Retiring Guy's Digest: 2018-06-03

Saturday, June 9, 2018

Willy Street West expands its footprint at Middleton's Parkwood Plaza

Expanding into space previously occupied by the UPS Store and Sue's Hallmark. UPS moved two doors down, and Hallmark relocated in Fitchburg.

Willy Street West expansion

Willy Street Co-op moving forward with expansion plans. (Wisconsin State Journal, 7/26/2018)

The approval comes almost a year after the co-op opened its third location, in the 20,000-square-foot former Pierce's Market store in the Northside Town Center, 2817 N. Sherman Ave. The co-op, founded in 1974, completed a $4 million renovation of its Williamson Street store in 2014 and spent $3.5 million to open its Middleton store in 2010.

Virginia DeVore Kellerman (1922-2018) Warren High School class of 1941

Source: Warren Times Observer

1941 Dragon yearbook

Virginia's high-school activities:
German Club (4); Lebewohl (2), Girls' Club (4); Junior Chamber of Commerce (3, 4); Stenographers' Club (4); Bookkeeping Club (2); Junior Shorthand Club (3); A Capella Choir (2)

1967 Warren City Directory

DeVore Donald C (Anna T) DeVore's Keystone Service) h7 Woods rd North Warren
DeVore Fred C (Nettie M) prs opr Struthers Wells h7 S State North Warren

1983 Warren City Directory

Virginia's best years occurred during the 1st half of the 20th century. She spent 60 years (1900-1959) in the top 100, thirteen of them (1916-1928) in the top 10, peaking at #6 in 1921. She's been attempting a comeback since 2009.

Source: Social Security Administration

Other members of the class of 1941:

2017
Lois Johnson Setterholm. (1/7/2018)
Rex Clayton Graham. (8/11/2017)
Charles Tranter. (3/3/2017)

2016
Evelyn Boyd. (12/2/2016)

2015
Thomas Masterton. (9/3/2015)
Autumn Ettinger Doherty. (2/20/2015)
Elizabeth 'Betty' Schearer Wilson. (1/23/2015)
Imogene Morris McDaniel Schall. (1/20/2015)

2014
Rowena Farnsworth Littrell. (10/22/2014)
Doris Look See. (8/5/2014)

2013
Elizabeth 'Betty Jean' Peterson Johnson. (12/27/2013)
Frieda Dahler Mansfield. (12/18/2013)
Margaret Bathhurst Gilson. (12/16/2013)

Climate change as a matter of fact: May 2018 record heat in U.S.

Source: NOAA

Contiguous U.S. had its warmest May on record. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 6/6/2018)

The average May temperature across the contiguous U.S. was 65.4 degrees F, 5.2 degrees above average, making it the warmest May in the 124-year record, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information. This surpassed the previous record of 64.7°F set in 1934, during the dust bowl era. There were more than 8,590 daily warm station records broken, or tied, in May.

  Previous climate change as a matter of fact posts:
Africa
Cape Town, South Africa. (1/31/2018)
Kenya. (7/23/2017)

Asia
Rising seas + draining underground aquifers = Jakarta disaster. (12/22/2017)

Australia and the Pacific
Dying coral of the Great Barrier Reef. (4/22/2018)
Easter Island. (3/18/2018)
Green sea turtles of the Great Barrier Reef. (1/11/2018)
Kiribati. (7/6/2016)

Europe
Portugal. (6/19/2017)
The Netherlands. (6/19/2017)

North America
Miami. (5/4/2018)
Melting outdoor ice rinks in Canada. (3/21/2018)
Gulf of Maine. (3/8/2018)
Jean Lafitte, Louisiana. (2/26/2018)
Lodi, Wisconsin. (2/3/2018)
Maine shrimp season. (12/27/2017)
California fires. (12/8/2017)
Wisconsin. (11/16/2017)
Hampton Roads, Virginia. (11/4/2017)
Georgia peach orchards. (9/18/2017)
Northeast U.S. pine forests. (8/29/2017)
Tangier Island, Virginia.  (8/25/2017)
South of the Arctic Circle in Alaska. (8/25/2017)
New Orleans.  (8/12/2017)
Mexico City.  (2/19/2017)
Kansas. (1/29/2017)
Moose of Maine.  (1/21/2017)
Florida Keys.  (1/14/2017)
California wine country. (1/11/2017)
Kaktovik, Alaska. (12/20/2016)
Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park. (7/7/2016)

Polar regions
Disappearing old ice in Arctic. (6/4/2018)
North Pole. (2/28/2018)
Beavers migrate to Arctic. (12/24 /2017)
Shrinking sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. (12/14/2017)
Emaciated polar bear. (12/9/2017)

South America
Peru. (11/26/2017)
Brazil. (6/8/2017)
Bolivia. (7/11/2016)
Peru, (5/21/2016)

U.S. Military
Military experts sound an alarm. (3/1/2018)
U.S. military bases around the world. (1/8/2018)
U.S. Department of Defense. (12/16/2017)
U.S. military bases. (9/22/2017)

Worldwide
Wine production. (4/27/2018)

Scott Walker crows about low-paying jobs growth but is so far silent on Wisconsin's bump in poverty rate

Study: In 2016, Wisconsin's job market improved but the state's poverty rate increased. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6/8/2018)

We also examined poverty rates across regions in the state, revealing deep poverty in Milwaukee County and especially in the central city of Milwaukee. But the report also signaled a strong recovery in most parts of Wisconsin with more substate areas (26 counties) having lower poverty rates than in most previous reports. There are larger regional differences in poverty within Wisconsin than in earlier years, with the recovery especially helping the eastern parts of the state, the counties north and west of Milwaukee, as well as the west central region of the state.

Link to full report

Of Wisconsin's approximately 382,500 African-Americans residents, 62% reside in the City of Milwaukee.

Related reading
The Unelectable Whiteness of Scott Walker. A journey through the poisonous, racially divided world that produced a Republican star. (The New Republic, 6/15/2014)

Friday, June 8, 2018

Fill in the blank: A woman's place is in the ______.

Sources:
Qatar Airways C.E.O. Says Women Can’t Do His Job. Cue Groans and Backpedaling. (The New York Times, 6/5/2018)
Jill Ker Conway, 83, Feminist Author and Smith President, Dies. (The New York Times, 6/4/2018)

LINKcat libraries provide little shelf space for titles by 'rule-breaking cookbook author' Barbara Kafka

'Rule-breaking' included in print headline.

Barbara Kafka, Cookbook Author and Food Writer, Dies at 84. (The New York Times, 6/5/2018)

Ms. Kafka would crown her career with two Lifetime Achievement Awards and the Cookbook Hall of Fame Award from the James Beard Foundation. But she was hardly destined to develop into a culinary virtuoso. Yes, as a child of well-to-do parents, she was exposed to haute cuisine when she dined at fancy restaurants, or when the family cook replicated her favorite recipes by famous chefs.

But when Ms. Kafka graduated from college, she wanted to be a poet, or to write about art. She was allergic to gluten and was lactose intolerant. She couldn’t boil an egg.

Other LINKcat collection posts:
Weeding or historical sanitization at LINKcat libraries? (6/2/2018)
The "spy' books by Aline Countess of Romanones haven't traveled well. (12/17/2017)
Minimal shelf space devoted to Kit Reed's books in LINKcat public libraries. (10/1/2017)
Carol J. Adams shares feminist classics from her personal library. (9/8/2017)
The distant dirty dozen literary career of E. M. Nathanson. (4/10/2016)
Gunter Grass (1927-2015). (4/15/2015)
Thomas Berger (1924-2014). (7/23/2014)
Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014) (4/8/2014)
Barbara Branden's shelf sitter. (12/26/2013)

The Trump effect: Democrats flip a seat in Missouri State Senate

From a 22.6 percentage point deficit in 2016 to a 19.4 percentage victory margin in this week's special election

Democrats win state Senate seat in Missouri, their 42nd red-to-blue flip of the cycle. (Washington Post, 6/5/2018)

Republicans have lost the first election in Missouri since Eric Greitens resigned the governor’s post in disgrace, with Democrat Lauren Arthur picking up a state senate seat in the Kansas City suburbs.

With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Arthur had defeated Republican Kevin Corlew — a fellow state legislator — by 19 points. That represented a sizable swing toward Democrats in the 17th district, which backed both Donald Trump and Mitt Romney by 4 points.

Source: Ballotpedia

Thursday, June 7, 2018

Alan Schuler (1929-2018) Warren High School class of 1947

Source: Warren Times Observer

1947 Dragon yearbook

1967 Warren City Directory

Schuler Grace I h125 E Wayne

1983 Warren City Director

Alan -- slightly more popular at its peak than its counterpart 'Allen' -- peaked at #40 in 1951, during the decade of its greatest popularity.

Source: Social Security Administration

Other Class of '47 graduates:
2017

Agnes Porter Green. (5/9/2017)
Carolyn Johnson Sorenson. (4/8/2017)
Rose Gleason King Font. (1/2/2017)

2016
Thomas Hampson. (12/22/2016)
William Nordin. (12/10/2016)
Barbara BovaKerr. (11/22/2016)
Wilbur Nordin. (11/16/2016)
Elwood Beckwith. (10/28/2016)
Robert Huck. (3/24/2016)
Lois Sigworth Conaway. (3/23/2016)
Leroy Weaver. (1/26/2016)

2015
Betty Uplinger Hagberg. (10/4/2015)
Betsi Conaway Preston Yerkes. (6/15/2015)
Frank Shanshala. (4/28/2015)

2014
Joyce Mack Phelps. (12/2/2014)
Henry Blick. (8/29/2014)

Kathleen Bloomquist Anderson. (8/2/2014)

Frances Cash VanVolkinburg. (2/7/2014)

Robert Songer. (1/19/2014)

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Vincent Pace (1946-2018) Warren Area High School class of 1964

Source: Warren Times Observer

1964 Dragon yearbook

1967 Warren City Directory

Pace Bruno A (Sabia B) conveyor opr Penelec h27 Walmut
Pace Vincent USA r27 Walnut
Pace Sylvia C ofc sec Proter Inc Agcy r27 Walnut

1983 Warren City Directory

Pace Vincent & Charlene P (Bullpen) h21 S Pine St

Steady Eddie Vincent.

Other members of the class of 1964:
2018
Robert Arnold. (5/8/2018)
Burt Alexander. (4/3/2018)
John Lindberg. (3/27/2018)

2017
James DeLong. (11/6/2017)
Ruth Johnson Jackson. (10/14/2017)
Gordon Eric Cedarquist. (8/19/2017)
John David Pirillo. (8/10/2017)

2016
Dwight Drum, (8/1/2016)

2015
David Holmberg. (8/3/2015)
Susen Johnson Gebhardt. (6/20/2015)
Delores Brady Geer. (1/25/2015)
Judith McCool Madigan. (1/26/2015)

2014
Julia Barhight Verdot. (9/5/2014)
Charles Lyon. (1/12/2014)

Irony alert: Mount Pleasant village board votes to designate Foxconn Technology Campus a blighted area

Mount Pleasant Village Board

Mount Pleasant board declares entire Foxconn area as 'blighted'. (Madison.com, 6/5/2018)

Wisconsin state statues define a “blighted area” as including “an area which is predominantly open and which because of obsolete platting, diversity of ownership, deterioration of structures or of site improvements, or otherwise, substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of community.”

Other Foxconn posts:
May 2018
No need to shed a tear for Foxconn. (5/15/2018)
The fact, Scott Walker, is that companies in 63 Wisconsin counties were not awarded contracts by Foxconn. (5/9/2018)
Foxconn's rising stock? I guess WisPolitics staff don't get around much anymore. (5/3/2018)
Foxconn present, "Listen to Louis". (5/2/2018)
Foxconn and self-driving trucks: Wishing won't make it so. (5/1/2018)

April 2018
Did Louis Woo just let the cat out of the bag? (4/30/2018)
UPDATE: So, basically, Louis Woo, what's really going on in that rental building? (4/30/2018)
Foxconn and robots: Joined at the hip. (4/26/2018)
UPDATE. Woo sez Foxconn wowed by 4 billion dollars' worth of Walker wooing. (4/26/2018)
State Senator Patrick Testin (R-Stevens Point) conducts a Foxconn storytime at the Greenwood Cafe. (4/26/2018)
Question of the day: Do you take Foxconn's pledge at face value? (4/25/2018)
Foxconn decision: The $4.7 billions in assistance, of course, has nothing to do with it. (4/19/2018)
In deep red Ozaukee County, disparagement of Scott Walker's Foxconn giveaways. (4/19/2018)
City of Milwaukee publishes Foxconn company profile. (4/18/2018)
That Foxconn sucking sound: Up to $40 million for a single county highway project vs. a $47 million funding distribution for the entire North Central region of Wisconsin. / (4/8/2018)

March 2018
The fantasy life of our sloganeering governor Scott Walker. (3/21/2018)
Racine County air quality alert: Foxconn emissions of ozone precursors. (3/16/2018)
Here's a proposal that's chock full of nuts. (3/9/2018)
The toxic possibilities of Foxconn's wastewater discharge. (3/8/2018)
Marquette Law School poll: Most folks aren't buying Scott Walker BS about statewide benefits of Foxconn deal. (3/5/2018)
Wisconsin Department of Administration policy analyst: Walker pretty much shot his wad with Foxconn deal. (3/5/2018)
UPDATE. John and Kim Mahoney take issue with that 'generous offers' happy talk. (3/3/2018)

February 2018
Make way for robots. (2/25/2018)
Foxconn now classified as public works project. (2/21/2018)
Two peas in a pod: Scott Walker in top 10 of least popular governors, Terry Gou's Foxconn in top 10 of America's most hated tech companies. (2/13/2018
Scott Walker pins his hopes on an old-fashioned manufacturing kind of guy. (2/13/2018)
Con artists reap benefits of Scott Walker's Foxconn deal. (2/10/2018)
Get me rewrite: Foxconn CEO Terry Gou interested in UW-Madison AI expertise to automate his factories. (2/9/2018)
Foxconn puff piece: Will the real Naoki Hosoya please stand up. (2/8/2018)
Wisconsin taxpayers carry the burden for job creators. (2/6/2018)

January 2018
Not to mention Grantsburg, Hayward, Bayfield, Ashland, Hurley, Eagle River, Crandon, and Florence. (1/26/2018)
Wisconsin cities with highest unemployment rates could use some of that Chicago millennials Foxconn love that Scott Walker is dishing out. (1/27/2018)
GOP bastion in Racine County sez 'no' to Foxconn-related development. (1/21/2018)
UPDATE. Here comes that specious Foxconn-Boeing comparison again. (1/18/.2018)
The Foxconn ka-ching ka-ching ka-ching. (1/17/2018)
FierceWireless's buzzkill on the Foxconn deal. (`/16/2018)
Official press agency of People's Republic of China: 'Villagers' in Racine County rebel against Foxconn land grab. (1/12/2018)
Owner of company that wins Foxconn road construction contract serves up heaping helping of hyperbole, as well campaign contributions to GOP incumbents. (1/5/2018)

December 2017
Historic giveaways: Most expensive taxpayer-funded jobs in history is Scott Walker's top accomplishment in 2017. (12/26/2017)
Gateway Technical College cutting-edge Foxconn curriculum does not include workforce development, employee relations, and management concepts. (12/25/2017)
Let's put this Foxconn deposit in perspective. (12/23/2017)
UPDATE. Scott Walker Monday tweet storm attempts to distract us from his highway funding mess. (12/19/2017)
GOP legislative aide and letter writer Keith Best needs to brush up on his Foxconn analogies. (12/16/2017)
U PDATE: The Wisconn Valley Way to Wisconsin's fiscal and moral bankruptcy. (12/15/2017)
Scott Walker, meet Andrew Ng, who wants to help Foxconn bring intelligence displayed by machines to Racine County. (12/14/2017)
Billions for Foxconn but a raw deal for Mount Pleasant residents John and Kim Mahoney. (12/13/2017)
Some residents of Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, and Illinois will help to foot the bill for a $140,000,000 Foxconn campus electrical substation. (12/12/2017)
A deafening silence: What role will robotics play at Foxconn's Mount Pleasant manufacturing plant? (12/12/2017)
Inquiring minds want to know why driverless technology wasn't discussed during Foxconn contract negoatiations, Scott Walker. (12/12/2017)
Donald Trump and Terry Gou: Scott Walker loves these two peas in a pod. (12/9/2017)

Foxconn moves into Hallmark territory: They like us, they really like us! (12/3/2017)

November 2017
Scott Walker and Terry Gou agree that a projection is not the same as an obligation. (11/30/2017)
Multinational company earning billions in annual revenue gets loan from Racine County. (11/26/2017)
Scott Walker: Dealmaker, optimist. (11/25/2017)
Foxconn now hiring: Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits. (11/19/2017)
Hypocrisy alert: The free-market, individual responsiblity, limited government-lovin' MacIver Institute approves Wisconsin's $3 billion Foxconn dole. (11/14/2017)
Scott Walker views his Foxconn deal through rose-colored glasses. (11/13/2017)

October 2017

Survey says (in so many words): "Pshaw" to the hogwash that Foxconn will benefit all of Wisconsin. (10/27/2017)
UPDATE. Robin Vos doesn't want to count his chickens before they hatch but remains confident it's going to happen. (10/23/2017)

Big payday for some Racine County farmers, not so much for homeowners. (10/12/2017)

Racine County, Mount Pleasant, to Foxconn: No need to reach for your wallet. (10/11/2017)

Incoming Quality Control Specialist at Foxconn requires high school diploma or equivalency. (10/9/2017)

In the bonus round, Tammy finds herself in a big yellow taxi mood. (10/9/2017)

Mount Pleasant Village President welcomes average debt of $3,917.55 per person with open arms. (10/8/2017)

Dear Politifact, Hairsplitting aside, America has a gun violence epidemic. (10/5/2017)

August 2017

WEDC hasn't done its Foxconn homework yet and GOP committee members are fine with that. (8/16/2017)

UPDATE. Funny how there's all this talk about Foxconn jobs that pay well below the alleged average salary. (8/12/2017)

Reggie White:Green Bay Packers:: Foxconn:Wisconsin (Scott Walker analogy reveals his crazed desperation). (8/10/2017)

Foxconn has been looking to replace workers with robots for at least 2 years. (8/9/2017)

Scott Walker and Terry Gou share a laugh at Wisconsin taxpayers' expense. (8/8/2017)

Really, Ray, all this and heaven too provided by a factory to assemble display panel screens? (8/6/2017)

That was then. This is now. The free market/small government Robin Vos. (8/4/2017)

Bloomberg sees short-term gain, long-term pain for Wisconsin's Foxconn deal. (8/4/2017)

Sean Duffy gets it wrong. (8/3/2017)

Scott Walker and Paul Ryan collude on campaign digital ads for Foxconn. (8/3/2017)

Here's some news that pains Scott Walker to his core: Foxconn considering Dane County site. (8/2/2017)

Fast Company: Scott Walker deal a transfer of wealth from Wisconsin taxpayers to Foxconn shareholders. (8/2/2017)

Donald Trump pinches off another loaf. (8/1/2017)

Scott Walker lets Fiserv piggyback onto Foxconn legislation. (8/1/2017)

Calendar UPDATE. In the case of the committee hearing, 1 day is sufficient time to prepare, sez Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. (8/1/2017)

Rep. Bob Kulp sprinkles Foxconn fairy dust all over the Badger State. (8/1/2017)

July 2017

Of which just 3,000 of these 'new' jobs are permanent. (7/31/2017)

UPDATE. State Sen. Van Wanggaard on board with Wisconsin's Foxconn deep-pockets strategy. (7/30/2017)

A Ring of Familiarity. Once upon a time in Pennsylvania..... (7/29/2017)

Matt, it doesn't appear that 'rigorous' and 'review' are in Scott Walker's and Foxconn's vocabulary. (7/29/2017)

Scott Walker and Foxconn steamroll environmental regulation going forward. (7/29/2017)

UPDATE. The luring of Foxconn intensifies in Wisconsin. (7/20/2017)

While Wisconsin and Michigan duke it out for low-paying jobs, Foxconn announces $5 billion investment in India. (7/8/2017)

UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle. (7/6/2017)

Foxconn officials eyeing sites in Michigan. (7/6/2017)

UPDATE. Foxconn becomes pawn in Wisconsin transportation funding tussle. (7/6/2017)

When it comes to pay to play denials, Mick Mulvaney's pants are on fire

USA Today, 12/4/2017

Reported in Mulvaney Sides With Payday Lenders Asking Court to Block Restrictions. (The New York Times, 6/5/2018)

Other Mulvaney posts:
Mick Mulvaney explains how pay to play -- and, by extension, his office -- works. (4/26/2018)
Mick Mulvaney UPDATE: Meet Mr. Opaque, who considers consumer protection transparency just plain piffle. (4/26/2018)
The federal deficit and the full flowering of GOP hypocrisy. (4/10/2018)
UPDATE. Problem: White House doesn't like CBO message. Solution: Kill the messenger. (7/16/2018)
Meet the compassionate Mick Mulvaney: Trump's budger director. (5/2/2017)
Team Trump/Mulvaney's heartless federal budget proposal. (3/29/2017)
South Carolina GOP Rep. Mick Mulvaney to most of his House colleagues: 'Neener-neener-neener'. (9/21/2016)
Freedom Caucus still not taking responsibility for the mess it's made. (10/19/2015)

Dear Scott Walker, It’s called the Wisconsin Idea, what you once tried to sandbag

Scott Walker says crisis team needed to help state's crippled dairy industry. (Madison.com, 6/5/2018)

Capital Times, 2/4/2015

Related reading:
Power of the Wisconsin Idea. (Inside Higher Ed, 2/5/2015)

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Define 'indignity': Being denied goods and services by business owners who don't like who you are or what you represent

Supreme Court rules in favor of baker who would not make wedding cake for gay couple. (Washington Post, 6/4/2018)

But Kennedy acknowledged that the decision was more of a start than a conclusion to the court’s consideration of the rights of those with religious objections to same-sex marriage and the rights of gay people, who “cannot be treated as social outcasts or as inferior in dignity and worth.”

Monday, June 4, 2018

Climate change as a matter of fact: Disappearing old ice in the Arctic

In the Arctic, the Old Ice Is Disappearing. (The New York Times, 5/14/2018)

As darker, heat-absorbing water replaces reflective ice, it hastens warming in the region. Older ice is generally thicker than newer ice and thus more resilient to heat. But as the old ice disappears, the newer ice left behind is more vulnerable to rising temperatures.

Previous climate change as a matter of fact posts:
Africa
Cape Town, South Africa. (1/31/2018)
Kenya. (7/23/2017)

Asia
Rising seas + draining underground aquifers = Jakarta disaster. (12/22/2017)

Australia and the Pacific
Dying coral of the Great Barrier Reef. (4/22/2018)
Easter Island. (3/18/2018)
Green sea turtles of the Great Barrier Reef. (1/11/2018)
Kiribati. (7/6/2016)

Europe
Portugal. (6/19/2017)
The Netherlands. (6/19/2017)

North America
Miami. (5/4/2018)
Melting outdoor ice rinks in Canada. (3/21/2018)
Gulf of Maine. (3/8/2018)
Jean Lafitte, Louisiana. (2/26/2018)
Lodi, Wisconsin. (2/3/2018)
Maine shrimp season. (12/27/2017)
California fires. (12/8/2017)
Wisconsin. (11/16/2017)
Hampton Roads, Virginia. (11/4/2017)
Georgia peach orchards. (9/18/2017)
Northeast U.S. pine forests. (8/29/2017)
Tangier Island, Virginia.  (8/25/2017)
South of the Arctic Circle in Alaska. (8/25/2017)
New Orleans.  (8/12/2017)
Mexico City.  (2/19/2017)
Kansas. (1/29/2017)
Moose of Maine.  (1/21/2017)
Florida Keys.  (1/14/2017)
California wine country. (1/11/2017)
Kaktovik, Alaska. (12/20/2016)
Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park. (7/7/2016)

Polar regions
North Pole. (2/28/2018)
Beavers migrate to Arctic. (12/24 /2017)
Shrinking sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. (12/14/2017)
Emaciated polar bear. (12/9/2017)

South America
Peru. (11/26/2017)
Brazil. (6/8/2017)
Bolivia. (7/11/2016)
Peru, (5/21/2016)

U.S. Military
Military experts sound an alarm. (3/1/2018)
U.S. military bases around the world. (1/8/2018)
U.S. Department of Defense. (12/16/2017)
U.S. military bases. (9/22/2017)

Worldwide
Wine production. (4/27/2018)

Greetings from Rowan County, Kentucky, where a same-sex marriage culture war still rages

Battle for gay rights in small-town Kentucky election is a symbol of Donald Trump's raging culture war. (Independent, 1/6/2018)

GOP orthodoxy. It was quite the mess. Ms Davis boldly told them she was withholding their licenses “by God’s authority”, never mind the court, and that to issue them would conflict with her Christian faith. She became a hero to the far right, not least when she was sentenced to five days in jail for her trouble. Two presidential hopefuls, Senator Ted Cruz and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, descended on the town, hoping to use her stand to burnish their evangelical credentials.