Milwaukee Buzz - Jan. 5, 2007
High on the hog
It's not just Bush's war that's going disastrously. America, both the nation and the people, is dangerously in debt.
Tags: Bush, peace, Morales

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

Movies & TV - Dec. 19, 2002
Milwaukee's "Michael Moores" premiere film at Rosebud
Local filmmakers Janet Fitch and Brad Pruitt documented women and their families traveling from Milwaukee to the Million Mom March against gun violence in Washington, D.C. They later produced the compelling documentary, "Promise of America," and it will show tonight with Michael Moore's "Bowling for Columbine" at the Rosebud Cinema in Wauwatosa.
Tags: Michael Moore, guns, Maroldi, filmmaker, violence, peace, mother, NRA

Living - Oct. 9, 2009
40 of 40: Day 39
"All we are saying is give peace a chance."I woke this morning to the news that a sitting US President, Barack Obama, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize - a surprise to everyone, including the President.As to not seem overly biased, I posted the story from FOX News on my Facebook pa...
Tags: nobel, obama, peace, action, fox, hope, 40, forty,

Living - Sept. 27, 2009
The 40 Days and 40 Nights of 40: Day 25/26
Spring cleaning in fall anyone? I'm in the mood.  Clothes to Salvation Army, furniture on Craigslist and Facebook, magazines recycled, keepsakes packed away in rubbermade tubs (lord knows we get enough water in our basements around here). There's something completely fulfilling (...
Tags: craigslist, happiness, salvation army, cleaning, simplicity, taco bell, peace