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As the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops continued to try to force its medieval prohibitions to contraception down the throats of Americans this past weekend, it’s time to consider the story of a Saudi journalist, Hamza Kashgari. He was detained by the Malaysian police on Feb. 9, when he was stopped at Kuala Lumpur International Airport at the…
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Criticizing the President is a great American past-time, and certainly there has been no lack of criticism toward Barack Obama. And, such criticism of a President is proper and within bounds, when it concerns policies. But the personal attacks have been something else, such as the innuendo and rumor thrown at Mr. Obama by the…
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To be truthful, I never thought too much about Betty Ford during her time as First Lady and the years after that. I knew, of course, of her fight against breast cancer and her subsequent battles to rid herself of the twin problems of prescription drug addiction and alcoholism. Now with her death on July…
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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…
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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…
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A “Phone Call” from President Obama to former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas), as envisioned by Ann Germanson, Milwaukee: “Mike! Barry here – Barry Obama. Yeah, that’s my childhood nickname from when I was growing up in Hawaii. I notice the other day you told a talk radio host that you’d love to know more about…
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Will Chilean President Sebastián Piñera fulfill his promise to Luis Urzua to assure that mine safety in that country will be improved? President Piñera was present during the two days of intense rescue of the 33 Chilean miners, front and center as the news cameras rolled, hugging each miner as he surfaced. His political popularity,…
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A story of courage by one high school senior facing his unpopular complaint against the school’s use of the “Indian” nickname for its athletic teams.
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I look around in my basement office: there are no fewer that five working computers. Plus, my MacBook is upstairs, making a total of six! Who in the world needs all these? I don’t. Yet, the computer companies know the value of frequent up-grades, and therefore my 1999 iMac sits unused — yet perfectly good…
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