Jeff Rusinow

He’s not in residence yet, but we’re getting closer!  Right next to where this photo was taken the inaugural stands are being built.

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Jen’s 96 year old grandfather died late Thanksgiving evening in Houston, Texas.  I had the opportunity these last few years to get to know him;  I was always impressed with how mentally sharp and physically active he was, even as recently as a couple months ago when he was in Milwaukee for the Summer.

Skip’s obituary:
Born [...]

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OK.  Enough of blogging on politics.  In fact, for the next few months, enough of blogging much on anything, while I finish my book on angel investing and the other subjects I’ve been taking notes on for the past 20 years.  So back to showing pictures; this one was taken earlier today:

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In his previous 2000 campaign and throughout much of his political career, I liked John McCain.  He was indeed The Maverick, and a war hero who had sacrificed so much for our country, and I gave him a lot of credit for who he was.  Even while I could see how he was going ‘right’ [...]

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I must admit:  when Senator McCain chose Sarah Palin, I thought the choice was brilliant, from purely a Republican strategic standpoint.  Talk about energizing your base and bringing evangelicals into the fold!   Guys like Tim Powlenty and Mitt Romney just wouldn’t have revitalized the campaign like Palin did.  My conclusion was that McCain, coming out [...]

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In the weeks leading up to Election Day, I spent a fair amount of time drafting what I planned  to be an email that I was going to send to all of my friends, but particularly to my Republican friends, urging them to vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden.  As the appeal took shape [...]

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Back in May, I blogged about a great new political website FiveThirtyEight.com.  In the months leading up to last week’s historic election, it became one of the most popular sites for political junkies like me.  Nate Silver, and later his fellow blogger Sean Quinn, did an absolutely outstanding job aggregating data from all the polls [...]

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OK, this is a belated post, but I’m back, after taking a hiatus in October and early November while consumed with the presidential election.
On Halloween night, we visited Cedarburg, Wisconsin, where a friend I used to work with when I was at Kohl’s moonlights as a one-man band, on his drums and singing backup to [...]

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