I know that governments all over are trying to cut costs but the amount of salt that is being dumped on Wisconsin roads in lieu of plowing is excessive. Take a look at any dark colored car and it will look like someone gave it a bath in a salt slurry. I would like to [...]

As you know, earlier this week I bought the cabinets. Just telling the building inspector I’m putting in cabinets and rearranging the layout of my kitchen is not enough in Brown Deer. They want schematics and they want them at a 1/4″ = 1′ ratio. I know it’s all for the best, but it’s just [...]

Last night, Governor Jim Doyle presented his semi-annual budget address. During the speech, Doyle expressed dismay at the price gouging that Wisconsin residents have had to bear from big oil companies. Doyle said, “from the price of gas to the price of asphalt, the oil companies have gouged this country in every way they can [...]

Criticism has come from an unlikely place, but former Republican candidate for Milwaukee County Sheriff, Don Holt, is speaking out double standards by Republican talk show host Jeff Wagner. Wagner is critical of the Milwaukee County District Attorney, John Chisholm, for his opposition to the NRA backed conceal carry legislation. This is the same Jeff [...]

Not that I truly believe it, but I can't be the only one who noticed the spot-on similarity between Republican staffer Kevin Fischer and Republican Reverend Jerry Falwell. Here's a few pics.  Am I wrong? Maybe it’s just me. I’m still reeling from a friend telling me that from reading my columns on the JS, [...]

NPR ran a story today about Josh Wolf, a video blogger who was tossed in jail for not testifying about the circumstances at an event he videotaped. Apparently the Supreme Court is treating him, for all practical purposes, as a journalist. They’ve even given him the title “citizen journalist”. Consider if journalism was turned on [...]