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Wednesday, September 17,2008
Two Bridges to Nowhere
Palin’s scam is business as usual
Is Sarah Palin the implacable pit bull of government reform, lipstick and all? The latest Republican campaign commercial pictures her in heroic terms at the side of John McCain as one of the “original mavericks,” declaring that she “stopped the Bridge to Nowhere.” The fate of that canceled span—
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Friday, September 12,2008
The Bush Administration Knows Full Well That There Is No Nuclear
A Shepherd Q&A with weapons inspector Scott Ritter
Before the United States’ invasion of Iraq in 2003, former United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter claimed that the vast majority of Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction had been destroyed or accounted for. Yet the Bush administration invaded anyway—and found no WMDs.
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Friday, September 12,2008
North Side Neighbors Oppose New Chicken Restaurant
Community gardeners want more healthy options
Who knew that a proposed Church’s Chicken on busy North Avenue could be so controversial? The site of the fast-food outlet, located on the corner of 17th Street and North Avenue, has been home to a series of fast-food businesses since the early 1980s.
Site owner Amjad Tufail wants to lease the currently...
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Wednesday, September 10,2008
Help Provide Health Care in Nicaragua
Grafton nurse Meg Boren sacrificed all the comforts of home in 2002 to build a health care clinic in a remote area of Nicaragua. With the help of donors and a steady stream of volunteers from Wisconsin, the clinic has offered health care to villagers who once had been too poor or too isolated to receive reliable, modern medical care.
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Wednesday, September 10,2008
EarthTalk
From the Editors of E/THE ENVIRONMENTAL MAGAZINE
Dear EarthTalk: How does congestion toll pricing, used in some cities around the world, cut down on vehicle traffic and promote green-friendly public transit? —Bill Higley
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Wednesday, September 10,2008
Why Bristol’s Baby Matters
The failure of Republican-backed abstinence-only sex ed
Families deserve privacy about family matters, but families that want absolute privacy should stay out of politics. Sooner or later someone would have noticed the pregnancy of Bristol Palin, 17 year-old daughter of John McCain’s vice presidential pick, especially since every one in her hometown of Wasilla, Alaska, already seemed to know.
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Wednesday, September 3,2008
Questions for Hillary’s Zealots
Don’t tarnish Clinton’s legacy
As the Democrats convene in Denver to celebrate Hillary Clinton and nominate Barack Obama, a tiny minority of her supporters continues to behave petulantly. They whine, they bluster, they agitate. But what is it about Sen. Clinton’s repeated endorsements of her former opponent that they cannot understand?
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Wednesday, September 3,2008
Dylan’s Run Will Raise Autism Awareness
The eighth annual Dylan’s Run, which takes place Sunday, Sept. 7, will help raise funds for families who are affected by autism and researchers who are delving into it. The 2-mile walk/run to Indian Summer Festival, organized by the Autism Society of Southeastern Wisconsin (ASSEW), will support workshops for local families with an autistic member.
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Wednesday, September 3,2008
“We Rise and Fall as One Nation”
I want to point out the connection between the spirit of unity and the spirit that brought about the union movement,” Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama told 15,000 labor supporters in Milwaukee on Monday. Obama said that he didn’t want to make a political speech at the same time Hurricane Gustav...
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Wednesday, August 27,2008
"They Come Home Different"
A Shepherd Q&A with Fighting Bob Fest speaker Phil Donahue
Phil Donahue is angry. Sure, Donahue is still the warm, witty and generous man who interviewed thousands of guests as the host of "Donahue," which revolutionized TV talk shows by including the audience in each discussion. But Donahue is angry, too. Angry at the Bush administration's lie-laden arguments for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Angry at the members of Congress who parroted the administration's talking points and obediently voted for war.
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2008-10-15 7:00pm
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Free Community Lecture on why Wisconsin residents were seen as enemies of the US during World War I. Speaker is Trevor Jones, Curator of History, Neville Public Museum, Green Bay. Lecture is approximately 1 hour in length followed by a Question and Answer session. Held in Room 228.
Location: Central Milwaukee
Eighteen-year-old Ian Lafferty sets out on a cross country drive with his best
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"Body of Lies" is based on "Washington Post" columnist David Ignatius' 2007
novel about a CIA operative, Roger Ferris, who uncovers a lead on a major
terrorist leader suspected to be operating out of J
The tribute-album
idiom has changed. It used to be the cover song: Pat Boone covering
Little Richard, for a '50s example of white artists taking black
artists' songs into middle-class homes; or Maurice Williams and the
Zodiacs' "Little Darlin'
Instrumental
post-rock of a surging, emotionally varied sort marks the first
full-length project by West Bend's wonderfully named Canyons of Static.
The quartet-to-quintet, depending upon whether their violinist is in
tow, takes as much from shoega
Situated east of Mitchell International Airport in an area of low-rise office buildings, South Woods restaurant occupies a very unlikely location. The patch of mature trees lining its driveway and the sign announcing the restaurant will take you by surpri
The Diablos Rojos Restaurant Group, which owns Trocadero and Cafe Hollander, opened two new venues this year. In addition to the Belgian-themed Fat Abbey, the group started Cafe Centraal (2306 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.) in the booming neighborhood of Bay View.
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