One of the joys that make Milwaukee a special place to live are the many green spaces and parks. I can’t prove this, but our city may have more parks per capita than any U. S. big city — all due to the foresight of our Socialist leaders of late 19th and early 20th Centuries.…

I drained my tea last night, and my heart sank! At the bottom of the cup the remainders of my tea leaves formed a frightening design. Reading them, here’s what I saw: Because of the failures of leadership (read Trump), the coronavirus will gain new vigor and strike down another 100,000 Americans; the rich will…

It was Aug, 6, 1945 – just two days before my 16th birthday – and it may have become a day that helped more than any other to form my strong view that wars are a needless horror. It was nearing suppertime on that day and I had just arrived home, having ridden my bike…

The death on July 7 of my old friend and mentor, Tony Ingrassia, at age 93 in Virginia got me to reminisce about people who have influenced me most in my life.  It’s something, I think, that we should all do from time-to-time.  We are who we are largely thanks to the guidance and friendship…

Sometimes I look at the world through rose-colored glasses.  I must admit I did that on the tragic election night of 2016.  I actually thought that the crude, boorish, racist, sexist buffoon we elected might rise to the occasion and eventually become a true leader.  God knows, our nation has faced enough crises to give…