Holiday Guide - Dec. 28, 2008
2008 picks: Julie Lawrence
It's hard to believe 2008 is coming to a close already, isn't it? Perhaps it was the zany election, but has felt like time has passed me by quicker than usual. It was good year for entertainment, and also a good year for Milwaukee. Here's a list of some of my personal highlights, from movies, to music to TV and events.
Tags: 2008 picks, rachel getting married, fleet foxes, the wire, nick cave and the bad seeds, election, smoking ban

Politics - Nov. 14, 2008
Obama rode a perfect storm into history
A barrage of irrepressible forces propelled Democrat Barack Obama's historic presidential victory over Republican John McCain, according to Craig Peterson, who cut his "political teeth" in Ronald Reagan's 1980 campaign and has served as a political advisor for many conservative campaigns over the years.
Tags: obama, election, Craig Peterson

Politics - Nov. 5, 2008
Election reflections
Now that the 2008 presidential election is officially in the books, America can begin its Wednesday morning quarterbacking. I'm personally ready start thinking about other things -- like, if it will snow this weekend -- but before I move on, I have a few closing reflections on this most historic of elections.
Tags: election, obama, mccain, president, cnn

Politics - Nov. 4, 2008
Gentlemens' bets for tonight's election returns
You've cast your vote. Now all you can do is sit back and watch the results roll in, right? Or could you place some action on the winners and losers.
Tags: election, bet, vote

Politics - Nov. 4, 2008
The pageantry of election day
I really enjoy voting. I know that my individual vote is insignificant, and even had I been a Floridian in 2000, it wouldn't have mattered. But unlike jury duty, mowing the lawn on the other side of the sidewalk or plugging parking meters, voting is the one civic duty that still fires me up.
Tags: election, bay view, vote

Politics - Jan. 20, 2009
Diary of a Conservative: Jan. 19, 2009
On the eve of Barack Obama’s inauguration, I’m still in disbelief.  A huge part of me wants to feel optimistic & happy & all swept up in this whirlwind of “hope” & “change”.  But I just can’t get there fully.   ...
Tags: Obama, Bush, Conservative, Election

Politics - Nov. 21, 2008
JFK After 45 Years
        Shortly after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963, CBS commentator Eric Sevareid perceptively noted that the most important legacy of the dead leader might well be an “attitude”, a contagious spirit t...
Tags: History, Politics, Presidency, White House, JFK, Kennedy, Space, Moo, NASA, Election, Dallas

Politics - Nov. 20, 2008
Obama Victory American & Democratic
 Barack Obama has been elected President of the United States by a clear majority of the popular vote by 52 to 46 percent and a sweep of the Electoral College. A freshman United States Senator, he is also by the way the first African-American to be nominated by a major party as well as elect...
Tags: election, politics, U.S., foreign policy, race relations, parties

Politics - Oct. 27, 2008
A long Sunday, Bad Visions on Cheap Champagne, 1900 words of Hope, Fear, and Desperation.
This morning I woke up without much of the sickly intense pain or nauseous regret that normally comes with large quantities of cheap champagne and Miller swill. I attribute this good fortune to those friends around me who seemed to take much more of the impact than I did, leaving me to scrounge f...
Tags: Election, Polls, Desperation and Hope, Vonnegut, Bob Dylan

Politics - Oct. 17, 2008
Obama and McCain spending $30,000,000 per week.......
I just read some of the most disturbing news I have ever heard.  Obama and McCain are spending $30,000,000 per week on negative ad campaigns and will continue to do so until the election.  I cannot believe in these trying economic times when people are being kicked out of their houses, ...
Tags: Obama, McCain, campaign, election