Fans are loud
It’s June in Wisconsin, and that means June Dairy Month. From my days working in a cheese plant, I’ve never missed the chance to support our state’s dairy industry, which now contributes $45.6 billion to Wisconsin’s economy. I know things have been hard for dairy farmers these past several y…
Admit it: You don’t know whether to believe him or not. Is President Donald Trump lying about taking hydroxychloroquine? He usually does make things up, but one thing is absolutely true about the Trumpster: He always manages somehow to focus all of the attention on himself.
It’s not March anymore.
Input on Sandy Beach
Lines at the ice cream parlor
Wear a mask
The smell of charcoals burning, the sound of Wisconsin beef sizzling, and the sight of perfect grill marks are truly hard to beat.
When I was a child, the world of insects meant mosquitoes who always seemed to find my hot and sweaty body while completely ignoring my Grandma. It meant the angry yellow jackets in late summer who’d swarm the mouth of your soda pop can and get tangled in your ponytail. When I had my first a…
A country learns about itself in a crisis, and one revelation in the coronavirus emergency is that we can't make our own penicillin.
A month from now, it will be interesting to see how many of the customers who crowded into Wisconsin bars without masks the moment their local government leaders lifted the taverns' restrictions have caught the coronavirus ... and how many have died. It's morbid, but so is the trade-off that…
More park planning needed
New York is the greatest city in the world. It also is uniquely suited to the spread of the coronavirus.
Let’s take one of those magical trips down memory lane, way back to 1939. One of the popular tunes back then was “Wishing (Will Make It So).”
Changes at Sandy Beach
Park needs planning, input from public
If you thought the coronavirus presented difficult policy questions, don’t worry — we have science.
“My liberty ends where yours begins.” There’s some dispute over who first said a variation of this, but do you really care? The point should be as obvious as, say, “Don’t ingest household disinfectants.”
Travel has the power to heal and refresh, to reset and rebuild. Each of us likely has a short list of the places we long to visit, as soon and we are able. We hold clear memories of the moments we’ve shared with our favorite people, and the gorgeous scenery that make our most treasured spots…
Trails for everyone
Teacher Appreciation
Remembering Brey
Forgive Jacksonville, Florida, for it has sinned.
There is Twitter and there is Nitwitter. You decide which this is as the president of the United States was tweeting why he didn't hold his daily coronavirus briefing:
We will reopen in time
Dear Editor,
If you’re reading this editorial after having the printed newspaper delivered to your door, there’s a pretty strong chance that someone from the U.S. Postal Service delivered it to your mailbox.
No more bikes
More testing needed
Have you seen them yet? The first buds? I planted a few flowers from seeds a few weeks ago and I am now officially a gardener. I never thought I would take the time to grow anything but I, like everyone else right now, am doing my best to productively fill my time at home.
With the COVID crisis, the worst-case scenario has often proven too optimistic. But here it is, for what it’s worth: The loosening up of restrictions that President Donald Trump is now advocating, along with his GOP politician bootlickers and his jackboot demonstrators, would slightly dampen…
At a coronavirus task force briefing at the beginning of April, White House adviser Jared Kushner explained the approach that would -- as events proved -- get the country through its ventilator crisis.
So many heroes
This week we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day in the midst of a pandemic. The immediate needs of this crisis have pushed the needs of our Earth off the front pages. At the same time, the epidemic and unfolding economic crisis can teach us lessons on how we move forward.
This spring has certainly brought a new normal to our lives that, in many ways, feels like anything but normal. Similar to many of you, I too have been adjusting to working, eating, sleeping and just being at home 24/7. This time at home has left me extra time to reflect and consider who and…
Halfway to the door of State Street Brats, a group of young men gathered in a semicircle. Slouching, heads buried in their devices, the only thing moving was their thumbs, furiously swiping, never long enough to read a word.
Thanking volunteers
Crime victims rights week
Replace hopelessness with hope
Breaking news -- as they say to open every newscast -- Breaking news: America is breaking. Its public health establishment certainly is. We have the most confirmed COVID cases per capita of any country, because at the very top of government, leadership has been replaced by hucksterism.
President Donald Trump slammed the World Health Organization at a recent news briefing and was immediately accused of scapegoating.
Pogues -- we've all experienced them. They're the bad managers who get in the way of the job getting done. From the feckless supervisor to the CEO, the term pogue is actually scornful military slang, an infantry slur. It means "people other than grunts," and pogues were best described to me …
When President Donald Trump announced a restriction on travel from Europe in a mid-March Oval Office address, European Union officials erupted in outrage.
Election Day perils
You and I both know our industry is hurting. Recently, the US Travel Association crystallized the impact we are seeing with new economic impact data.
We still have shreds of civility left. I love it when people walk up to those in uniform and say, “Thank you for your service.” It is a recognition of their courage and sacrifice. And now we should add gratitude for those in the medical profession.
On Jan. 20, the United States confirmed its first case of the coronavirus. The nation’s political and media elite obsessed over Mitch McConnell’s just-announced resolution governing the impeachment trial of Donald Trump.
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