For many years – and despite nearly a decade of corporate welfare and crony capitalism from the WEDC and local versions of it – Wisconsin has seen a decline in younger workers and families. Shamane Mills writes Report: Migration Key To Wisconsin’s Workforce (“State Has Seen Large Drop in Net Migration Of Families With Children…
Lifestyle
China, Economics, Economy, Foreign Affairs, Health, Lifestyle, Trade, Trump
A Metaphor for Trump’s Trade Policy
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Wisconsin businesses are bracing themselves for European Union retaliation against Trump’s trade tariffs (“Harley-Davidson motorcycles, dairy products, ginseng, cranberries and other Wisconsin goods are likely to feel the sting of retaliation from steep tariffs announced Thursday by the White House on foreign metals”). Meanwhile, there’s no better visual metaphor for the difference between Trump’s trade…
Business, City, Environment, Hip & Prosperous, Lifestyle, Local Government
Places Trying to Cope
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Film, Lifestyle
The Value of Knitting for an Afghan Refugee
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The short documentary Stitches is the story of a man who finds peace in knitting—after establishing a life in exile as an Afghan refugee during the Soviet–Afghan War. The subject is the filmmaker Abdullah Abo Jassin’s uncle, who writes, “His story connects in a way with all what my family has been through over the…
Lifestyle, Sports
Yukigassen
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Beautiful Whitewater, Business, City, Free Markets, Lifestyle
Having Nice Things in Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS • • 7 Comments
Some months ago, a community group, while embarking on a new project, began using the saying, ‘yes, we can have nice things in Whitewater.’ One supposes that they meant the saying as an expression of optimism about their chances for success, along the lines of we can do this. It’s also probable that they intended…
Film, Lifestyle
Kite Flying Time, Collapsed
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Adventure, Good Ideas, Lifestyle
The Cinder Cone
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The Cinder Cone from Farm League on Vimeo. In the Spring of 2014 a small group of close friends broke ground on a building project in Skamania County, Washington in the Columbia River Gorge. Their primary endeavor was a multi-platform tree house, but also included a skate bowl and a wood fired soaking tub as…
Adventure, Cycling, Good Ideas, Lifestyle, Nature
The World’s Largest Indoor Bike Park
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City, Hip & Prosperous, Lifestyle, Local Government, Planning
The Common Council Session for 1.20.15
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
I’ve two quick remarks about last night’s Council session. On an appointment to the Third District seat until April, I’d say Brienne Diebolt-Brown was a solid choice. Three residents were willing to be appointed, two of whom (Ken Kienbaum, Christopher Grady) are running in the spring general election. Ms. Diebolt-Brown doesn’t plan to run in…
Health, Lifestyle, Nature
The Health Benefits of Going Outside
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Animals, Lifestyle, Poll
Friday Poll: Whose Deer?
by JOHN ADAMS • • 4 Comments
Whose Deer? A young Wisconsin hunter shoots a deer, but the animal survives and flees onto adjacent private property, where the adult property owner then shoots the deer, killing it. My question is not about Wisconsin hunting regulations, but what one thinks should have happened, apart from any regulations. In this case they settled with…