I used to enjoy the Milwaukee Journal’s Neighbors section. Then-editor, Tom Tolan, had a nice angle and a good feel for what people were looking for. Unfortunately the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel axed it.
When I heard that the JS had acquired CNI, publisher of the Brown Deer Herald and other community newspapers I was concerned [...]

I’m disappointed that the Spice boys are breaking up.
Consider this — the stories that Cary Spivak and Dan Bice write are edgy but their columns have fun with people who take themselves too seriously.
Spivak and Bice have mixed investigative journalism with humor and that’s a good thing. It’s true that they can get a [...]

Friends, readers, countrymen — today I am proud to present the first ever State of the Wisconsin Blogosphere address.
This year has presented dramatic changes for how the public receives its news. All political bloggers should be proud of what we have accomplished.
The public was hungry for a much spicier dish than the mainstream media [...]

I don't mean to tread on Folkbum's toes, but I have to say a few words about the disaster zone that is Patrick McIlheran. Is there an affirmative action program for conservative writers? Because really, that's the only way to explain his continuing publication. (Jonah Goldberg got in as a legacy.)
There are thoughtful, intelligent conservatives [...]

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel has made a few changes and they're a welcome addition.
First, their online news has gotten better and I can only imagine that it's because of an excitement that reporters have when they know they can scoop even the news or the radio.  (I'll admit to a bit of pride in having scooped [...]

Living in Milwaukee can be difficult, especially if you’re black, and especially more if you’re a black male.
Things are not going well on the North Side, where income shrunk in the last year or two or three, but if anyone needed an economic indicator to tell them this, they were fooling themselves. The North [...]