Social Commentary
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Favorite Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Allen Drury In My Dad’s (Royce Humphrey) Family Tree!
Allen Drury has been a part of my life since the middle school years. As a teenager, his books, which were filled with political drama, remained a source of amusement as his series involved a wide array of colorful and at times incendiary characters. As a young adult, I remained a faithful reader of his… Continue reading
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Wisconsin Fiscal Surplus Should Be Used On Big Ideas
Last week, a local television news report about the high cost of filling up at a service station caught my attention. The driver complained, and rightly so, about spending almost 70 dollars to fill the tank. Watching the coverage, I thought of the $300 the state had proposed to give back to Wisconsinites through a… Continue reading
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Letter From Home: “Do They Know How To Make Grits?” 5/29/26
After an intense 12-hour day, James and I are exhausted in every sense of the word. Our friend with Alzheimer’s was moved today to an assisted living facility in a fashion that was modeled after a White House move. Everything was orchestrated from those who would keep our friend active and away from all the ‘action’,… Continue reading
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Wisconsin’s Transgender Youth Deserve Better
The news from late last week continued an ongoing conversation about the need for transgender minors to be allowed to have gender-affirming care. This should be a no-brainer, but in our current political climate, it is a battle needing to be waged. A coalition of more than 65 Wisconsin organizations, including the Chippewa Valley LGBTQ+… Continue reading
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Letter From Home: 26th Anniversary For James Wilson And Gregory Humphrey, 5/24/26
James figured out how many minutes we have spent together as we celebrate our 26th anniversary today. We have spent most of the last 13,679,040 minutes together, and I wouldn’t trade that for anything in the world. When we met, he called me his Skinny Little Fat Man! (I weighed 132 pounds when we met… Continue reading
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End Of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
There’s a particular quiet that settles over the country at the end of the day. The dinner dishes are done, the dog has finally stopped barking at the neighbor’s recycling bin, and the nation collectively exhales. The kids are hopefully asleep. The last household chore is completed, and the outside light has been turned off.… Continue reading
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MAGA Is Not Against Donald Trump’s Corruption
Rolling Stone precisely sums up Donald Trump’s continuous corruption. “Let’s say it plainly: There has never been a president as corrupt as Donald Trump. There is no close second in our history.” “Take two days in May as Exhibit A. Americans just found out that in the first quarter of this year, Trump’s stock portfolio… Continue reading
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Watertown School Board Tried to Silence Music About LGBTQ+ Community, But Gave It Wide Publicity
The Watertown School Board has achieved something truly remarkable, something they had not intended. They tried to undermine a dignified instrumental piece about LGBTQ+ history, but instead turned it into the most talked‑about spring cultural event in much of Wisconsin. By “remarkable,” I mean the kind of strategic brilliance that belongs in a museum exhibit… Continue reading
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Another Pardoned Trump Insurrectionist Broke The Law, Gun Threat On Church Property, Thug Behavior Continues Among White MAGA Males
One does not even need to do an online search for the latest criminal behavior from the MAGA males who violently stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. One only needs to read a newspaper or listen to the news on the radio. There’s a certain grim predictability to these people and their low-brow… Continue reading
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Getting Serious About Helping Obese Children In Our Society
We have all seen pictures in the news of children who are obese. Not plump. Not overweight. Obese. It is sad to see. We know of medical problems that either presently exist for these kids or are on the horizon. These youngsters are all across the nation. Rural or urban. Wisconsin, Texas, Oregon, or Virginia.… Continue reading
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