Day: January 2, 2015

In an act of civil disobedience, two women in Saudi Arabia defied an archaic cultural ban that prohibits females from driving a car and were arrested a month ago. They have been detained since and are about to get their day in court…but not in traffic court…or municipal court…but Saudi…

Over at the Milwaukee JournalSentinel’s “Purple Wisconsin” blogs, Jimmy Anderson has a great piece debunking the myth of Gov. Scott Walker as a budget guru. Here’s a snippet from Anderson’s piece. It’s hard to deny the numbers. Since Walker took over, revenues have consistently come in less than expected due…

This has been bouncing around in the back of my brain for a month or so…and with the interest in Zach’s post about Milwaukee’s streetcar, it’s time to get it on electrons! There are two fundamental things that I see are wrong with the Milwaukee street car project and neither…

It’s no secret Milwaukee Alderman Tony Zielinski absolutely hates the idea of a streetcar in Milwaukee. After all, Ald. Zielinski voted with conservative Aldermen Jim Bohl, Joe Dudzik, and Bob Donovan to delay Common Council approval of the streetcar, and Ald. Zielinski recently compared the funding for the streetcar as…

The last time Republican State Senator Alberta Darling had a bright idea to have the state of Wisconsin step in an take control of something in Milwaukee County, citizens ended up with the mess that is the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare. However, her history of abject failure doesn’t seem…