A 25-year-old rule intended to shield service providers at the dawn of widespread consumer internet access has outlived its usefulness and needs to be rewritten to bring social responsibility to social media. When Congress passed the Communication Decency Act in 1996, it did so with the intention of drawing lines about what was and wasn’t acceptable online. The law’s primary intent, to block

Greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO2) are rising. We know that over a 29 year period, CO2 levels have increased from 354 parts per million (ppm) in 1990 to 414 ppm in 2019. CO2 emissions come from burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil, gas and tar sands bitumen. When emitted into the earth’s atmosphere, CO2 traps heat which increases water vapor and traps more heat. The end result is that

Here are some words on science, religion and the reality of beliefs. Even if we cannot conclusively prove either that God does exist or that He doesn’t, it doesn’t follow that the belief that God exists is just as reasonable or unreasonable as the belief that He doesn’t. If there are very good grounds for supporting God exists and little reason to suppose He doesn’t, it is far more reasonable

A proposal to allow taverns and restaurants to sell cocktails and wine to-go is an overdue step to help these businesses survive and meet the needs of consumers. The bill, drafted by Sen. Mary Felzkowski of Irma and Rep. David Steffen of Green Bay, would amend sections of Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 125 to allow bars and restaurants (anyone with a “Class B” liquor license) to “sell intoxicating

On January 2, I sent a letter to the editor about how the media is extremely biased and one sided and social media is restricting/deleting information. Most of the examples I used concerned the election, since these were most recent and were being misrepresented (at best) by the major media. The reaction I received from our local papers was a bit disappointing. I received an e-mail from the Tribune-Phonograph