News Features

The GOP’s Dubious Populism

Republicans support bankers and corporations, not voters

The most revealing moments in President Obama's “State of the Union” address were not in his remarks, but the reaction to them by those listening on the Republican side of the aisle. When he proposed to recover a "financial responsibility fee"—in plain English, a bank tax—from the largest and most heavily leveraged Wall Street firms, the Republicans sat on their hands and scowled, while...


Film

From Paris With Love

John Travolta’s killing spree

The last time we saw John Travolta, he was the grinning sociopath who hijacked the subway in The Taking of Pelham 123. He continues to burnish his reputation as a cartoon-size bad man in From Paris With Love, this time as a good bad man. As the grinning...

Art

Artwork to Contemplate at Portrait Society Gallery

Art Review

The work of Milwaukee architect Phillip Katz inspired the symmetry, shadow, light and seating for a space in the Portrait Society Gallery that invites the public to pursue serenity. His experience directly influenced the spiritual vision in the gallery’s “A Winter Chapel,” a project that introduces...


On Music

Danny Gokey to Play Record Release Concert at Turner Hall

Also: He used to drive a semi-truck

Milwaukee's highest achieving "American Idol" contender Danny Gokey will play a record release concert Saturday, March 6 at the Turner Hall Ballroom, the venue announced this morning. Gokey ...

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News
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If you have been accused of a crime or sued in Wisconsin, this information is posted on the Consolidated Court Automation Programs (CCAP) Web site. Even if you are found innocent, the information stays on CCAP. (See Expresso.) Is this fair?

 

 

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Taking Liberties

Them Newfangled Trains

Republicans claim it’s unfair to characterize them as simply “The Party of No,” but then an incredible windfall of jobs and development is announced for the state of Wisconsin to a rising chorus of Republicans shrieking “No!” Republicans...



Sports
Reserving the Right to Resist the Hype
By Frank Clines & Art Kumbalek
Once More, Fate Intercepts Favre
By Frank Clines & Art Kumbalek
Swinging Defensively, McGwire Strikes Out
By Frank Clines & Art Kumbalek
The Images They Weave,
By Frank Clines & Art Kumbalek
Art for Art's Sake

Gutter Balls a-Bowling

I’m Art Kumbalek and man oh manischewitz what a world, ain’a? So listen, for those of you’s wondering if I’m feeling any better than I did last week when I was bitching and moaning about being under the weather, the answer is fock if I know. What I do know is that the amount of snot expectorating out of my head lately would be enough to feed a small fourthworld...

 
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