Tag: Shepherd Express
A Side Effect of COVID-19: Media At Risk As Advertising Revenue Dries Up
I was listening to NPR yesterday while getting prepared to head into the Blogging Blue office. I realized that I was hearing a sponsor announcement from a business that is currently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And I wondered how long before those types of announcements and ads in…
So about that ShepExpress endorsement of Julie Meyer
This week the normally progressive Shepherd Express decided to throw their endorsement in the Democratic primary in the 20th Assembly district to Julie Meyer, the challenger to incumbent State Rep. Christine Sinicki. The Shepherd Express’ endorsement is particularly surprising given the fact that it chose to pass on endorsing a…
Shepherd Express: Setting the Record Straight
If the two full-page foldout glossy mailers I received from Chris Abele are any indication, the race for Milwaukee County Executive between Abele and challenger Chris Larson is in full swing. With that in mind, the folks at the Shepherd Express have another piece outlining how Abele’s claims and what’s…
Why I Fear for our Country—and Why You Should Too…
Today on Facebook, I came across a short article that talks about TIME magazine. The article was mostly a pictorial on cover stories for TIME. As it turns out, each week, they publish up to four different covers—one for the US market, Europe, Asia, and the South Pacific. Sometimes all…
Recall Memo: June 5: On Healing Our State from Louis Fortis
The publisher of The Shepherd Express has some thoughts on Healing Our State…and he comes to the conclusion that it requires the election of Mayor Tom Barrett as governor in the recall this Tuesday June 5th! It was when I was elected to the Assembly 25 years ago that I…
G U N S
November 1st, starts a new chapter in Wisconsin’s History as the new concealed carry law goes into effect. While some think this is a simple matter of the second amendment – except that is not true. Others explain it away for such things as protection, everyone else has it, now…
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