Brewtown Gumshoe

Rachel Maddow is probably our most analytical and insightful television news person. Her recent segment, Decision 1964 , was a stellar prese...

It's amazing how much a newspaper can forget over a one-year period. The Journal Sentinel reported in January 2010 " City's pe...

Between 1997 and 2008, Ron Johnson's PACUR LLC paid no state income taxes, according to One Wisconsin Now . And yet this charlatan - Ro...

If a lie is repeated often enough, Republicans hope it becomes the truth. Republicans are bringing Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) myths ba...

A few falsely-framed and dubious issues in this election cycle (and something I've noticed as more prevalent over the last decade or so ...

A few Republican memes need to be squashed. Most specifically, the idea that government is growing, taxes are increasing, and spending is ou...

A Million Here, A Million There Recessions and Recoveries Are Not All The Same Sad History of Trusting The GOP On The Economy Tax Rates For ...

Here we go again... I guess Tom Barrett feels he can't allow Scott Walker to have all the stupid to himself. As the Journal Sentinel no...

Central Banks Should Do More Job Loss Looms As Part Of Stimulus Act Expires Recessions And Recoveries Are Not All The Same Very Serious Reac...

Scott Walker is out to destroy middle class jobs... again . He wants county workers to take more wage freezes, to eliminate seniority raises...

Regarding the County's undeveloped Park East land, Pat McIlheran blames Mayor Barrett and union wages for lack of construction on the p...

The Journal Sentinel thinks Harley-Davidson was justified and correct in blackmailing the State for $25 million and decimating many well-p...

From Citizens For Tax Justice : Wisconsin — Scott Walker was the winner of Wisconsin's Republican primary on Tuesday. Walker is also r...

It seems Ron Johnson has enlisted the help of former state commerce secretaries, Dick Leinenkugel and Bill McCoshen, to help confuse voters...

The idea of a labor shortage is getting media buzz again. Companies claim they can't find workers with the skills willing to do the job...

Another example of the Journal Sentinel 's loathing of everyday workers, in the case of Harley-Davidson holding the state hostage for su...

Myths And Facts About Tax Cuts New Study Shows Bush Tax Cut Windfall For Wealthy The Case For A New Top Income Tax Bracket

Real Lesson From The Great Depression: Fiscal Policy Works The Slump Goes On: Why? When Will The Bond Auctions Begin To Fail?

A Nation of (Yesterday's) Immigrants How Illegal Immigrants Are Helping Social Security The Effect of Immigrants on U.S. Employment ...

It seems blind faith and self-interest has paid off well for Michael R. Lovell, dean of the UWM College of Engineering and Applied Science. ...

Jon Stewart on Iran .

Hat-tip to Bloggling Blue If Obama is a Muslim agent, Ronald Reagan was an admitted "terrorist" organizer/sympathizer. Neither of ...

Democrats Saving American Capitalism Since 1933 After Voting To Kill The Recovery, GOP Lawmakers Tout It's Success Economic Setbacks Tha...

Some thoughts on governance and the public sector: 37 percent of public workers belong to a union , 7 percent of private sector workers belo...

The economic war among the states is alive and well. Good to see this inefficient, zero-growth, overbidding continuing . [Recall Mercury Ma...

Lately conservatives have come out with a barrage of attacks, false claims, and general chest-thumping in preparation for the midterm electi...

(As an appendage to the previous entry ) the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel exclaims Job One: Focus on Growing the Economy and also highlights...

Recently the Journal Sentinel mused on Growing A Region . It contained typical platitudes recognizable to any even cursory Journal reader....

Uemployment insurance is a disincentive to work, yet subsidizing Wall Street profits, the outsourcing of American jobs, and tax cuts for t...

America, There Is A Better Way: It's Called Germany Fight Back Against The Oligarchy GOP Leaders Remind Voters Economy Does Better Under...

Mythology of Fear About Social Security (excerpt): Now let's take a true measure of where we are. Social Security has been the most eff...

The Journal Sentinel , again, falsely frames an issue. They want us to Hold off on tax increases while the economy lags . But this isn't...

Paul Ryan's Roadmap is a sow's ear being sold as a silk purse. A typical Republican ploy, and Paul Ryan is the latest selling such...

Scott Walker repeatedly cut maintenance funds from the Milwaukee County budget. These budgetary decisions were supposedly examples of tough...

The Journal Sentinel sure has been talking the 'big spender' game lately. Often, the self-proclaimed Watchdog is preaching about cu...

Some interesting facts from a Bruce Murphy April 2010 post : Wisconsin's total tax burden is lower than it has been since 1962 Wisconsin...

County Could Face Another Budget Crisis In 2010 Different View On The State Of The County Fact-Checking Scott Walker Lipstick On A Pig: The ...

Social Security Crisis? Not If Wealthy Pay Their Way Foreign Policy: BP In The Gulf - The Persian Gulf Iran & Guatemala, 1953-54 Regime ...

Joel Kotkin is trying to revise the recent history of increasing city populations, awareness of sprawl, and the actual negatives associated ...

Are Low Taxes Exacerbating The Recession? Developers Getting Tax Breaks On "Agricultural" Land Gas Taxes Give Us Break At The Pump...

Poor Big Business, our mean ole' President is out to get them. At least that's what John Torinus is whining about (yet again!). He c...

I often hear comments about how disgusting it is, and sad, that Milwaukee dumps sewage into the Lake during heavy rainfall. Often implying t...

Tom Daykin reports  the findings of a new study of the Main Street Milwaukee program, conducted by the Public Policy Forum, shows the progra...