THE BATTLE OF MADISON, predicted by Civil War Gen. Ulysses S. Grant:

“If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence,” he said, “I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason’s and Dixon's, but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition, and ignorance on the other.”

Nowhere have the forces of ignorance been more engaged than in what might be termed The Battle of Madison on Tuesday night. A group of historically ignorant morons who fashion themselves tolerant progressives and anti-racism crusaders first pulled down a statue symbolizing Wisconsin progressivism, then tore down a statue of a radical abolitionist who died fighting against the Confederacy, and then viciously beat an openly gay State Senator for good measure.

I'll be curious to find our when (not if, when) that openly gay Democrat state senator reregisters as a Republican....