Thoughts, rants and musings from the Crevier mansion in De Pere, Wisconsin.
If you know me, you know that I don’t like negative political campaigning. Today is election day here in De Pere, and the negative ads are out again. We have a Republican primary for District 1 in the Wisconsin state senate. The two candidates are André Jacque (current District 2 representative in the state assembly) …
I don’t know, friends. I think the key problem we’re facing these days is that many people feel that the U.S. Constitution should be an employee handbook. If it’s in the Constitution, then people can do it on the football field, at work, at school, etc. That’s not what our Constitution is for. When I …
I’m not a big fan of those contests where participants have to get people to vote for them on Facebook (or via other social media). Those events are obviously much more of a popularity contest and a test to see who’s more proficient at gaining votes via the prescribed technology (or who can drum up …
I hope everyone in America sees this AP story posted yesterday by CBS Los Angeles: “Romance Novel Model Fabio Becomes US Citizen“ While the article focuses on one foreign celebrity, here’s a particularly poignant passage: “The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said in a statement that Fabio was one of more than 6,000 people from …
I sent this letter to U.S. Senator Ron Johnson earlier this week regarding the appointment of a Supreme Court justice to replace the deceased Antonin Scalia. I also posted the text on Facebook, which started up a significant discussion on the state of politics in our country. In that discussion, I wrote two additional posts …
Well it was bound to happen. I’ve got to chime in on the Netflix series “Making A Murderer.” While I have many very specific concerns, I’m only going to address some higher level thoughts along with a few comments about some of the key players. Guilty or Not Guilty or Innocent? I don’t know. I wasn’t …