Gregory Humphrey
@gregoryhumphrey.bsky.social
Book author, "Walking Up The Ramp", Podcaster "Doty Land", Political Blogger "Caffeinated Politics", Historian, Fmr radio broadcaster, Fmr Admin. Asst. WI State Assembly, Gay American.
Children Pay No Fee To Enter Classroom, Why Pay A Fee For Lunch? caffeinatedpolitics.com/2026/01/25/c...
Children Pay No Fee To Enter Classroom, Why Pay A Fee For Lunch?
Above the fold in the Sunday edition of the Wisconsin State Journal, readers were again discovering the latest about a topic that our public schools simply need to address head-on. The Madison Scho…
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January 26, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Children Pay No Fee To Enter Classroom, Why Pay A Fee For Lunch? caffeinatedpolitics.com/2026/01/25/c...
Letter From Home: Heartstopper And Hancock 1/23/26 caffeinatedpolitics.com/2026/01/23/l...
Letter From Home: Heartstopper And Hancock 1/23/26
Last fall, at Barnes & Noble, thanks to a large display near an entrance to the bookstore, I first became aware of Alice Oseman, and the Heartstopper series. Several books of her work were prom…
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January 23, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Letter From Home: Heartstopper And Hancock 1/23/26 caffeinatedpolitics.com/2026/01/23/l...
Kites On Ice, Smiles From Madison's Yesterday caffeinatedpolitics.com/2026/01/14/k...
Kites On Ice, Smiles From Madison’s Yesterday
Bert and Ernie above, and Gregory Humphrey and James Wilson during Kites On Ice I looked out at the huge expanse of open water on Lake Monona today and thought immediately of rich memories from two…
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January 15, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Kites On Ice, Smiles From Madison's Yesterday caffeinatedpolitics.com/2026/01/14/k...
Rule Of Law Broken In Trump's Military Strike On Venezuela, Process Matters caffeinatedpolitics.com/2026/01/05/r...
Rule Of Law Broken In Trump’s Military Strike On Venezuela, Process Matters
Process matters. People who engage with me about topics of the day, whether it is stated in words or not, know that I am a process democrat. I firmly believe that the manner in which governing take…
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January 6, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Rule Of Law Broken In Trump's Military Strike On Venezuela, Process Matters caffeinatedpolitics.com/2026/01/05/r...
Madison Independent Police Monitor Like Small Boy Dressing In Dad's Clothes caffeinatedpolitics.com/2026/01/02/m...
Madison Independent Police Monitor Like Small Boy Dressing In Dad’s Clothes
“The point of modern propaganda isn’t only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.” ― Garry Kasparov. It is a travesty for the Madison In…
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January 3, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Madison Independent Police Monitor Like Small Boy Dressing In Dad's Clothes caffeinatedpolitics.com/2026/01/02/m...
Weakness In Standing Up To Putin Emboldens Xi caffeinatedpolitics.com/2026/01/02/w...
Weakness In Standing Up To Putin Emboldens Xi
The calendar has opened to a New Year, but the severe tests confronting the world remain the same as when we closed out the old year. Once again, the threats from large, powerful militaries are eve…
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January 3, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Weakness In Standing Up To Putin Emboldens Xi caffeinatedpolitics.com/2026/01/02/w...
In early days of radio (1920’s), stations weren't sure how far signals reached, so asked listeners to send in reports of when, where signal was heard. Station would then send out postcards to listeners. It was from this beginning that DXing was born. caffeinatedpolitics.com/2026/01/01/d...
DXing Captivated Young And Old Alike
I came across the following diary entries from my husband’s 2nd great-grandfather, George Rowe, who was born just before the Civil War started in 1860. That means he was about 62 years old at…
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January 2, 2026 at 4:49 AM
In early days of radio (1920’s), stations weren't sure how far signals reached, so asked listeners to send in reports of when, where signal was heard. Station would then send out postcards to listeners. It was from this beginning that DXing was born. caffeinatedpolitics.com/2026/01/01/d...
It deeply anguishes me when faiths are maligned, brown-skinned people with different-sounding names get treated with outright bigotry. Our nation is being severely tested as to what our values, ideals are, both as Americans and human beings. caffeinatedpolitics.com/2026/01/01/l...
Let This Be Our Path For 2026
There is a story I would like to retell as we start the New Year. The story resonates given what our nation witnessed in 2025. The growing revulsion with the overly broad, callous, and demeaning ma…
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January 2, 2026 at 4:47 AM
It deeply anguishes me when faiths are maligned, brown-skinned people with different-sounding names get treated with outright bigotry. Our nation is being severely tested as to what our values, ideals are, both as Americans and human beings. caffeinatedpolitics.com/2026/01/01/l...
Interesting, quickly told historical stories from a former radio announcer. As a history buff for over 50 years, I enjoy adding snippets of the past into brief segments that can be shared during dinner parties, over cups of coffee. www.youtube.com/@Trevorjames...
Gregory Humphrey And Humphrey History Minutes
Interesting and quickly told historical stories from a former radio announcer. As a 50-year-plus history buff, I enjoy adding snippets of the past into fast segments that can be told during dinner pa...
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December 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Interesting, quickly told historical stories from a former radio announcer. As a history buff for over 50 years, I enjoy adding snippets of the past into brief segments that can be shared during dinner parties, over cups of coffee. www.youtube.com/@Trevorjames...
Caffeinated Politics Returns With Opinions And Musings January 1st, 2026 caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/12/28/c...
Caffeinated Politics Returns With Opinions And Musings January 1st, 2026
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December 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Caffeinated Politics Returns With Opinions And Musings January 1st, 2026 caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/12/28/c...
Gun Violence/Enough Is Enough
Nino Amato Wants You To Care About Gun Violence In Our Nation, Support Reasoned Proposals caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/12/08/n...
Nino Amato Wants You To Care About Gun Violence In Our Nation, Support Reasoned Proposals caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/12/08/n...
Nino Amato Wants You To Care About Gun Violence In Our Nation, Support Reasoned Proposals
One of Madison’s sound public voices and civic-minded citizens posted a thoughtful and needed statement on Next Door about what can be done to curtail gun violence. Nino Amato wrote what I th…
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December 9, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Gun Violence/Enough Is Enough
Nino Amato Wants You To Care About Gun Violence In Our Nation, Support Reasoned Proposals caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/12/08/n...
Nino Amato Wants You To Care About Gun Violence In Our Nation, Support Reasoned Proposals caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/12/08/n...
In the midst of winter white on the Madison isthmus a solitary shrunken green leaf on a cherry tree shows determination to hold on.
December 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
In the midst of winter white on the Madison isthmus a solitary shrunken green leaf on a cherry tree shows determination to hold on.
Hancock, Wisconsin, comes alive in 1929. Looking at fire that destroyed Hancock’s Main Street, career of Stanley Hamilton, Gus Lawandowski, tragic death of Frank Sigourney, Hancock Theatre, Booth family wedding, Elmer Huckins, boy wants snow for Christmas. dotyland.buzzsprout.com/750500/episo...
Christmastime In Hancock: Depression Years 1929-1932 - Doty Land
A fire that destroys a large portion of Hancock’s Main Street, the career of Stanley Hamilton, the 33-year tailoring job of Gus Lawandowski who builds a house on S. Lake Street, the tragic death of Fr...
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December 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Hancock, Wisconsin, comes alive in 1929. Looking at fire that destroyed Hancock’s Main Street, career of Stanley Hamilton, Gus Lawandowski, tragic death of Frank Sigourney, Hancock Theatre, Booth family wedding, Elmer Huckins, boy wants snow for Christmas. dotyland.buzzsprout.com/750500/episo...
My take. If Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth disregards international law, how can the United States credibly demand accountability from adversaries who commit atrocities? open.substack.com/pub/gregoryh...
Pete Hegseth Must Be Fired As Defense Secretary
Pete Hegseth Must Be Fired As Defense Secretary
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December 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
My take. If Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth disregards international law, how can the United States credibly demand accountability from adversaries who commit atrocities? open.substack.com/pub/gregoryh...
My new podcast. From Hancock, Wisconsin, and the days of the Depression during Christmastime. New Doty Land Podcast: Christmastime In Hancock During Depression Years 1929-1932 caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/29/n...
New Doty Land Podcast: Christmastime In Hancock During Depression Years 1929-1932
A fire that destroys a large portion of Hancock’s Main Street, the career of Stanley Hamilton, the 33-year tailoring job of Gus Lowandowski who builds a house on S. Lake Street, the tragic death of…
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November 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
My new podcast. From Hancock, Wisconsin, and the days of the Depression during Christmastime. New Doty Land Podcast: Christmastime In Hancock During Depression Years 1929-1932 caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/29/n...
My podcast. The world's longest-running radio show turns 100 years old on November 28, 2025—the Grand Ole Opry. From memories of Loretta Lynn, Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, WSM radio announcer Grant Turner, and others, this tribute looks at classic country music. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Happy 100th Birthday Grand Ole Opry!
Podcast Episode · Doty Land · 11/28/2025 · 18m
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November 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
My podcast. The world's longest-running radio show turns 100 years old on November 28, 2025—the Grand Ole Opry. From memories of Loretta Lynn, Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, WSM radio announcer Grant Turner, and others, this tribute looks at classic country music. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Trump cannot threaten Congress with death and remain in the White House. caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/20/t...
Trump’s Angry White Male Rage Vs. American Democracy
I have long thought that Ron Ziegler, the press secretary to President Richard Nixon, had the toughest job in that role of any I have watched over the course of my life. Every day, there were quest…
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November 21, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Trump cannot threaten Congress with death and remain in the White House. caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/20/t...
Standing Up To Donald Trump's Bullying caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/18/s...
Standing Up To Donald Trump’s Bullying
When it comes to being bullied, there is only one way to react. By being determined. In the opening days of my high school years, I found myself sprawled on the cafeteria floor with my tray and foo…
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November 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Standing Up To Donald Trump's Bullying caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/18/s...
The point the Chicago City Treasurer is making is that if taxpayer dollars can be used to underwrite racist federal enforcement tactics, why shouldn’t they also be used to defend community values? open.substack.com/pub/gregoryh...
Standing Up To Donald Trump’s Bullying
When it comes to being bullied, there is only one way to react.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The point the Chicago City Treasurer is making is that if taxpayer dollars can be used to underwrite racist federal enforcement tactics, why shouldn’t they also be used to defend community values? open.substack.com/pub/gregoryh...
Congress will not work on ACA premiums, but the House and Senate in 1 day can pass the Trump/Epstein pedo files measure, send to the WH.
a gauge that says irony at the top
ALT: a gauge that says irony at the top
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November 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Congress will not work on ACA premiums, but the House and Senate in 1 day can pass the Trump/Epstein pedo files measure, send to the WH.
Headline about my column concerning underhanded Senator Ron Johnson. caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/16/s...
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Headline about my column concerning underhanded Senator Ron Johnson. caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/16/s...
Headline in Cap Times about my column. If Ron Johnson or any other elected official feared entanglement in these investigations, the solution was simple: do not engage in actions that violate the laws of the land. Especially those governing the election of the President of the United States!
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Headline in Cap Times about my column. If Ron Johnson or any other elected official feared entanglement in these investigations, the solution was simple: do not engage in actions that violate the laws of the land. Especially those governing the election of the President of the United States!
If Ron Johnson or any other elected official feared entanglement in these investigations, the solution was simple: do not engage in actions that violate the laws of the land. Especially those governing the election of the President of the United States! caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/16/s...
Senator Ron Johnson Should Not Collect $500,000 For His January 6th Actions
There were many reasons to follow the way the federal government shutdown ended. From healthcare to SNAP to the treatment of federal workers upon the government reopening. But one of the more odd a…
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November 17, 2025 at 2:03 AM
If Ron Johnson or any other elected official feared entanglement in these investigations, the solution was simple: do not engage in actions that violate the laws of the land. Especially those governing the election of the President of the United States! caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/16/s...
How to replace child sex crimes as headlines? Trump weighs Venezuela strikes as U.S. forces prepare for attack order
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
How to replace child sex crimes as headlines? Trump weighs Venezuela strikes as U.S. forces prepare for attack order
Letter From Home: "Conversations" 11/13/25 caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/11/13/l...
Letter From Home: “Conversations” 11/13/25
It was a beautiful night in Madison. Clear skies and the temperature was 46 degrees. For November at 9 PM, I call that a win. As such. I put the top down on the convertible and set off to pick my b…
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November 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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