Walking the line between fiction and reality, cartoons have the power to convey seemingly complex messages through subtle, and often creative, ways. As a cartoonist, Rodney Lambright Jr. makes use of the surreal imagery to disarm readers with a friendly atmosphere on the surface, but then dives into psychological trauma and the unconscious mind through […]
Maintaing the Ice Age Trail Amid the Government Shutdown
We’re entering week three of the government shutdown with no end in sight. A number of government agencies are deemed “essential” and will continued to function as usual, like the military and TSA. But for those agencies that aren’t so lucky to have that designation, dire consequences are starting to emerge from the wreckage of […]
UW-Milwaukee Planetarium Births New Exhibit
We all know about the Big Bang, or at least have heard about it, but what really happened to create all the stellar constellations, galaxy clusters and our very own pale blue dot in the universe? Astronomers have some clues about how it may have happened, but much remained unsolved and up for speculation by […]
Don’t Drink the Water in Southwest Wisconsin
In Southwestern Wisconsin, about half of the residents in Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette Counties get their drinking water from private wells rather than municipal systems, but a recent study is calling the quality of that water into question. The Southwest Wisconsin Groundwater and Geology (SWIGG) study was funded to research the quality of the drinking […]
Gender Fluidity in Nature
In 2017, the Trump administration instructed the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to avoid seven words –not George Carlin’s seven words you can’t say on the radio — but another list, which included the word “transgender.” Troops who identify as transgender are also effectively banned from US military service, with some special exceptions. […]
Turning Out the Youth Vote
On Tuesday, November 6, the Wisconsin state midterm elections brought a blue wave to Wisconsin, with Tony Evers claiming victory over two-term reigning Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. And the turnout was much higher in this election than in previous years, as the City of Madison clerk reported more than 92 percent of eligible voters cast […]
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