Y Marks the Spot: For Evil to Triumph This past week was dark. To think, it was mostly because of a cartoon. more
	Life Among the Dead/Alive: HorrorHound Weekend 2010 Life among the Dead/Alive: HorrorHound Weekend, 2010 more
	Y Marks the Spot: Do They Know It's 4/20? Ah, April 20th. Spring is in the air! It’s Hitler’s birthday, the anniversary of the Columbine school shooting, and the day when... | more
	Y Marks the Spot: The Truth About Strippers During my last rant against moral absolutism, I made mention of owning one’s beliefs. In the midst of that I mentioned a side comment... | more
	Y Marks the Spot: Nobody Gets Laid Until Everybody Gets Laid The line came to me during a random moment in which I wasn’t particularly thinking about anything. The thought was as follows: those... | more
	Romance on a shoestring: a dating guide for any lover's budget FREE Take a hike: Nothing says love in La Crosse like a walk in the... | more
	Chili: Food that warms the cockles ... and other assorted body parts Vanna White uses drained pinto beans. more
	Putting our two-wheeled future forward —into law On an average weekday morning during the fall and spring of the past several years, my routine was usually the same. Roll out of bed,... | more
	Revelation in the Corn Some instinct drove me to buy a copy of Sinclair Lewis’ Babbitt on a recent road trip. Appropriately enough I was standing in Minnesota... | more
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	Revelation in the Corn Some instinct drove me to buy a copy of Sinclair Lewis’ Babbitt on a recent road trip. Appropriately enough I was standing in Minnesota... | more
	The Big, Terrible Silence I don’t adapt quickly, but I do adapt brilliantly. I act with the speed of an ice age. My process of learning involves a lot of trial... | more
	So This Is What Democracy Looks Like The mayflies hatched the week before the recall in the 32nd Senate district. When the hatch happens it happens suddenly and with such... | more
	Today's Tom Sawyer’s serves weak, weak fries Tom Sawyer’s Bar and Grill, located out on French Island, is one of La Crosse’s more popular new restaurants. It is connected to a... | more
	Todays Tom Sawyers serves weak weak fries Tom Sawyer’s Bar and Grill, located out on French Island, is one of La Crosse’s more popular new restaurants. It is connected to a... | more
	The Paulie Report One-man-band wonder/guitar wiz Paulie (a.k.a. Paul Matushek) delights audiences every Tuesday night at the Popcorn Tavern. He... | more
	Up from the Ashes It is not often that one can say they were part of history. This past Saturday, I was a part of a tragic chapter that was written on the... | more
	Finding Dan Kapanke What began in the harsh chill of the Wisconsin spring slogs on through the damp, almost paralyzing heat of late July. The energy of the... | more
	What’s Old Is Crüe Again The message, forwarded to me by Captain Adam Bissen of the USS Second Supper, contained the typical chummy form letter used by music... | more
	A fair like no other To celebrate another year of healthy living and sustainable agriculture, Organic Valley is pulling out all the stops for the eighth annual... | more