Month: January 2015

One of the debate points around building a new Bucks arena in downtown Milwaukee is the additional development that will occur in the general vicinity of the new arena. This despite no evidence that there was any significant development around the Bradley Center after it was built. It’s pretty much…

Looks like 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will not be running for president in 2016 after all. Mitt Romney will not run a third time for president, he will announce Friday on a conference call with donors, sources familiar with his plans told POLITICO. “After putting considerable thought into…

For those of you who haven’t already heard, Andrew Sullivan is leaving blogging. Why? Two reasons. The first is one I hope anyone can understand: although it has been the most rewarding experience in my writing career, I’ve now been blogging daily for fifteen years straight (well kinda straight). That’s…

Oh hell yes! A democratic analyst for NBC 15 says he has heard that Russ Feingold may be thinking about another U.S. Senate run. Roger Putnam told us tonight that he talked to two sources about Feingold’s future. There’s word Feingold could leave his current job at the U.S. State…

With Governor Scott Walker’s announced intention to cut $300 million dollars from the biennial state budget in state support for the University of Wisconsin, clearly the university system will have to find places to trim it’s budget. Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to cut the University of Wisconsin System by $300…

For some reason that seems completely unfathomable, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke testified at a confirmation hearing for President Barack Obama’s nominee for attorney general, Loretta Lynch. You can see a short article HERE at JSOnline. There is certainly a story to be found in this but I don’t have…

On Thursday leaders of the community organization Common Ground called Milwaukee Bucks’ co-owner Wes Edens a slumlord while demonstrating in front of a foreclosed and distressed house owned by a company under Edens’ control. Edens’ Fortress Investment Group owns a majority stake in Nationstar Mortgage, a mortgage services company. Edens…

For the last week of January…two versions of January Guitar from my friend Bill Camplin. The studio version from his first solo album, January: And live at Shank Hall:

It’s been a while since I shared some Thursday music, and so I figured I’d share something I’m digging right now. Here’s Dave Grohl, Trent Reznor, and Josh Homme with Mantra.

Gov. Scott Walker recently announced the formation of his Our American Revival PAC as he swings his 2016 presidential campaign into full gear, and this week the PAC unveiled its first ad. However, as Andrew Kaczynski of Buzzfeed notes, the ad features a bunch of stock footage from foreign countries,…