Politics - July 1, 2008
Milwaukee ranks on liberty, health, risk, vice
In its upcoming August edition (print and online), Reason looks at how the 35 most-populous cities in the United States balance individual freedom with government paternalism. How does Milwaukee rank? See it now before the results are released.
Tags: Reason, personal freedom, vice, smoking ban, taxes, free market, Radley Balko, bans, surveillance cameras

Politics - March 28, 2008
Smile, Milwaukee: You may be on hidden camera
The city approved spending $110,000 to put cameras at three bus stops on the South Side. The cameras, somehow, are expected to deter youth violence at the stops.
Tags: ald. jim bohl, rant langley, pedro colon, uw-milwaukee college republicans, rebecca dallet, jeffrey norman, robert puente, milwaukee county transit system, surveillance cameras

Politics - Nov. 2, 2007
Surveying the debate on surveillance cameras
Some aldermen are upset over the way Mayor Tom Barrett funded and implemented nearly two dozen surveillance cameras designed for crime prevention.
Tags: tom barrett, jim bohl, mike d'amato, surveillance cameras, jonathan cermele, laurie egert, grant langley, chaser's pub, camelot show lounge, tap whatever

Politics - June 20, 2007
Tax support doesn't lead to tax payments
If a private school gets taxpayer funds to teach low-income kids, does that mean it still has to pay taxes?
Tags: clara mohammed school, Ralph Lisowski, surveillance cameras