Words cannot fully describe the tragedy that occurred several months ago when a patient at the Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division (BHD) was put in a situation that allowed another mentally ill patient to rape her. Co-mingling opposite gender patients in the same area is just bad policy but with budget cuts, administrators were forced [...]

Over this past week, liberal blogger, county employee and critic of County Executive Scott Walker, Chris Liebenthal has been dealing with accusations from the right-wing hate group inappropriately named Citizens for Responsible Government (CRG). Hats off to the liberal blogosphere for quickly debunking CRG’s lies and innuendo about Liebenthal, known to his readers as simply [...]

If you are excited about the proposed face lift of the Kinnickinnic River on Milwaukee’s south side, you are not alone. MMSD is working on plans to eliminate the concrete channel and change it back to a more natural river which could accommodate higher volumes of water and slow the speed at which water races [...]

Yes, there was a time when the Irish were targeted by anti-immigration activists. They were beaten, scorned, characterized mocked and excluded from an opportunity to achieve the American dream. Today it is the Mexicans who are criticized and mocked because they seek the American dream. Many Mexican nationals come to this country to improve their [...]

Sometimes I hear things that are so ridiculous that they bear addressing. Such was a poorly written and poorly thought out column I read this morning. The column lambasted liberals and Democrats for playing divisive politics and not working with Republicans. He claimed that while Democrats wanted a cohesive and cordial bipartisan relationship with Republicans, [...]

Oh brother — I’ve heard it all. Now the State Senate has passed legislation to outlaw schools from having indian mascots. I understand that we ought not be insensitive but some of these mascots have been around for many decades. It’s not like all these schools have names that are ethnic slurs. Someone, please, enlighten [...]