According to the National Women’s History Project, March is National Womens History Month. The Association for the Study of African American Life and History claims responsibility for originating Black History Month, celebrated in the United States each February.
Why do we do this to ourselves? We Americans don’t get it. Let’s go back a few years. [...]

Just read an article on the front page of today’s Green Bay Press-Gazette about 20 fugitives that were arrested in northeast Wisconsin by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Department. All 20 had previously gone before an immigration judge and were ordered to leave the country; but they’re still here.
The article, written by Tony [...]

Alright, now I’ve heard it all. I’m watching the Democratic presidential debate, broadcast on CNN from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. This is a great debate, because the Democratic field has been narrowed down to Senator Barak Obama (IL) and Senator Hillary Clinton (NY). So you really get a chance to know what these candidates [...]

There’s a very interesting story happening in Kaukauna, WI, a small town 16 miles south of here. Manishkumar Patel is accused of causing an abortion by spiking his pregnant girlfriend’s drink with RU-486. He’s being prosecuted in Outagamie County, under Wisconsin’s fetal homicide law. Those are the facts.
So, what do you think so far? If [...]

If you want to get a driver’s license in New York, you must prove your identity, date of birth, fitness to drive, and you must present a Social Security Card for identification. But if Governor Eliot Spitzer has his way, the requirement of a Social Security Card will go away (Google search). He claims that [...]

The immortal words of U.S. Senator Larry Craig, of Idaho, rang throughout the nation yesterday.
Back on June 11, 2007, Craig was arrested in a mens room at the Minneapolis St. Paul airport after he signaled to another man in the restroom to initiate sex. The problem was that the other man was Sgt. Dave Karsnia, [...]

We’re building a new bridge here in De Pere, Wisconsin. De Pere is a small city of 20,000, just south of Green Bay. The Fox River runs right through town, splitting the east and west sides. The Claude Allouez Bridge, a two-lane bridge built in 1933, is deteriorating and must be replaced.
There was much controversy [...]

Last year, I wrote in this blog about CNN Pipeline, an online news service supported by paid subscriptions. It’s been a godsend! Well, the folks at CNN have determined that their subscriber base is not large enough to continue the service. So, it’s gone.
However, in its place is CNN Video. This is even better. Like [...]

Holy crap! We’re in the middle of a major project in De Pere to build a new bridge over the Fox River. The existing Claude Allouez Bridge is 75 years old and needs to be replaced. It’s taken us a decade of talking and debating to get to where we are now. As a result, [...]

Alright, immigration is a hot topic now-a-days, and we’ve been putting up with these so-called “immigration rallies” in the past year, but now I’m just offended.
According to the quotes I’m reading, the participants are just flat out wrong. Here’s a quote from a Houston Chronicle article:
“We are not criminals,” said Roberto Organo, an illegal immigrant [...]

Today is election day here in De Pere, Wisconsin. Many folks around these parts don’t even know that. This is one of those election days without any major/controversial issue or office on the ballot.
Our neighbors to the north, in Green Bay, have a couple of interesting questions on their ballot. They are deciding if they [...]

Well, according to my February 5, 2007 issue of Time Magazine, there are at least 20 candidates in the mix for the 2008 presidential election. For those of you not here in America, our presidential election happens every four years, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. So, in 2008, that’s November [...]