Milwaukee Buzz - Sept. 30, 2008
A look back at the year 1982
When the Brewers step onto the diamond for Game 1 of the National League Division Series against Philadelphia this afternoon at Citizens Bank Park, fans in Milwaukee can stop referring 1982 -- the year of Milwaukee's most recent playoff appearance -- as a baseball and cultural touchstone. Before we turn the page, let's take one last look at some of the events that took place in 1982.
Tags: 1982, brewers, reagan, bush, thriller, dallas, mash

Politics - Sept. 5, 2008
Do Americans demand another "folksy" president?
Americans elect folksy presidents. For the past 30 years, every man who's graced the Oval Office has been incredibly folksy, the kind of guy America wants to sit down with and drink a beer.
Tags: president, obama, mccain, bush, clinton, reagan, folksy

Bars & Clubs - Feb. 23, 2008
The age-old debate about Wisconsin's drinking age
The legal drinking age in the Badger State jumped from 19 to 21 on Sept. 1, 1986. The debate about the merits of that decision continues today.
Tags: drinking age, 21, wisconsin, reagan, anthony earl, jon greenberg, age of consent

Politics - Aug. 10, 2009
Iran Turmoil Provides Opportunity
          The supreme leader of fundamentalist Islamic Iran, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has confirmed the legitimacy of the election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He did so publicly at a prayer ceremony on Friday at Tehran University, symbolically...
Tags: Iran, Iraq, Ayatollah, Obama, Carter, Reagan, Eisenhower, Defense, Terrorism

Politics - April 22, 2009
Tea Leaves and Smiling Handshakes: How Newt Gingrich Missed the Message
   I am often called “old school,” and I agree. I keep alive a tradition in my writing that writers must be committed to the truth as they know it. That writers, use reason and experience, take words, and craft ideas to evaluate the acts and ideas of others. That writer...
Tags: Obama, Gingrich, Chavez, politics, summit, Reagan, America