Published April 14, 2012
A lot of people traveled this past week because of the holidays and / or spring break vacations, which left others with the desire to hit the road - or the sky. So this week, OnMilwaukee.com asked the social circle where they would travel if they could.
Published April 9, 2012
Hike for Hope is a 1,200-mile hike spanning four countries - France, Spain, England and Scotland - that's also a fundraiser for the Catalyst Foundation, an organization that helps abandoned and neglected children in Vietnam. Milwaukee's Loyal Mehnert organized the event that will take place in late spring / early summer.
Published April 24, 2007
If you think that the publication of an author’s first book by a big publishing house is always a moment of joy, think again. If you think that book’s garnering wide acclaim and being named one of the 10 best books of the year by the New York Times Book Review is invariably cause for cheer, Danielle Trussoni can tell you otherwise.
Published Feb. 15, 2005
Gather 'round, let me tell you a story. It's about a struggling family living in rural America in 1967. It's about a war that no one can fathom. It's about the complex threads that bind us to family, friends, neighbors and memories. It's Ellis' "The Turtle Warrior."
Published March 24, 2003
It's no secret, so we won't pretend it is, but when we mention Phan's Garden, a Vietnamese and Chinese restaurant on Milwaukee's near South Side, most people haven't heard of it. And, boy, are they missing out.
Monday May 28th, 2012 – Fox Lake, IL War…Huh…Good God y’all. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Edwin Starr said it best, and I wholeheartedly concur with those sentiments – even though he didn’t write the song. It was written by Norman ...
British-born journalist Tim Hetherington was killed in Libya on April 20 by a rocket-propelled grenade, during the sort of heavy combat he covered remarkably effectively in multiple media. American photojournalist Chris Hondros was also killed in the attack, and two other reporters were wounded. ...
“’The Hurt Locker’ and Vietnam War Precedents”by Arthur I. CyrThe success at the Academy Awards of ‘The Hurt Locker,’ a gripping drama about bomb disposal in Iraq, doubtless will spawn a spate of Hollywood war films. Some of these – you can bet on this &n...
Regarding aggressive intelligence gathering, the Obama administration is now clearly at war – with the Obama administration. Very soon after assuming office, President Obama opted not to pursue prosecution of intelligence professionals ...
The visit of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of Australia to Washington has taken place underneath much of the U.S. media radar, receiving relatively little attention. Smaller nations generally experience that fate, especially currently with our overriding focus on large-scale global economic turmoil.&...
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