“Oscar the Elf” Photo by Geoff Carter
Category:Michael DiMilo
Strange Fruit
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” –Thomas Jefferson Politics is a strange business everywhere but has become especially peculiar in America. Thomas Jefferson’s Tree of Liberty has been bearing strange fruit. In the past, our democracy …
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The Pen in Hand Movie Guide to Hiding Under the Bed
Photo by Skyler Sawyer on Unsplash By Geoff Carter (Originally published on October 31, 2020) I grew up in the sixties and seventies, in what might be called the golden age of the horror movie. Not only were we able to see films The Abominable Dr. Phibes and Scream and Scream Again at the drive-in theater, but every Saturday afternoons we …
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They All Fall Down
Artwork by Michael DiMIlo By Geoff Carter The dominoes are beginning to fall. Who will be next? Nineteen people were indicted in the Fani Willis RICO case against those conspiring to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. And, as we’ve seen so often in TV police dramas like Law and Order, Breaking Bad, or The Wire, prosecutors are …
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Kickass Interviews Gerry Mander
Artwork: “Money Badger” by Michael DiMilo By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in incredulity that no member of the press has interviewed GerryMander, considering that after he was put in place by big money, places like Wisconsin became brothels for narcissistic “Johns” with perverted ideas about how to have their way …
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The Nature of Teflon
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter There was always that guy in high school who got away with everything—a Ferris Buehler. We all knew him. Maybe he was a smooth talker, a star athlete, the class president, or the valedictorian. Maybe he had that air of innocence and was the last one anyone would …
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Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Towering White Pines—monarchs of the North. Beautiful cold and crystal-clear lakes. Deep, dark, peaceful woods. Silent, gold-tinged, magenta clouds scattered across the skies at sunset. Wisps of fog rising from the water at dawn. Red-eyed loons rising from the cool depths. These are the Northwoods of Wisconsin, better …
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Contempt of Court
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter “We are a nation of laws with respect and recognition of the rule of law. We are not an imperialist government with a monarch abiding by the rule of one man.” –Senator Marsha Blackburn The rule of law. Everyone is equal before the law. The law is the …
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Cycling Through
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Every year during the last week of July, the Milwaukee Riverwest neighborhood, an eclectic enclave of artists, musicians, families, and working folks, hosts the Riverwest 24, a twenty-four-hour bicycle race that runs along the neighborhood streets. According to the Riverwest 24 website, the event came about because of efforts by …
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Independence Day
(Originally published July 8th, 2021, but–unfortunately, still as timely now as it was then) Artwork by Michael DiMilo Article by Geoff Carter Our nation just celebrated The Fourth of July. Any American can—hopefully—tell you what this holiday is all about. On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, severing all …
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Another Breath of Fresh Air
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Life seems more hectic, frantic, and stressful than ever before. Not only do we have the usual worries about money, health, and our kids, but we also have additional anxieties concerning climate change, political extremism, mass shootings, raging pandemics, government dysfunction (maybe not such a new problem) plus …
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Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter It’s happening again. The rich, the elites, the privileged, the American royalty, are once again proving that they are more than equal to the rest of us. Welcome to the rarified stratosphere of the one percent. Welcome to lifestyles of the rich and infamous. On the heels of …
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