A boy like that will kill your brother

That’s because he’s got a gun and he’s not afraid to use it.

• Don’t look now, but here come the Cardinals. The Brewers have apparently decided that they aren’t ready to dispense with their 25 years of ineptitude and the team that beat them way back in ’82 is now coming on. What a terrible week in Milwaukee so far. It’s been so much fun watching this young team play, but they’d better get their act together soon. A healthy Ben Sheets would help, too.
• So my beloved alma mater, Beloit College, now ranks 67th in the U.S. News survey of national liberal arts colleges, tied with Kalamazoo College in both academic prestige and odd-sounding names. There’s plenty of reason to be skeptical about the U.S. News rankings, which are positively Byzantine in how they are derived, but it’s not especially encouraging to see your school graded as some sort of poor man’s Bard or (worse) Lawrence. I think we beat out Normandale Community College, so that’s something, I guess. One thing I did learn from the rankings – I had no idea that Grinnell (ranked 11th) is sitting on a $1.4 billion endowment. They’ve got more money than King Canute.
• They’re still fighting over the bridge here, not surprisingly. The design that has been put forth is sadly lacking in sacred light rail amenities, which seems to irritate people who had never thought of adding light rail to 35W before the bridge collapse. The train seems to hypnotize people here, who continue to talk about a great success it is and how it could change everything, even as we continue to provide multi-million dollar subsidies to keep it running. It doesn’t look like the choo-choo fans are going to screw up the timetable for rebuilding because of their kvetching, but it won’t be for a lack of effort. Maybe R.T. Rybak and his fellow light rail fans can get Grinnell College can help pay for the light rail – won’t hurt to ask, right?