the Dane County Youth Resource Network for the following information and analysis. Could Madison...
Stop Piling on….
I know Chris Rickert, is fairly new to the Wisconsin State Journal, but I usually really like his columns. Today however, his...
State of the City: An analysis
A whole lotta pro-business. A dash of police state and anti-progressive. Zero progressive. Here's the old and new initiatives he talked...
Take Back the Bike Path!
In response to the shocking sexual assault on the Capitol City trail last Saturday Morning, local residents of the Marquette Neighborhood have organized a Take...
Misplaced Priorities
The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then get elected and prove it.
P.J. O'ROURKE, Holidays in Hell
The Village Board in...
Crime Snapshot
These two graphs from the Madison Police Department speak volumes about the reality of crime rates in Madison.Population Growth in the City of MadisonNumber...
Serious Crime or Quality of Life
The Isthmus has reported on how the police a going to crack down on the west side, and included the letter the police department...
Halloween: By the numbers
Congratulations! This year, the State St. Halloween celebration seems to have ended successfully! "Riots" at 1:43 am didn't need to end in...
Singing for the 1st
Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper. ~Thomas Jefferson, letter to Nathaniel Macon
One thing that is common place...
Scratchiti has it all . . . .
Rarely, have I seen:a) such a colossal brazen attempt to get media attentionb) over a "feel-good",c) "solution-in-search-of-a-problem" ordinanced) that has "unintended consequences",e) has "no...
It’s a stick up!
Police overtime. You have no choice, you have to pay it. It's an annual heist and we pay and pay and...