Over at the Cato Institute’s blog, there’s both an acknowledgment of Bill of Rights Day – commemorating the ratification of the Bill of Rights – and an assessment of civil liberties in America today. America is beautiful for a thousand reasons – I am convinced and confirmed her recognition of individual liberty is first among…

Not long ago, before the principal deer season of the year opened, I posted a video to tease about discomfort some people have with hunting. In fact, that’s not common in Wisconsin – most people are comfortable with hunting. One can go to a Packers game, for example, and find that many of one’s fellow…

Posting has been light this month, as I have thought about FREE WHITEWATER’s readers, and how to describe and explain our town to a growing, out-of-town audience. When I started writing, I never thought about how many readers I might attract. I wrote what I felt like writing, and if anyone wanted to read, they…

Good morning, Whitewater In the city today, there are no scheduled, municipal public meetings. At Whitewater High, at 1:15 p.m., there’s a Movin’ and Munchin’ event with Wisconsin Olympians Casey FitzRandolph and Suzy Favor Hamilton in the gym. The Middle School PTO will meet at 7 p.m. tonight. On this day in 1964, Dr. King…

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For Friday Catblogging, here’s something local — tiger cubs at the MIlwaukee Zoo: Siberian Tiger Cubs Make Zoo Debut. MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee County Zoo is celebrating the birth of two new babies. The Siberian tiger cubs that were born this past July will be making their debut. The two cubs are now 12 weeks…

The Associated Press reports that one of the candidates for the Massachusetts U.S. Senate seat for which there is a December primary is a libertarian named Joe Kennedy. It may be the only time in memory that one will see banners reading, Libertarians for Kennedy. (He’s no relation to the Kennedy family.) At the least,…

Over a year ago, I posted a list of Techniques of Municipal Distraction, the methods local government can use to shift-blame, avoid true accountability, and do pretty much what it pleases. I’ll add four more, and list the original techniques thereafter. 19. A Compliant Press Must Always Bolster Key Leaders. Every local bureaucrat and incumbent…

Today, under pressure from people from across the state, lawmakers withdrew a bill that would have allowed legislators to designate secretly their successors in the event that an attack or disaster should befall Wisconsin. I posted earlier today on the pending legislation. See, New Wisconsin Bill Would Allow Secretly Designated Legislative Successors. It’s hard to…

Hard to believe, but true – the Wisconsin legislature is set to consider a bill that would allow Wisconsin legislators to compile a secret list of potential successors in the event of an attack on the state. Should legislators be killed, those from the secret list would serve in a re-constituted legislature. The bill’s solution…

Today marks the birthday of the British writer, H.G. Wells. Like so many others, I grew up reading Wells’s science fiction, with War of the Worlds as my favorite. It’s still one of my favorite stories. To commemorate his birth, Google added a small picture (that they call a ‘doodle’) based on War of the…

Here’s the eighth installment of cat blogging. The Cat Fanciers’ Association of America recognizes about forty breeds of domestic cats, but all cats, single or mixed-breed, are admirable. Cats have an independent spirit that’s a fine reminder of the individualism which Americans — at their best — so abundantly possess. Today, I’ve posted a video…

Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) recently said what millions of others know, too: America is awash in wasted stimulus money. Dorgan rightly observes that his state of North Dakota does not need $128 million in stimulus funds for border checkpoints. Border security funds should be spent on areas with high border traffic. Dorgan might have remained…