Remember That Time I Went To Africa?

I don’t know if I would call this my most surreal experience, but it is definitely up there. Here I am, in the Minneapolis airport, the Sunday after Thanksgiving, on my way to Africa. By myself. For work.
Before you ask, let me just say, I’ve got no clue. Really. Within a matter of weeks I [...]

Health Care Reform, SCOTUS, and Civil Rights Reform

So here it is. This term the Supreme Court will decide the fate of the Affordable Care Act, a fact that given the fight for passage and then fight in the courts, is not that surprising.
So far the bulk of the focus has revolved around the individual mandate, perhaps the least popular provision of the [...]

Hot Damn, Tammy Baldwin

I first met Tammy Baldwin back in 1996 when I was working as a page for the Wisconsin State Assembly in Madison. It was my first post-college job and Tammy was already a force in the statehouse, even if she was routinely part of a vocal minority.
Now she’s running for U.S. Senate after a solid [...]