By State Representative, Leon D. Young As you probably know, the Super Bowl is scheduled to be played this Sunday, February 5 in Indianapolis,Indiana. The big game (Super bowl XLVI) is a rematch between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots. Just four years earlier,New York beat New England in Super Bowl XLII [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young A funny thing happened to me last week. I began receiving a series of very expensive-looking campaign mailings from the Republican Party of Wisconsin of all people, extolling the political accomplishments of Scott Walker – after one year in office. As you might expect, this campaign literature was rife [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young As the economy continues to emerge slowly from the depths of the greatest economic downturn since the Great Depression, the blame game remains very much en vogue. By this, I mean who gets vilified or blamed for the current economic misfortunes of White Americans. Of course, a great deal [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young Next week, the nation will once again pay homage to The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – the world renowned civil rights leader. It’s hard to imagine, but it has been 44 years since an assassin’s bullet tragically struck him down in Memphis ( Tennessee ), while advocating [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young The New Year signals the start of new things and new beginnings. Some of these things will be welcome events, like finding a new job or the arrival of a new child. However, other forthcoming events will be far less desirable and much more devastating, like the advent of [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young Let me begin by wishing all of you a belated Merry Christmas. The Holiday Season is in full swing and everywhere you look you see signs of this joyous time of the year. I recently had the misfortune of seeing a Scott Walker TV commercial. Believe it or not, [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young Everyday at 12 o’clock noon, the Solidarity Singers gather in the Capitol Rotunda, without fail, and regale denizens of the building with their shouts, chants and songs. This daily protest arises out the public’s distain for Scott Walker’s decision to severely limit the collective bargaining rights for most public [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young We are all familiar with the storyline in the Christmas classic ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ by Dr. Seuss. The Grinch, a mean-spirited and conniving hermit, decides to steal Christmas from the Whos in Whoville because he gets enormous pleasure from making the lives others miserable. Does this sound [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young The U.S. Census Bureau now estimates that more than four out of 10 schoolaged children in Milwaukee live in poverty. This new revelation about the recent poverty spike comes in tandem with the new information about the relative scope of the problem. It seems that poverty now has a [...]

By State Representative, Leon D. Young America now finds itself at an interesting crossroads. Over the next few years, it is estimated that this country will need one million new teachers, as more and more baby boomers begin to retire. (A baby boomer is a person who was born during the demographic Post-War II baby [...]