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WandaVision’s Opening Act is a Little Bumpy
Take two A-list Hollywood actors in Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany, put them in a (popular, at the moment) period setting, in a superhero (also super popular at the moment) story, and hype the ever-loving…
The Year 2020 in SciFi Was…Pretty Good, Actually
Anyone who knows me knows I’m a huge SciFi geek. There’s something about seeing creative people imagine the future, the past, the present, in ways that don’t exist…but maybe could. Star Trek, Star Wars, Westworld,…
Does Jim Hackett Even Know What Ford Does?
Let’s start off with this: Ford Motor Company CEO Jim Hackett has been in an unenviable position from the start. His predecessor, Mark Fields, a Ford lifer, generated record profits during his three-year tenure as…
The Way Eddie Lampert Has Run Sears Should Be Illegal
A recent report by CNN Business says this holiday season is ‘make or break’ for Sears Holdings, the parent company of the Sears and Kmart retail giants. This report, apparently, filed from their “No Kidding”…
Wisconsin Republicans think they’re doing you a favor by cutting early voting
In an editorial penned by Rick Esenberg, head of the Republican “Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty,” he argues…badly…that Republicans are actually expanding early voting hours when they cut them in the raft of “lame-duck”…
How to Sort Out Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight Data Leading Into the Midterm
Nate Silver is a talented man. Talented enough that what started out as a political statistics blog, FiveThirtyEight.com, has been bought and sold and expanded and fooled with a few times since its inception during…
Recipe & Tasting: Wisconsin Alt Blau (After 4 Years in a Barrel)
I’ve had this mead sitting in my basement since before we moved into our current house four years ago. I made it as an experiment, in two 5-gallon batches. The idea being, one would be…
If World Leaders Want to Get Anywhere With Trump, They Need to Learn to “Sting Like a Bee”
With recent news of President Donald Trump wanting to pardon boxing legend Muhammad Ali for his conviction for draft dodging (which was already vacated by a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1971!!!), it put…
I’m Getting the Feeling Jack White is Getting Bored – Boarding House Reach [Track by Track]
Let me start this review this way…I love Jack White. I love his virtuosity on guitar. I love that he takes risks. I love that he loves music. And I love that he doesn’t entirely…
Can Nathaniel Rateliff Do Any Wrong? Answer: Yes, but Not While Playing with the Night Sweats – Tearing at the Seams [Track by Track]
I’ve been a fan of Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats since the first time S.O.B. popped up on Pandora while cooking dinner one night. The self-titled debut album from the Colorado-by-way-of-Missouri-based band was a…