From the June 6, 2010 CSI Walworth County Sunday "The Way we see it" column:

As the Obama administration continues to inexplicably wring its hands over mere mention of the global war on Islamic terror — the war that dare not speak its name — it’s worth recalling a savage and decisive battle waged 68 years ago in the South Pacific.

The first months of 1942 were grim for the United States and its World War II allies. Hitler controlled Europe with a ruthless, cutting-edge war machine. Imperial Japan, meanwhile, had destroyed the heart of the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor and conquered the Philippines, along with numerous other islands throughout the Pacific. But at Midway Island, an otherwise unremarkable atoll 1,200 miles west of Hawaii, U.S. forces beat back the Japanese advance and turned the tide of the awful war in the Pacific.

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From the May 30, 2010 CSI Walworth County Sunday "The Way we see it" column:

Over the years, as Americans became further removed from the great conflicts of the 20th century, we’ve wondered whether the soul of Memorial Day has been sacrificed to a national obsession with recreation.

Today, however, the continuing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan remind us — some more intimately than others, to be sure — that this solemn holiday always will be much more than just a day at the beach.

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From the May 23, 2010 CSI Walworth County Sunday "The Way we see it" column:

As Democratic members of the Wisconsin Legislature continue to issue news releases patting each other on the back for their heroic commitment to jobs, jobs, jobs, we note that America’s CEOs are less than impressed.

The magazine Chief Executive recently surveyed 651 CEOs across the country in an effort to rank the best and worst states in which to do business.

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From the May 16, 2010 CSI Walworth County Sunday "The Way we see it" column:

From Big Foot High School to the big mouths of political hacks, here are a few hits and misses from the headlines in recent days:

Hit: Hats off to Big Foot and Fort Atkinson school officials, who say they will continue to use Indian team names, despite a new state law that allows the chronically aggrieved to challenge the use of race-based nicknames and mascots. 

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From the May 9, 2010 CSI Walworth County Sunday "The Way we see it" column:

“I do think, at a certain point, you’ve made enough money.” — President Barack Obama

The president was “off-’prompter” when he uttered that revealing statement during a recent anti-Wall Street rally, but when the POTUS ignores the TOTUS, you know you’re getting the real BHO.

That said, we have a hard time believing that moneyed elites living a leftist la vida loca will wind up on the Obama camarilla’s list of People With Enough Cash. Consider, for example, Al Gore. The yammering high priest of the Cult of Global Warming recently shelled out $8.8 million for a carbon-belching ocean-view villa in California. (Better to keep a rheumy eye on those rising seas, apparently.) The laughable hypocrisy of that purchase aside, one might consider asking the president, “Has carbon mogul Al Gore made enough money?”

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From the May 2, 2010 CSI Walworth County Sunday "The Way we see it" column:

At first, we thought it was a story from The Onion, the satirical newspaper with headlines like, “Obama Promoted To Senior Vice President Of American Affairs” or “Gun Goes Off During Life’s Third Act.” But the story was real, even if the headline suggested otherwise: “Illinois protesters call for tax increase.”

Some 15,000 public-sector union members and social-services advocates — apparently unencumbered by job duties — gathered at the Capitol in Springfield in the middle of a work week April 22 to demand a 33 percent increase in the state income tax in order to prevent budget cuts.

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