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Why Luke Joseph, Candidate For Hancock/Coloma Waushara Cty. Bd, Must Not Be Elected, Public Health Matters
While reading a series of questions and answers to the candidates for the Waushara County Board, one name stuck out as a person more connected, at least in my mind, to Dane County. Luke Joseph is seeking election as a supervisor from the Hancock and Coloma area. Once I read just a few sentences into… Continue reading
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Reestablish American Elm Trees In Wisconsin, Your Help Requested
“Remember those two beautiful elm trees out there? When I and Biff hung the swings between them? … Yeah, like being a million miles from the city.” — Arthur Miller (Death of a Salesman) As a boy, I recall elm trees everywhere. Like so many other people in our state, I was sad to see them… Continue reading
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Humphrey History Minute: Mirza Saleh, A Persian With The Love Of Learning
If you want an uplifting, quick slice of history, here it is. I encountered this story today, and must share it with others. Continue reading
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Exhaustion From Hypermasculinity In (Ted Bell) Books
I was reading a book in the parking area at the Middleton Post Office this afternoon as James ran some boxes in for mailing. I was 300 pages into Ted Bell’s second Alex Hawke book, Assassin, and abruptly closed it and threw it in the back seat. I had come close to calling it a… Continue reading
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When Critical Thinking Breaks Down, Democracy Feels the Strain
I overheard a conversation that made me aware (again) that we should not make an effort to overhear what others are saying. One person was trying to make the argument that the war Donald Trump started in Iran had to take place as it was brewing for 47 years. It was expressed that Trump had… Continue reading
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Wisconsin-Born Legendary “Voice Of Agriculture”, Orion Samuelson, Dies At 91
Legendary WGN Radio farm broadcaster Orion Samuelson passed away Monday at the age of 91. Known as the “Voice of Agriculture,” his life is most worthy of recalling. Samuelson was born on a dairy farm in Ontario, Wisconsin, where a leg disease left him for a time nearly crippled as a teenager. He would take classes for six… Continue reading
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The Night Snow Took Over Sturgeon Bay, Stranding Radio Announcer At WDOR
I woke up today with news reports that Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, received 33 inches of snow from this weekend’s blizzard. That is not a typo. One’s mental jaw drops. All of a sudden, the snowblower work at our home in Madison did not seem daunting at all. I thought, after hearing the news of the… Continue reading
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Laughter In The Midst Of Trump’s Iran War, ‘Can You Help Me Lift The Couch?’
Donald Trump spent the weekend pleading with other countries, including China, to help him out of the mess he created in the Strait of Hormuz with his erratic and needless war with Iran. Perhaps my upbeat mood today is because of the blizzard that socked in much of our state and brought calm to many… Continue reading
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Academy Awards! Oscar Night!
I love films like I love books. When I was a teenager in rural Wisconsin, movies were a therapy of sorts. I watched them on television and knew when I was an adult, I would see them on the big screen. Hollywood was magical. I was aware that movies had a remarkable impact on my… Continue reading
Caffeinated Politics
Opinions And Musings By Gregory Humphrey. "Why should I not learn something new every day, and, if I can, shine a light into the eye of my heart?" Mirza Saleh
Caffeinated Politics 