Month March 2005

I will evolve…

A lab owned by California-based Genetic Savings and Clone is under construction in Waunakee, Wisconsin. It’s set to open in late March. And wouldn’t you know it? They’re having a sale! “After years of research and development, February 1, 2004…

Bird Lovers plead: Kill the Cats…

John S. Coleman. wildlife ecologist with the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission and Stanley A. Temple, Professor of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say, “Our research in Wisconsin suggests that free-ranging rural cats may be killing…

DemsTV.com debut

Each Tuesday, beginning today, DemsTV.com, “will feature 20 minutes or so of talking-head chatter from a rotating cast of young Democratic operatives,” says Brian Faler in the Washington Post. However, the traffic must be taking a toll on the server(s)…

Portrait of a Textile Worker

In 1990 Milwaukee artist Terese Agnew began making art quilts in addition to sculpture. Her quilts are intricately detailed and intensely embroidered using a process that she describes as “drawing with thread.” Two years ago she began to create a…

Spank the little millionaire…

For decades Chapter 7 bankruptcy relief has provided family and societal stability by offering individuals who can’t pay their debts an opportunity to give up nonessential assets in exchange for a fresh start. But, credit card companies, who should be…

Why not in Wisconsin…

“Vermont has a rich history of using town meetings as a venue to make its people’s views known to the nation. In 1974, five towns voted to urge congressional leaders to seek the impeachment of President Nixon. Recent years have…