edited by: Chris Liebenthal,
Wisconsin Editor
Friday's much publicized revelation of DNA traces of Asian carp on the wrong side of the electric barrier designed to keep them out of Lake Michigan is not just appalling on its face, but raises a question that needs soon to be faced: how can we restore the Great Lakes [...]
As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama promised to change Washington, D.C., but as president, Obama hasn’t changed one Washington tradition: giving prized ambassadorships to big political donors:
Of the nearly 80 ambassadorship nominations or confirmations since Obama’s Inauguration, 56 percent were given to political appointees and 44 percent have [...]
Did Illinois Governor Pat Quinn fall asleep during a recent event?
You decide:
Homosexualists may now live in houses, hold jobs
If the right wingers want to hold Obama responsible for the recession after only nine months in office, then it is well beyond time that they start holding Walker responsible for the mess that Milwaukee County is in and stop letting him blame Tom Ament. [...] A state lab' [...]
Republican: This health care reform thing is a government takeover of 1/6th of the economy! And the bill is over two thousand pages! And it costs hundreds of billions of dollars! It’s socialism! It’ll raise the deficit!
Me: It’s not a “takeover” and it doesn’t raise the deficit–it lowers it. [...]
Aging scribe put out to pasture years ago says Senate leader
The Asian Carp will destroy the Great Lakes, and, so far, all efforts to defeat their steady march there are failing. [...] 
It’s Bay View. Not “Bayview.”
It’s Riverwest. Not “River West.”
*sigh* [...] 
A superb piece of historical writing, about the record business in Grafton and Port Washington during the 1920s.To debate or not to debate the Senate’s health care reform bill; that is the question.
The legislative body on Saturday is expected to vote on whether to begin debate — also known as invoking cloture — on its version of the health care bill, which was introduced Wednesday [...]
Shortly after jobless claims numbers were released, Sen. Russ Feingold issued a statement announcing the introduction of a jobs tax credit bill:
“Today’s jobs report clearly shows we need to do more to help people get back to work. With the unemployment rate at 10.2 percent, the highest since the [...]
I never could figure that one out.Miller, the Episcopal bishop, said only that Atta is "not in a position equal to those who go to the breakfast."Now would Jesus kick a guy away from the table for that? [...]
Scott Walker again makes a promise to do something as governor that he can't even do now.' [...] 
If you were looking forward to catching some of your favorite actors from television shows like Heroes, House, and Desperate Housewives up on stage playing your favorite hits it appears your hopes have been dashed. According to Band From TV frontman Greg [...]
If you were looking forward to catching some of your favorite actors from television shows like Heroes, House, and Desperate Housewives up on stage playing your favorite hits it appears your hopes have been dashed. According to Band From TV frontman Greg [...]
I've got an extra pair of tickets to the Holiday Folk Fair, which is this weekend.Servicemen tell The Associated Press they had trouble focusing [...]
Off deer hunting for the weekend and trying to avoid the shutout again this year
Have a good weekend!
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Considering all of the hoopla regarding the debate to make a student specific seat on the Alcohol License Review Committee it was a little disappointing to learn this morning that only one student has so far put in an application [...]
Time for a re-think:
Housing bust halts growing suburbs - USATODAY.com.
Bedroom communities now must rethink their future and become "a little less sprawly, a little more village-like with clustered development, denser housing," Lang says. "The irony is that [...]So -
Here I am at the beginning of Netroots Minnesota, the first regional Netroots Nation conference. Personally, I hate living in what amounts to a suburb of Minneapolis --- How's about a Netroots Wisconsin conference?
Anyhoo, I'm not going to bore you with one of those tweet-by-tweet live [...]
Those following the merger of the DNR and DEQ in Michigan may know that the reorganization's architects are proposing to anchor the new agency in centers of excellence, despite budgets of mediocrity. Not surprisingly, some employees and other observers are a bit skeptical.
A copy of the latest reorganization memo is [...]
More on the downstream suggestions of Asian carp one bus stop before the big lake.
The idea that the carp will get into Lake Michigan “is not a foregone conclusion,” said Cameron Davis, Great Lakes adviser to the Environmental Protection Agency. “This DNA evidence is the best we have, and we believe it’s [...]
…when on November 20th the Siberian Iris are still blooming outside as if it were May….
….and on the inside the Christmas cactus explodes with blooms….
….and Beth brings over a bouquet of flowers for the table.
[...] Much as I regularly lament the lack of comprehensive local coverage of municipal issues in a new newspaper-depleted era, I have to give credit to FranklinNow for their clear explanation of the ramifications of the City of Franklin 2010 Budget's 2.9% tax levy increase.
The new levy is $5.94 per [...]
When it comes to Jessica McBride, is Ed Flynn the cop who can't stop? That's unclear.
But it is clear that some at UWM view the school's journalism department as a joke as they gave Jessica McBride the nod for the equivalent of tenture.
From the Milwaukee Journal [...]
Is it just me or have you been exhausted lately? I’m really not sure if it’s seasonal or if I should see a doctor but I just can’t motivate lately. This weekend I am determined to get myself off the couch and out to see some live local music. If [...]
Scott Walker and Ted Kanavas express some 
Has there been a rise in 
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