New Belgium’s Scavenger Hunt Series Now Underway

Come One, Come All to Experience a Day of Downhill, New Belgium StyleNew Belgium Brewing’s annual Scavenger Hunt Series is back. The costume-wearing, chicken-chasing, riddle-reading series provides a day of downhill like no other, while raising money for local nonprofit...

Vote humanist values and support Tammy Baldwin

I opened my newspaper yesterday and saw the anti-semitic bigot Billy Graham telling me to "vote biblical values." Good idea. We do need to vote the bible, especially passages such as (Deuteronomy 22:28-29 NLT): "If a man is caught in the act of raping a young woman who is...

Right-wing puts up billboards to suppress voting by blacks and la

I live near a billboard that until recently had a sign telling people that "vote fraud is a felony". The sign was at 34th and Lincoln Avenue. This is an area with a strong Latino population. The sign, and others like it, are put up in minority areas in the city of Milwaukee...

Lies about same sex marriage and cross on a football helmet

In a month, state of Washington voters will approve marriage equality for gays and lesbians in that state. Well, Catholic Bishop Joseph Tyson wrote a statement urging Washington Catholics to remember to take marching orders from the Catholic Church. Bishop Tyson wrote about...

Politican targeted for being gay and police violence at Occupy

Thoughts on a few different stories: Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat, is running for the Wisconsin U.S. Senate race against former governor Tommy Thompson. Thompson's campaign, though campaign senior adviser and spokesman Brian Nemoir, stated in an e-mail...

Why are Republicans arresting people for filming them?

I have written before about Wisconsinites being arrested for filming their Wisconsin legislature, though there is a guaranteed right in the state statutes to film the legislature in session. But, a rule has been imposed to allow arrests for peaceful and quiet filming. A rule...

People of Minnesota get the shaft in Vikings stadium deal

When Miller Park was voted upon, I voted against it. Yes, I love the Brewers, but I don't love corporate welfare, especially for those in a very profitable business. Well, in Minnesota, a law passed to have the public pay 1/2 of the cost of a new stadium for the football...

How civil asset forfeiture allows police to take your money

Civil asset forfeiture is where the government can take your property, even if they never convicted you of an offense. It's a blatant violation of due process. But, we as Americans allow government to get away with it. Why? Well, part of the problem are the anti-drug zealots....

People of Minnesota get the shaft in Vikings stadium deal,

When the Milwaukee Brewers baseball stadium, Miller Park was voted upon in the state of Wisconsin, I voted against it. Yes, I love the Brewers, but I don't love corporate welfare, especially for those in a very profitable business. Well, in Minnesota, a law passed...

The war by the police on your right to film, continues

Ian Van Kuyk is a student at Temple University, in Philadelphia, PA. I have been to Philadelphia a couple of times, it is a beautiful city. He, along with his girlfriend were arrested on March 14, 2012. Heinous crime, they committed? Not really, they were arrested because he...

Why is the Christian right-wing opposing a mosque in Brookfield?

In Brookfield, WI, there is opposition to the building of an Islamic mosque. Why? Do people really think that elderly Muslim women are going to be plotting terrorism against the U.S. Bank building? I am a humanist and I am not going to defend Islam as the so called religion...