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Retired labor union official, newspaper editor/reporter, and community worker. Also community activist.

Month: June 2011

  • A sad convergence!

    What a sad convergence of two articles in the June 17th Journal Sentinel.  (See column by Jim Stingl) First, another Wisconsinsoldier dies in defense of our democracy and second, politicians cheerfully enthuse over their role in manipulating the voting system, which is a vital part of that very democracy. “My family thinks it’s fun,” and…

  • The Old Forgers: Blame the Suits

    You’d think a bunch of old guys, all about the same age, could get-together without arguing.  That just doesn’t happen with our Tuesday morning group at Sophie’s Forge Café, located right across from the forge plant where we most of us put in our years of work. We’d been meeting every Tuesday morning at 7:30…