I met the founder of Camp Heartland, Neil Willenson, about 10 years ago. He struck me as smart and driven in his quest to create Camp Heartland, a camp for kids who are dealing with HIV/AIDS.
Camp Heartland is more than just an opportunity for kids to go camping. It offers kids suffering from [...]

Today the Supreme Court just took the first step to overturning Roe v Wade, the landmark decision that allowed safe and legal abortions for women.
Yahoo! News is reporting that on a 5-4 vote, the court upheld President George W. Bush’s inaptly named “partial birth abortion” act which outlaws a very rare procedure which is used [...]

They usually team up on issues but the Wisconsin Restaurant Association is at odds with the Tavern League on the proposed smoking ban in Wisconsin.
The ban, as proposed by Governor Jim Doyle, would make it illegal to light up in public places.
The Restaurant Association supports the ban but only if it excludes all public places. [...]

It came from an unlikely place, but the strongly republican state of Texas has instituted a fairly progressive policy on a key public health issue.
Texas Governor Rick Perry has ordered all girls entering 6th grade to have the vaccine that prevents cervical cancer. Wisconsin’s Governor Jim Doyle should follow the lead of the big [...]

In an effort to make themselves look good, the DNR will be donating deer they kill that test negative for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), to food pantries. Still other governmental bodies donate wild canadian geese they kill. In both cases, the kills are for a greater good — in the former, controlling CWD, [...]

Governor Jim Doyle is expected to announce a plan to ban smoking in public places in Wisconsin. Despite its obvious merits, it’s a plan that may get bottled up in legislative committees.
Two state legislators have the say so. State Senator Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee) chairs the State Senate Health committee. Clearly she would [...]