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There will be an election in Wisconsin a week from today. One of the races is for Supreme Court Justice. This is, allegedly, a non-partisan race. It should be, but obviously it isn't according to each contenders' campaign. The contenders: JoAnne Kloppenburg and Judge David Prosser. If you are thinking of voting for Kloppenburg only because you are mad at Governor Walker and the Republican legislators, and want to get "even" with them, think again. "Time to get even" is what all the people... Read Full Story

Oh, the little joys of parenting. We had parent/teacher conferences tonight. We are blessed with two wonderful daughters. Each unique and doing great, above average for their grade and age. It fills my heart with pride, but also with a little sorrow for those children that do not have the sources, or the opportunities my children have. They have wonderful teachers, and are surrounded by lots of love. My children are awesome. The most wonderful gift that God has given me. And I am grateful for... Read Full Story

No, Wisconsin is NOT Egypt. It irritates me greatly when people compare Wisconsin current events to the uprising and the fight of the Egyptian people. As someone who contributed a little grain of sand to help the people of Egypt through Twitter, and read, probably before it hit the media, what some of them went through, I fail to be able to make a comparison. Why? Well, I will tell you why. Today, I heard on radio the account of a young woman who witnessed an affront on some one's rights... Read Full Story

In literature, movies, popular culture, crossroads seem to be frequently used as a symbol for a time of introspection and decision-making, a time of crisis, perhaps? The politically-charged environment of my State has brought me to a sort of crossroads in my ideologies and visions. I find myself still advocating for many things liberals also advocate for: basic human rights. The right to choose for my body what I want, and to respect other women in the decisions they make when it comes to... Read Full Story

"Only 5 states do not have collective bargaining for educators and have deemed it illegal. Those states and their ranking on ACT/SAT scores are as follows: South Carolina: 50th, North Carolina: 49th Georgia, 48th Texas: 47th, and Virginia: 44th. Wisconsin is ranked #2 in the nation." This has been floating around on Twitter for a couple of days. The post is intended to establish a correlation between collective bargaining and students scores. Right? Well, not so fast. For starters, the... Read Full Story

Wisconsin has been my home for more than 20 years. My plan was to go back home -Puerto Rico - after five years. But then, I got married. So here I am. I love Wisconsin, and as an adoptive daughter of this State, it saddens me what is going on in here today. But I have an opinion about it. Maybe not the most popular right now, but here I go. Those who know me know that I tend to lean more to the "left" side of politics while trying to stay in the "middle-of-the-road": I am pro-choice and pro... Read Full Story

I just found that a group of parents in our school district are trying to get a write-in candidate in the upcoming School Board Elections (the deadline to submit candidates has passed), to have the new School Board Member, if elected, help overturn the recently approved World Language Initiative (see the link below for more information). (You will need to copy and paste the links to your browser) http://www.wauwatosa.k12.wi.us/worldlanguageiniative.cfm This "write-in" candidate may be a... Read Full Story

(This is a revised version of my post by the same name from June 16, 2008) I moved to Wisconsin in 1989. I was young and skinny. Now, I am a little less young and a lot less skinny. I remember, growing up, how women in my family were all concerned with weight. How I would hear, "Oh, be careful; with your genes, you are prone to become fat!", and all kind of comments of the like. I was little, but before long, when I started to approach puberty, and the hormones dictated that now fat was to be... Read Full Story

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Watch this video, and then come and visit some day!! Read Full Story