Articles by Ed Kowalski

I was ready to ask what became of Kim Jong Il and the North Korean threat when he made the news for one day by firing off a couple of missiles.  I thought his nuclear threat was a serious, imminent danger.  I've already begun my doomsday prepping!  (A suitcase full of water and $60 cash, I'm doomed.) The media has had a lot on its plate in the last few weeks; the Boston marathon attack, the Jodi Arias trial, the women freed from captivity in Cleveland, the IRS scandal, the Benghazi controversy ...

The Supreme Court decided it will address the issue of same-sex marriage on Friday and will make a decision on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage in California. While this will certainly be an issue to watch in the future, the court will not hear cases until March. However, there are other important things to watch this week: Michigan Right-to-Work Bill Right-to-work legislation in Michigan, which received more support in the Michiga...

Credit: Leadertelegram.com Both Tommy Thompson and Tammy Baldwin, fighting for the Wisconsin Senate seat, herald themselves to be advocates of the middle class, courting independent middle class voters in a race that appears, by most polls, to be nearly a dead heat, if slightly leaning in Baldwin’s favor. Tommy Thompson, a Republican, was Wisconsin’s longest serving Governor, and served the George W. Bush administration as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Tammy Baldwin...