Social Dilemma

Today's Social Dilemma, 9 year old twins, a boy and a girl from Ames Iowa were selling lemonade outside their house the other day when a car pulled up and someone grabbed their money jar. The police found out and showed up with other city workers and bought a mass amount of lemonade so they could replenish the money lost. What is the lesson to this story? If someone did this to your kids, and you...

Today's Social Dilemma, all over the country, there are shortages of restaurant workers. Therefore, service has slowed down and many customers are not happy. In some cases they are responding by being very rude and disrespectful to the underpaid over worked wait staff. Have you noticed slower service and angry customers? If you saw a fellow customer treating workers poorly would you you intervene...

Today's Social Dilemma, a group of Madison Bicycle activists held a rally over the weekend. Their goal is to get to zero deaths on Madison streets from traffic accidents by 2030. They also say using the police for traffic enforcement creates disparity so the only way to solve the problem is to redesign our streets. What do you think of their approach to public safety on our roads?

Today's Social Dilemma, bacon could soon disappear in California. In 2018, voters passed a referendum that requires farmers to give pigs, chickens and others more room to graze. Pork producers in Iowa, where most of California's bacon comes from is having a tough time meeting the state's new law. How much do you care about livestock's ability to roam around?

Today's Social Dilemma , the Madison planning commission temporarily halted a 40 million dollar development project that would have caused the demolition of the Wonder bar. That building has quiet the history, including being a mob hangout in the 1930's. Is it important to save old buildings with historical significance and character or is development more important?

Today's Social Dilemma, with the music festival Lollapalooza happening in Chicago this weekend, with great bands like Journey and the Foo Fighters headlining the event, I thought it would be a good time to ask you the best music festival or multi act music show you ever attended was?

Today's Social Dilemma, Eric Clapton has announced that he will not play any concert where proof of vaccination is required for ticket holders. Meanwhile, the Foo Fighters have gotten blow back because their shows require proof of vaccination. Who is showing more concern for their fans, Clapton or the Foo Fighters?

Today's Social Dilemma, the Caledonia police were accused of planting evidence in a Facebook post that went viral a couple days ago. The short clip posted by the man pulled over shows an officer tossing a plastic baggy into the suspect's car. People immediately started accusing the police of planting evidence on a suspect including George Floyd's family attorney Benjamin Crump. It turns out the Ca...

Today's Social Dilemma, after 106 years, the Cleveland Indians are changing their name to the Guardians. What do you think about teams changing their names and what team in professional sports do you think has the best name?

Today's Social Dilemma, I went out for Ice Cream the other day, I spotted this option on the menu at a place that serves daily products. I posted the photo on my personal Facebook page jokingly saying we should ban these so called ' Vegan Shakes' in Wisconsin. Would you ever try a vegan shake? Isn't a little insulting to serve this in America's Dairyland?

Today's Social Dilemma, a Madison bus driver was actually facing potential punishment after being attacked for enforcing the city's mask policy on a Madison Metro bus. The two suspects beat the bus driver, he hit the alert button on the bus but it was too late. He fought back to save himself, the city said he wasn't supposed to have any physical contact with his attackers. What are bus drivers sup...

Today's Social Dilemma, not only did Grannis Antetokoummpo carry the Milwaukee Bucks on his back to win a NBA championship, he actually likes being in Wisconsin. Considering Aaron Rodgers turned down a contract with the Packers yesterday, does the Bucks championship make you want the Packers to repair their relationship with their star quarterback or is it time to say goodbye to someone who doesn'...

Today's Social Dilemma, we are now seeing the consequences of the pandemic of the unvaccinated. Hospitals are filled with covid patients where vaccination rates are low, the stock market took a big hit yesterday and mask mandates are coming back. Is it time for employers, schools and private businesses to mandate people be vaccinated?

Today's Social Dilemma, I came across this yard sign in Madison Friday. Believe it or not, there are some people who are opposed to building a new jail in Dane County. The current jail, built in the 1950's, is unsafe and inhumane .The new jail project keeps getting delayed and the cost to build a new one keeps going up. The people opposed to the project literally believe it is cruel to keep almost...

Today's Social Dilemma, several times recently, vegetarians have claimed, they were mistakenly served meat products from McDonald's when they had ordered the vegetarian lookalikes at the fast food chain. In both cases, they claim they instantly started vomiting after biting into the real meat. Here is my question; if you are so disgusted by meat, why would you order something that is trying to dup...

Today's Social Dilemma, GM is having trouble finding temporary workers at some of its plants. One of the problems is, when prospective employees find out about mandatory drug testing, they they don't come back for a second interview. Michigan legalized Marijuana several years ago. The UAW is asking GM to stop the drug testing policy. Do you care if the people who make your car are recreational pot...

Today's Social Dilemma, Paul McCartney turns 79 today. His impact on rock music is immeasurable but is he the person you think is most important in the history of Rock & Roll? If not, who do you think will go down as the most important rock star in making Rock & Roll a permanent staple in music?

Today's Social Dilemma, QR codes have become the bane of my existence, for some reason, many restaurants have decided because of the pandemic, that menus are not sanitary. They want you to download their menu on your cell phone. On my recent trip, I found that now museums and other venues are doing the same. I refuse to learn how to do this, it is a pain in the neck and not customer friendly. Do y...

Today's Social Dilemma, how many of you are getting tired of the Packers Rodgers drama? Between the Packers president dissing their star quarterback and Rodgers wearing a ridiculous tshirt and making sarcastic remarks, it seems nobody seems to care about the most loyal fans in the NFL.

Today's Social Dilemma, Pickup trucks are under attack from the publication Consumer Reports. They say that today's full size trucks have too many blind spots and therefore are especially dangerous to pedestrians. For those of you who drive full sized Pickup trucks, do you agree with that assessment? For those of you who don't drive one, do you find them menacing to share the road with?

Today's Social Dilemma, another high profile chain restaurant has arrived in Madison. Raising Cane's serves 'chicken fingers 'with fries and Texas toast. I've noticed a trend with restaurants that serve chicken these days. It is all boneless white meat. No drum sticks, thighs or wings. It appears young people don't like eating chicken off the bone. I think they are missing the best part of the bir...

Today's Social Dilemma, here we go again, another soap opera with the Green Bay Packers and a star quarterback. Evidently there is a lack of trust and bad feelings between Aaron Rodgers and Packers management. Do you think the Packers should trade their unhappy quarterback or try to patch things up?

Today's Social Dilemma, for the first time in a long time, the US Supreme Court will hear a gun case. Two men are challenging a New York law that makes anyone who applies for a conceal carry license show that they have a special need distinguishable from the general public to get the permit. Should the burdon of proof be on the citizen to prove they need self protection? Since Wisconsin inacted Co...

Today's Social Dilemma, The Madison School district sent two Zoom links out for parents to discuss the verdict in the Derek Chauvin case. One link was for "parents of color " and the other for " white parents ". The district claims they were trying to create a so called 'Affinity Spaces' . West High principal Karen Boran said "the goal was to create space for our families to discuss this topic". W...

Today's Social Dilemma, Madison police are coming under fire because there were only 4 arrests at the Mifflin street block party. It seems as though the police didn't notice a student destroying an SUV in front of a cheering crowd. There were few masks and too many underage drinkers at this once cool event. How is it, that the best and brightest students in the state act with such craven disregard...