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...

Schools suppress speech rights and bus driver fired

Germantown (Wisconsin) High School teacher Eric Glass is facing sexual assault charges for sexual relations with a 17 year old student at his high school. While this action is wrong, because society has to draw the line somewhere when it comes to an age of consent, Mr....

Non-violent felons should have their 2nd Amendment rights guarant

I believe in the 2nd Amendment's guarantee of a right to "bear arms". As a progressive, I don't think rights are narrow, but broad. That goes for speech, due process, press freedom and especially the 9th Amendment's protection of rights not previously listed in the Bill of...

On Wisconisn – Romney

Wolf in sheep suit Here’s the problem ALL people have with Romney, he changes his clothing. One minute he sounds reasonable, the next minute he’s right-wing, the next minute, he makes a rare left turn without...

Marquette players who are cited for "underage" in a club

In this case a man who informed his fellow citizens there was an unconstitutional soberity checkpoint ahead, was harassed by the police. Indeed, checkpoints are often advertised in newspapers beforehand, in an effort to give an apperance of being constitutional. They are...

Police engaging in strip searches in Milwaukee illegally

A number of Milwaukee police (where I live)  have been engaged in illegal strip searches, without an arrest, of suspects. Of course, under the U.S. Constitution, without probable cause, police cannot engage in strip searches. Some of these searches were rectal...

Republican tells women that being battered isn't that bad

Republicans and non-libertarian conservatives often don't like the fact that people can divorce. Some on the far religious rightwing, want to restrict the ability to divorce as much as possible, even ban it. If women are abused and battered, well, to them that is not as...

Story without a happy ending

Sad and true A sad ending is an ending of the plot of a story, true or fiction, in which everything turns out for the best for some and tragically for others whether they deserve it or not, with or without a...

On government promotion of religion and evolution

The first letter is one I wrote for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. They edited out a couple of lines, which I will keep in. The second letter is an excellent letter by a Stephen Ewbanks, of Kokomo, Indiana, published in their local newspaper. His letter deals with myths...

Wonder what Madge and Rodge are having at Hodgepodge Lodge?

Our friends are an emerging phenomenon of Internet radio lore, known as Madge and Rodge. Seriously, they raise goats. Listening to Hodgepodge Lodge with Madge and Rodge! http://wdrt.org/listen.html WDRT Radio...

What Channel is the Michigan St-Wisconsin Game On? Oct 22 2011

What Channel is the Michigan State-Wisconsin Football Game on October 22, 2011. Here is the Michigan State-Wisconsin TV Schedule The 2011 game between Michigan State Spartans and Wisconsin Badgers is set for Sunday, October 22. What Channel is the Michigan State-Wisconsin...

WOMAN CUTS BABY OUT OF HIS MOTHER'S WOMB

33-year-old Annette Morales-Rodriguez from Wisconsin couldn't have kids, but her boyfriend wanted a son badly. She felt like she had to do whatever it took to get him a baby boy so he wouldn't he leave her... read...

Wisconsin Judge No Right to Own a Cow or Drink its Milk?

Wisconsin Judge Patrick J. Fiedler Rules No Right to Own a Cow or Drink Its Milk Commentator Don Mashak's article Prologue: Having grown up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin, this ruling, which does not follow the Rule...

Sarah Palin is Booed at Speech Defending Gov. Scott Walker- VIDEO

" At a tea party gathering in Madison, Wisconsin (sponsored by the corporate front group Americans For Prosperity), Andrew Breitbart and Sarah Palin had to talk over the boos and howls of about 3,000 pro-labor supporters at the Capitol. “Shame, shame, shame!” the...

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