How the fall of Afghanistan echoes what nearly happened in our homeland on January 6
Watching the Taliban gloating in the Presidential palace in Kabul this week after violently overthrowing the government there, gave me major January 6th déjà vu. The muscle memory of that day kicked in again: the disbelief and shock, the stark helplessness, the...
Wisconsin reaches 50% vaccination level against COVID but many eligible still refuse to help stop the spread
Governor Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced on August 13 that half of the state’s entire population have completed their COVID-19 vaccine series. For the fourth week in a row, Wisconsin has seen a steady uptick in weekly doses...
Selfishness as a deadly virus: There is no vaccine that can make Americans care about other human beings
I can’t believe we’re still here. I can’t believe that we’re entering the second full year of this unfathomable madness. We are, and we don’t need to be. Here in America, we have enough vaccines for every adult here. The embarrassment of riches most nations on this...
Watchdog groups files campaign finance complaint in Wisconsin against ALEC’s voter software scheme
Wisconsin was among 15 states listed in a recent campaign finance complaint filed against the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and its legislative leaders, for illegally giving and receiving sophisticated voter management campaign software linked to the...
Study finds that monitoring Milwaukee wastewater for SARS-CoV-2 virus can evaluate community health
Because SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can be found in sewage, the concentration of the virus in wastewater gives public health officials the opportunity to monitor an entire community at once, independent of testing. But sewage surveillance during a...
Be a good Influencer: We can all set a positive example as a transformative force for others to follow
People often refer to me as an influencer and ask me how I became one. They invite to influencer gatherings and put me on influencer conference panels and ask me to contribute to influencer podcasts. I’ve never been quite comfortable with that term, as it’s always...
