Late Night Catechism is an uproariously funny participatory staging of a "Sister" teaching catechism to a roomful of "students" (the audience).   Throughout the course, the benevolent instructor rewards her "students" for correct answers with glow-in-the-dark rosaries and other nifty prizes.  Naughty students may well find themselves on stage, sitting [...]

The Milwaukee County District Attorney is going after a group calling themselves Franklin Citizens for Responsible Leadership whose treasurer, James Seymer, allegedly lied on the groups campaign finance report.
James Seymer is the son of Orville Seymer, a founder of the Franklin group and one of the less than savory founders of the Republican shill group, [...]

A Dane County judge issued an injunction barring Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker from axing 100 county workers jobs right before Christmas.
Walker claimed that the actions of the county board which funded the employee positions for only the first three months of 2007 would create a budgetary deficit.  Therefore, Walker opined, he needed to cut [...]

They're a scourge to any respectable neighborhood.  For over a decade they signify a community in decline.  Now it's time to end the legalized loan-sharking that has become prevalent in several Milwaukee neighborhoods.
Check cashing stores serve no good purpose other than to suck the lifesblood out of a community.  If a user of these stores [...]

Alderman Michael McGee Jr. deserves to be recalled.
I've long said that there is no reason to recall a person save for proven malfeasance in office.  McGee is most certainly guilty of malfeasance. 
Going on a radio show to advocate the lynching of his political opponents crosses any imaginable line of decency but when it is a [...]

I happened to watch Charlie Sykes' "Sunday Insight" show the other day for a rare change and saw and heard a spirited debate about trans fatty acids and government intrusion. I had heard something about trans fatty acids (TFA's) and New York City banning them in restaurants, but prior to that, I had thought “Trans” was [...]