Despite this being the ugliest local election cycle in my memory, I'm actually feeling pretty mellow. Actual footage of  Johnson County ...

The personal drama and online cruelty of the June 2 primary is getting to me, and I am about to get a lot more busy, so I'm checking out...

I'm an Old Straight White Guy (and feeling a lot older than I did a year and a half ago). I get that we have more than had "our tur...

I grew up in Wisconsin and in school we learned about the Wisconsin Ideas and the Progressives. And we were proud of that. The original prog...

I consider myself a mainstream Democrat. If you want to measure me, my contested caucus track record this century is Bradley-Dean-Obama-Clin...

Remember that scene in Big Bang Theory where Amy ruins Indiana Jones for the guys ? If you hated that, stop reading now.  As an entire gener...

OK, here's one that's been bugging me: I understand as well as anyone that if Iowa Democrats are going to succeed, we have to win mo...

Since Koni's passing, I've been going to a lot more events than I used to. Being around people keeps me positive. And I missed a lot...