Politics - Aug. 25, 2006
Activist unfazed by small penalty for protest
An area man who has actively opposed the Iraq conflict and was found guilty recently of a violation of a lawful order in his protest outside the Pentagon discovered it doesn't cost too many bucks to buck the system.
Tags: Runkel, anti-war, peace, protest, Iraq, war

Politics - Aug. 4, 2006
Local war protester lands in Federal Court Friday
Phil Runkel will be a long way from his Waukesha home when he walks into a federal courtroom in Alexandria, Va., Friday to be tried for failing to obey a lawful order. But he realizes he will not be as far away as the conflict in Iraq that he opposes.
Tags: Runkel, anti-war, peace