Society
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The Lowest Moment As We Watch Public Life Decline In Donald Trump’s Second Term
I was a toddler when President John Kennedy was assassinated. Over the course of my lifetime, there was always a respectfully placed invisible line around his death and the loss of life so young due to his role as our national leader. A young widow and young children, and the continuously unanswered questions of what… Continue reading
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Ridiculous Spectacle On White House Lawn With Cage Fight
John Adams was an intelligent man, a driving force for independence in the founding of our nation in 1776. He was also quick-tongued and not above bluntly saying what he meant. So, if he were to come back and look out at the South Lawn of today’s White House (what I think is fair to… Continue reading
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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
