“…too aggressive, too principled, too committed to the Constitution,” and that scares the hell out of many Democrats says the Cap Times in an essay that mourns the lack of an opposition party. Republicans in Wisconsin are doing their part…
Not many people know that Dr. Steve Kagen is also an accomplished bike racer. Cycling is a tough, demanding sport that mixes equal doses of teamwork with a demand for solo performance. Watching the three Democratic candidates in Wisconsin’s 8th…
Concerned that some issues continue not to receive sustained media attention or slip off the radar screen, the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) has unveiled a new list of “Ten Stories the World Should Hear More About.” In…
Peter Baker, Washington Post Staff Writer reports today… “After national security adviser Stephen J. Hadley delivered a speech unveiling President Bush’s new national security strategy, departing audience members were handed glossy, red-white-and-blue booklets titled “Integrated Power: A National Security Strategy…
Mixed messages abound regarding who has built, is building or threatens to build atomic bombs. In 1946, following the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the US had a stockpile of 6 atomic bombs. By the late 1950s the number had…
CNSNews.com reports… A “Heterosexual Questionnaire” distributed to students at Port Washington High School in Wisconsin has prompted outrage. Among other things, students were asked, “If you have never slept with someone of your same gender, then how do you know…
The Wisconsin Assembly’s Committee on Campaigns and Elections is made up of Representatives Freese, chairperson, Gundrum, vice chairperson and Representatives J. Wood, Vos, Travis, and Kessler. Chairman Freese put on quite a show battling for a higher standard of ethics.…
“It’s clear that the legislature has the votes to pass ethics reform, but the leadership is afraid to bring it to the floor,” says Ed Garvey. Hear him introducing Wisconsin Democracy Campaign’s Mike McCabe at the Capitol this morning, who…
Big Tobacco, the Wisconsin Tavern League, and their allies in the State Senate are making a last ditch effort to pass legislation that will take away your right to breathe clean air. Assembly Bill 414/Senate Bill 202 would overturn 26…
Charlie Savage, Boston Globe Staff reports on April 30, 2006…Bush challenges hundreds of lawsPresident cites powers of his office WASHINGTON – President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting…