Poor and Living in Madison

That didn't take long. I wonder what the "sacrifice and cuts" are going to be? To: Chief Noble...

If your in education! Cross Posted @bloggingblue: I wrote earlier about Scott Walker's latest attack on teachers. This morning Katy Lounsbury was on SLY...

I was recently given the opportunity to sit down with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. Mr. Trumka was very cordial and positive and had...

Here's some sobering statistics about homeless families and children. I caught the article in the Wisconsin State Journal, and the predictable hateful comments...

With Apologies to Bill Maher, I thought I would steal his famous segment. New Rule: You can't advocated...

I was talking to another blogger and we concluded that it is just so difficult to know where to begin to address these issues...

A landlord, a drug sniffing dog and a chief of police walk into a press conference . . . I wish it were the...

Apropos of nothing, here are a couple of ideas that could make life better for the less well-off in Madison. It is by no means exhaustive, nor is it meant to be a list that solves all problems. Not everyone is going to like all of them, so it’s worth reminding folks that Brenda is not the only person who blogs here, so don’t go blaming her for these.

I wrote a LTE regarding teacher pay last year, and in Lieu of The community wide education meeting, I thought I would bring...

So . . . could you imagine not having enough money to make bail or pay for a decent attorney, trying to figure out...

Amen! Paul Soglin said it pretty well - except for the part where he said half the city council is making it hard...

Gasp. Horror! That's right, yesterday, I made a mistake. One is bound to do that from time to time. The...