By John Frederick Kaufman Rumor has it that the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison is looking to fill three high […]
Martin Luther King, Jr. is rightly celebrated for his preaching of racial equality, civil rights and nonviolent methods of […]
(CAFO hogs by USGS [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons) If you operate a wealthy “mega farm” in Wisconsin or […]
Are we innocent until proven guilty? In court, yes. In the media and court of public opinion– not so much. […]
Speaking of iron mines and irony, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board today published an editorial claiming, yet again, […]
The published conversations between NY Times columnists Gail Collins and David Brooks are always witty and enlightening, thanks […]
(An ongoing Afternoon Journal series of weekly “rebuttals” or direct responses to public utterances by pundits and politicians) […]
(Photo by Samweller2 (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons) How can states like Wisconsin that […]
I took my daughter ice skating for the first time on the last day of 2013. I had […]
Much shocked outrage was voiced in Wisconsin after a recent undercover video taken at a dairy factory farm by the […]
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to all from The Afternoon Journal.
Here’s Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson talking on Wisconsin Public Radio about why he won’t vote to extend unemployment […]
Milwaukee County supervisors, led by David Bowen, have put forth a “living wage” ordinance for county workers and the […]
Wisconsin is “on track to reduce the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide by 22%” from the 2005 level by the […]
House Speaker John Boehner finally spoke aloud what we progressives and most of the rest of the nation have been […]
According to a new McClatchy-Marist Poll, former Alaska governor and 2008 vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin is twice as […]
In the latest issue of Harper’s Magazine, I came across an astounding statistic: only 8% of Americans believe that […]
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Associated Press report that those interested in doing some hunting at the Fort McCoy Army […]
I’ll start with a few lines from a poem by Wendell Berry, one of the nation’s best authors […]
When asked what the federal government should do to resolve the current government shutdown, Wisconsin’s Gov. Scott Walker […]
As Wisconsin prepares for the possibility of witnessing the desecration of the Penokee Hills and Bad River watershed, thanks […]