Stephen Kastner

It may be Howard Zinn‘s influence that always causes me to repeat a silent mantra, “History, whose-story,” each time I consider how historians mark the record. Despite the fact that we now use video and the rising voice of the blognation to counter the seemingly pointless narrative delivered by mainstream media, the words of Marshall [...]

On July 19, the Army will be taking their computer simulation, called the “Virtual Army Experience” to Duluth, for the Duluth Air Show. The exhibit allows children as young as 13 to practice firing a machine gun at life-sized images of people projected on a computer screen. Witnesses report that Army recruiters in Milwaukee weren’t [...]

This year’s Milwaukee Summerfest (June 26-July 6) features a “Virtual Army Experience Exhibit” at the north end of the grounds. The tent contains a real Humvee mounted with 4 machine guns that interacts with a huge screen. The screen projects the virtual experience of traveling through a town. You can shoot the machine guns at [...]

Mike McCabe says,” Wisconsin’s unique history is comfort food for those disgusted and disheartened by current political conditions. People much poorer than us and much less educated than us faced conditions at least as bad and turned those dark days into a glorious gift to future generations.”[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x1cm1EXhBM]Visit www.fightingbob.com for more information on this summer’s event [...]

“This one’s coming back from the dead in 30 days,” says Rep. Dennis Kucinich. The House has voted to send articles of impeachment against President Bush to a committee that is not likely to hold hearings before the end of his term. By 251-166, House members dispatched the measure to the Judiciary Committee on Wednesday [...]

Rededicated to bringing forth news and views from outside the great dome… The Red Ponchos in Bolivia are made up of armed and militant Quechua Indians who support President Evo Morales. Today the nation’s richest and largest state, Santa Cruz, is expected to pass an autonomy referendum seeking to justify withholding the revenues that they [...]

On Monday, December 31, 2007 on WPR Ben Merens’s 5 PM guest said “…in 2008 major financial markets will suffer a mortal blow and the U.S. dollar will be worth a dime…” but, he also says “not all the trends are gloom and doom.” The guest was Gerald Celente, founder, forecaster, Trends Research Institute.This link [...]

We Americans are notoriously short-sighted. Perhaps it should come as no surprise when you consider that our collective viewpoint is that of a nation less than 250 years old. When I hear news reporters continually refer to China’s invasion of Tibet in the 50s I suggest we take a look at history the way the [...]

John Gard – wants to limit stem cell researchhttp://youtube.com/v/Krf_ZZny6uQFor my 13-year old daughter Isabel, Type 1 diabetic since age 9… and for every other person who may be negatively impacted by the possible election of another right-wing hypocrite: a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion.

Highlights from Peg Lautenschlager’s speech in LaCrosse this weekend include her mentioning that Wisconsin’s “Internet Crimes Against Children unit is the very best, making more arrests of Internet predators than any other state in the nation.” She earns highest marks for keeping her campaign promises to protect the environment… “We have aggressively enforced laws to [...]