The Political Environment

This is a little easier than it was predicting plot twists in The Sopranos, but I'd put money on these scenarios: John McCain, out. Fred...

Thanks to the Internet, you have until 2 p.m. Central time Wednesday (today) to participate in an on-line chat with A. Carl Leopold, son of ...

I swear that when I first saw this story today, I thought I read the word "cost" in the headline.

You have to ask: Did anyone have a checklist out there in Oconomowoc when that city in Waukesha County approved the signature shopping mall ...

A half-mile from where I live on Milwaukee's east side, an intense debate has raged for at least a year about a commercial and residenti...

With the state legislative drafting committee on pending changes to the Great Lakes Compact unwilling to meet since December - - details her...

City Hall in New Berlin is moving forward with approvals for a hotel and water park complex, but a lawsuit is challenging the project. And ...

Fellow Sopranophiles: To help figure out the ending tonight, when the sound went dead, remember : In the first episode this season, Bobby te...

Forget for a moment his insensitive remarks about Judaism. Or about gay rights. Tommy is out there yet, sounding like a credible figure, eve...

First the Democrats in Congress failed to put together a reasonable plan to end the Iraq war. Now it is apparent that they are dropping the ...

In a memo and status report dated Tuesday, June 12, 2007, State Sen. Neal Kedzie, (R-Elkhorn), the chair of the legislature's study com...

I'll miss The Sopranos as much as the next fan, and I think the Bush administration is the worst ever, but a critic at Salon.com overrea...

Bill Christofferson, blogging as Xoff, examines some recent punditry by Perfecto Rivera, a GOP figure in Milwaukee and Wisconsin Republican ...

The conservative Waukesha blogger James Widgerson tells us that former US House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich is coming to the ...

The Detroit Free Press urges Michigan to show leadership by passing the Great Lakes Compact as has Minnesota and the Province of Ontario. At...

Is there a city/County in America that would put what is essentially a new campus in an area - - the County Grounds - - that is not served ...

State Sen. Mary Lazich, R-New Berlin) discloses something shocking about state government: Putting a state budget together is... really, rea...

Gov. Jim Doyle's strategy to place long-term financing into the state budget for an expansion of the popular Knowles-Nelson Stewardship ...

I think it's a solid idea, and used my monthly shot in the Capital Times to advance it. Kudos to Ald. Mike D'Amato, the Milwaukee Co...

The usually-conservative AM-radio talker Mark Belling lined up yesterday with Al Sharpton. I nearly drove off the highway when I heard Belli...