What's it like to live in Milwaukee? MeFi residents of the Cream City, please advise! Specific details/questions follow. So, one of the doctoral programs at UWM has extended me an amazing offer for next fall. YAY! I'm very strongly considering (and, at this point, leaning towards) taking their offer...

Gwen Moore talked crap on FOX News this morning. She appeared to address this "Earmark of the Day" -- $500,000 to Marquette University for research to turn human waste into electricity. Transcript GWEN MOORE: Listen, this is extremely important. In the stimulus bill, we have 16 and a half billion do...

Latoya Lewis, an ACORN voter registration worker, was charged yesterday. From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel : In the criminal complaint, Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Bruce Landgraf alleged that Latoya Lewis submitted at least two of eight voter registration cards filled out for the ...

Is there an Evan Longoria in the 2009 Rookie Class? The 2009 RotoRob MLB Draft Kit continues today as we kick off the RotoRob Top 10 Lists of Lists that Fantasy Owners always Wanted, but were Afraid to Ask For with the RotoRob debut of our newest voice, Todd Habiger, who brings us the Top 10 rookies...

I have solved the TMJ4 Brookfield Perkins "Dirty Dining" mystery that I've been writing about since December 2008. My TV viewing and radio listening habits kept me from finding out the truth sooner. The "NEWS" on TMJ4 can be bought. Last night, I was watching the 10:00 PM news on TMJ4. As usual, Thu...

If you've ever read Eugene Kane, you had to know that this was coming. Kane is so predictable I could have written this column for him. Soon after my arrival in Milwaukee during the early 1980s, some locals made it a point to tell me about Whitefish Bay, a pretty ritzy suburb just outside the city l...

In 2006, Matthew Laughrin was dreaming of a better life. He and his mother, Sandra, were picking up the pieces from Laughrin's drug abuse and overdosing. Matthew grew up in Shorewood and later in Whitefish Bay in a nurturing family with four siblings. A strong upbringing, however, is not the complet...

Mario Chalmers is one of the few thiefs who isn’t a must own. Welcome to another edition of The Hidden Truth. Today, we will take a look at steals. Here we have another fantasy category that is often overlooked, but is just as important as anything else. When you prepped for your draft, did yo...

MKEimages.com photographer Michael Stotler took in the Dropkick Murphy's at the Rave/Eagles Ballroom on Wisconsin Ave. last evening. The Boston Celt-punk band is just in time for the upcoming St. Patrick's Day festivities....

7:41pm: The Miami Herald has a list of eight players who agreed to terms with the A's for 2009. Daric Barton, Kurt Suzuki, Dallas Braden, Dana Eveland, Gio Gonzalez, Sean Gallagher, Henry Rodriguez and Landon Powell all agreed to one-year contracts. 12:27pm: According to a press release, via the Mia...