Living - March 4, 2009
Milwaukeeans help revive NOLA with Historic Green
On March 10 three Milwaukee designers will join hundreds of young professionals and students from across the country in an effort to help restore, rebuild and revive New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward.
Tags: historic green, new orleans, hurricane katrina, la macchia group, matter, green, leed, jean chandler, carbon-neutral, sustainability

Politics - Jan. 13, 2009
One final Bush blog
I realize that many readers will dismiss the following blog after this statement, but I'm going to make it, anyway: President George W. Bush might very well be remembered as the worst president in the history of the United States.
Tags: george bush, iraq, hurricane katrina, war on terror

Movies & TV - Nov. 5, 2008
"Trouble the Water" takes you deep into Katrina
A man standing in a hurricane-ravaged street in New Orleans talks to two soldiers. He thanks them for having helped remove the decomposing body of a relative killed by the storm. "I pray you don't have to go back to Iraq. It's not our war," says Scott Roberts. "This is the war right here." This is one of the many striking moments in the acclaimed documentary "Trouble the Water," which screens Wednesday at UWM's Union Theatre.
Tags: Trouble the Water, UWM, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Carl Deal, Tia Lessin, Kimberly Rivers Roberts

Music - Dec. 12, 2005
Swanson's fast action leads to hurricane benefit CD
Whenever there's a tragedy, there's a good-hearted musician ready to lend a hand. Most are not usually as speedy and organized as Eric Swanson, who has just released "Weathering the Storm: Hurricane Relief from Musicians Around the Globe," which benefits Hurricane Katrina victims via the American Red Cross.
Tags: Swanson, Hurricane Katrina, Metavante, M&I, Red Cross

Politics - Sept. 13, 2005
Opinion: Look to Sensenbrenner to explain vote against Katrina aid
U.S. Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner dragged his reputation, and Wisconsin's collective dignity, into disgrace when he voted "no" on the emergency relief appropriation for victims of Katrina.
Tags: Sensenbrenner, Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast, New Orleans, Louisiana, Biloxi, Mississippi, Bush, FEMA, WisPolitics, Rowen