Wisconsin v. California, Madison v. Palo Alto, Badgers v. Cardinal: it’s Wisconsin and Stanford on 1.1.13 at 4 PM. So, what happens? The Cardinal are about a touchdown favorite. Badgers are coach out, old coach back, with a new coach in the wings. By cold calculation alone, it would be Stanford’s game. I’ll go with…

Congress and the White House have yet to agree on (let alone pass into law) a budget deal to avert the much-discussed fiscal cliff of automatic cuts through sequestration. Do you think there will be a deal, before the first of the year? I’ll say yes, there will be a last minute arrangement of some…

Noon, 12.16.12, at Solider Field: a no-longer-cordial rivalry. (It’s never been cordial between the teams’ fans.) Packers are about a field-goal favorite, and that seems mostly right to me, but a one-possession game still would be susceptible readily of twists and turns altering the outcome. I’ll say Packers by 1, 21-20. What do you think?…

It’s a trip to the Rose Bowl for Wisconsin.  Along the way, the Badgers lost one coach, but got another one (temporarily) back. So how do they do? Stanford’s about a touchdown favorite right now, but I think the Badgers win, present odds notwithstanding, 28-17. What do you think? 2013 Rose Bowl Winner

Here’s a 2012-2013 version of a poll first published last year: when will Whitewater see her first accumulated snowfall in the 2012-13 season? It’s mild weather ahead for the weekend, but when will that change into an appreciable snowfall? (Let’s call an appreciable snowfall at least one inch.) Comments are available, including for those outside…

It’s a gift-giving, shopping season. What are your favorite shopping options, from among the most common choices? Multiple answers are possible. My favorites are Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. How ’bout you? Preferred Shopping Times

During a 27-10 loss to the Colts, the 1-8 Jacksonville Jaguars coach Mike Mularkey threw his headset and clipboard onto the field, costing his team a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. The Colts are now 6-3 on the season. I’ve embedded an animated picture of the incident, h/t BigLeadSports.com. One can guess that with a 1-8…

Four days until election day, and there’s been more than one way to cast a ballot. How will you have voted, if you’re voting: early or election day? When Will You Vote (Early, Election Day, Not at All)?

So what’s your favorite? Top Halloween Candy

We’ve had two debates this fall, in the presidential race, of different formats: a presidential race debate with the candidates standing at a lecterns, and a vice-presidential debate last night with the candidates seated at a table. This difference in the style of the presidential and vice-presidential debates has been followed since 2000. Correction, 5:29…

I saw that our local Walmart had a section with Christmas decorations for sale. It’s probably the same with other Walmart stores, and similar retailers. So, today’s question: When’s a good time, in your view, to begin selling Christmas decorations? The question’s not about what should be permissible (I’d say anytime, after all), but what…

I asked in an earlier poll if readers would watch the major-party conventions (most respondents said that they would), and here’s a poll about the last big, formal political events between now and November 6th. (Otherwise, it’s campaign ads and speeches as each candidate wishes, with no set schedule as with the conventions or debates.)…