Politics - Nov. 17, 2007
School finance is sexy
OK. Maybe school finance isn’t sexy, but it’s really important.
Tagged with: Jennifer Morales, MPS, school board, taxpayers, Madison

Kids & Family - Oct. 20, 2007
Basic training
I got a little heated at an MPS school board meeting this week. The board was gathered to hear State Superintendent Libby Burmaster.
Tagged with: MPS, Milwaukee Public Schools, District Identified for Improvement, No Child Left Behind

Milwaukee Buzz - Oct. 7, 2007
Indiana Jones and the temple of kaboom
As a middle-schooler, I wanted to be Indiana Jones. I was always digging holes in the backyard, hoping to find the long-lost trinkets.
Tagged with: Indiana Jones, Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Pentagon, Afganistan

Arts & Entertainment - Sept. 22, 2007
The unbearable queerness of being
To celebrate our birthdays, Tina and I bought tickets for each other to this past Wednesday's Ani DiFranco concert at the Riverside.
Tagged with: Ani DiFranco, Riverside Theater, Melissa Ferrick, lesbian, homophobic

Milwaukee Buzz - Sept. 15, 2007
Sticks and stones
Have you heard about the lesbian gang epidemic?
Tagged with: Jennifer Morales, lesbian gangs, lesbian, Greenwich Village, DVD, "The O'Reilly Factor," sexual harassment

Politics - Sept. 1, 2007
My own private Idaho
When I heard about U.S. Senator Larry Craig getting busted for soliciting gay sex, I laughed so hard I almost snorted hot coffee out my nose.
Tagged with: Larry Craig, Idaho, gay sex, republican, LGBT

Politics - Aug. 25, 2007
A raid on reason
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency notified the U.S. Census Bureau recently that it shouldn't expect any let-up in of workplace raids.
Tagged with: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, U.S. Census Bureau, MPS Title 1, Latino Community

Milwaukee Buzz - Aug. 16, 2007
Self-possessed
Apparently people in the U.S. have more disposable income than I thought.
Tagged with: plastic surgery, breast implants

Kids & Family - Aug. 8, 2007
Home theater
Something weird happened the other day. Tina and I were at home, working. I don't remember what editorial project I was chipping away at, but I was on deadline and a little cranky.
Tagged with: scam, pharmacy, sales

Politics - July 24, 2007
Throw momma from the bus
Walker announced this week that his proposed 2008 county budget would end 13 Milwaukee County Transit System bus routes and shorten 13 more.
Tagged with: Scott Walker, bus, MCTS, transit, light rail, KRM, connector

Politics - July 13, 2007
Last one out, turn off the lights
I give up. I'm moving to Canada.
Tagged with: Gay marriage, MPS, Canada

Politics - July 3, 2007
Boston marriage
Tina and I just got back from a week-long conference in Cambridge, Mass.
Tagged with: gay marriage, LGBT, rainbow families

Milwaukee Buzz - June 19, 2007
Strangers in fiction
This past weekend I was on a writing team for an entry in Milwaukee's first 48 Hour Film Project competition.
Tagged with: 48 Hour Film Project, Jennifer Morales

Milwaukee Buzz - June 8, 2007
What was your first clue?
There's a classic gay pride T-shirt that simply asks, "What was your first clue?" It looks best on someone so fabulously gay that there's no question that the shirt's message is sarcastic.
Tagged with: Pride Fest, LGBT, gay, joan jett, eurythmics, lennox, sigourney

Milwaukee Buzz - June 1, 2007
The (alleged) crook who told the truth
Let's say I'm a gay politician, a granddaughter of immigrants, who uses her position to rail against the injustices done by our government to gay people and immigrant families.
Tagged with: gay, LGBT, Jennifer Morales

Milwaukee Buzz - May 30, 2007
Hey, McCloud!
I'm sorry if you missed Milwaukee Shakespeare's production of "Henry IV (Part I)," which closed this past Sunday.
Tagged with: Milwaukee Shakespeare, Jennifer Morales

Movies & TV - May 15, 2007
Spider-Man meets with Restorative Justice
I was deeply impressed with "Spider-Man III," in spite of the bloodletting, explosions, and other atrocities. As an MPS school board member, I've had violence and revenge on my mind a lot lately.
Tagged with: Spider-Man, justice, MPS

Milwaukee Buzz - May 5, 2007
Moral high groundcover
Congressional Democrats discovered their collective backbone this week, passing a bill to withdraw from Iraq. Bush vetoed it, of course.
Tagged with: George Bush, Iraq war, democrats

Kids & Family - April 30, 2007
10 commandments for MPS school board members
It's been quite a week. Four new Milwaukee school board members were seated this Wednesday, at a meeting where we also elected our officers.
Tagged with: MPS, school board, Jennifer Morales, commandments

Milwaukee Buzz - April 24, 2007
It's just a yoke
Here's my short list of the reasons committed same-sex couples should get married in Canada.
Tagged with: gay, LGBT, rainbow families, same-sex marriage, lesbian