Provides the latest RSS feeds for US Editorials. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Wisconsin Star.com http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/cat/09c0947bd4eaa867/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 15:20:16 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:20:16 -0400 30 Teachers carry children away from Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Okla, Monday, May 20, 2013. Near SW 149th and Hudson. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Paul ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214718218/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:20:21 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214718218/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ranking Democrat, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., gestures as he speaks in an Oversight Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to the tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. (Carolyn Kaster / The Associated Press) Were the tea-party groups "social-welfare ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214716626/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:00:58 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214716626/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Seattle's NBA hopes rise despite defeat ," page one, May 19]. Having come from Chicago and the heyday of the Bulls, I can relate to the excitement of some pretty great games. However, I have a solution for the Seattle basketball fans during basketball season. This is, of course, if you don't already participate in these activities. Go to a play or see a concert. How about a comedy ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214716629/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:00:57 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214716629/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Rep. Gael Tarleton, D-Seattle, is right to address the plague of sexual assault occurring within the military, but wrong in her suggested remedies ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214716628/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:00:57 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214716628/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Apple executives were shocked, shocked to find U.S. senators who were amazed at the technology giant’s capacity to avoid taxes. Maybe the incredulous response was appropriate. Congressional indifference has aided and abetted the scam for years. Apple moves billions of dollars around the planet before it lands in Ireland for a bit of Irish cream. Low taxes and, sweeter still, tax avoidance. ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214716627/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:00:57 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214716627/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 is information that they don't want. But it's impossible -- absolutely impossible -- to write about the movie without talking about where they stand and what the premise is. I did my absolute best to spoil as little beyond that as possible. But if it's extremely important to you not to know whether he missed the plane, whether they've seen each other in the last nine years, or ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214716105/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:00:38 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214716105/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Senate Resolution 65 urging the U.S. government to offer "diplomatic, military, and economic support to the Government of Israel" in the event that Israel's government "is compelled to take military action in legitimate self-defense against Iran’s nuclear weapons ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214715118/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:48:04 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214715118/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene’s bill wouldextend current low student loan interest rates.(Photo by Greg Gilbert/The Seattle Times) The House of Representatives is expected to vote Thursday on aplan by Congressional Republicans toavert a scheduleddoubling of student loan interest rates. The bill is a bad one that lawmakers should reject in favor of a solution offered by U.S. Rep Suzan DelBene, ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214715119/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:48:03 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214715119/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Legalized marijuana is making its way back into the headlines as Los Angeles votes to restrict its reach, Colorado continues to expand it and Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, both of Kentucky, fight to bring hemp to their state.See what the late-night comedians had to say about the "war on pot" (one said the widespread use of pot in Colorado could be compared to a reggae festival ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214715120/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:47:40 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214715120/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 "It is therefore declared to be the policy of the United States that the slaughtering of livestock and the handling of livestock in connection with slaughter shall be carried out only by humane ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214715121/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:47:39 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214715121/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Lt. Gov. Tim Murray yesterday gave the people of Massachusetts his two-week notice, thus drawing a curtain on one of the most underwhelming tenures of a statewide office-holder in recent Massachusetts history. And that’s saying something.Murray is trading the privilege of elected office for what amounts to a bigger salary and a shorter commute, resigning with nearly two years left in his ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214711304/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:02:21 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214711304/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Mexican white girl doesn't speak Spanish ." Like many others who have written to The Race Card Project, she grew up in bilingual household but never learned the language of her elders. O'Brien says she often feels like she has a foot in two worlds, but is never fully accepted in either. Whites often assume she is Greek or Mediterranean because her face is slightly angular and her ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214709205/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:09:16 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214709205/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 When Harry Truman was President, he had a sign on his desk saying "The buck stops here." It is very evident that our current leader is ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214708247/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:53:38 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214708247/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Two centuries and some change ago, retired U.S. president turned farmer John Adams wrote a letter to Benjamin Rush, an old doctor friend of his. In his letter was this little gem:"Is the present state of the national republic enough? Is virtue the principle of our government? Is honor? Or is ambition and avarice, adulation, baseness, covetousness, the thirst for riches, indifference ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214708248/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:53:37 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214708248/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 All too often we fail to express gratitude for blessings we have in our lives. I just got off the bike after another spectacular ride through the north end of Utah County on the Murdock Canal Trail. This trail is 19 miles of pure pleasure as it connects our communities from the Point of the Mountain to the Provo Canyon Trail.Fifteen years ago while serving as Mayor of Highland City I sat in ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214708249/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:53:35 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214708249/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 It was upsetting to see so many of my fellow delegates at the Republican convention vote to keep the status quo. The caucus system is not representative of the voters, and the delegates, endowed with so much power, have no incentive to change and dilute their voting ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214708251/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:51:31 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214708251/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 A disturbing aspect of the advent of Common Core that I have not seen yet in the media is the way it was implemented. A short time ago I got an audience with the assistant superintendent for curriculum in our district. The first question I asked was when Common Core had been approved in the state. She stated it was three years ago. I stated my puzzlement that I had not seen any publicity or ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214708250/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:51:31 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214708250/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Tea Party supporters gather for a rally outside the IRS headquarter in Washington, May 21, 2013. A few dozen tea party activists and their supporters have gathered outside the IRS headquarters in Washington to protest extra scrutiny of their organizations. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214708252/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:51:30 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214708252/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 This contrast is increasingly evident in the debate over the Common Core State Standards. To ideological conservatives, it is the "Obamacore"; an "unprecedented federal intervention into education"; a "threat to the American tradition of individual liberty and limited ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214708254/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:51:29 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214708254/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The real truths that have not been addressed are that it is not mercury or preservatives in vaccines that cause autism in children, but the composition of the vaccine itself, specifically the rubella (German measles) portion of the vaccine. Rubella causes brain damage in developing brains, either in the womb or in infancy. The vaccine is manufactured from the virus that causes the ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214708253/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:51:29 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214708253/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Anyone who believes the media are reflexively in the tank for President Obama hasn't been paying attention this month as a litany of scandalous revelations have taken center stage - first involving the fiasco in Benghazi, Libya, followed by the IRS's targeting of conservative groups and the Justice Department's secret acquisition of Associated Press phone records. Most recently, ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214708255/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:32:43 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214708255/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks at a news conference at the Capitol Wednesday, where he announced that he was granting a temporary reprieve to death-row inmate Nathan Dunlap. (Ed Andrieski, The Associated Press) ( | ) Gov. John ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214708256/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:32:42 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214708256/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Next week, education and business will merge on Mackinac Island, as both educators and businessmen acknowledge the vital link between the two. A look at the agenda of this ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214707345/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:44:32 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214707345/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The meltdown of the Pontiac School district is about to show up on the tax bills of property owners in several Oakland County communities. The district in January lost a $7.8 million lawsuit filed by the health insurance arm of the Michigan Education Association, and unless another source of money is found quickly, a 3.5-mill court-ordered property tax levy automatically will kick in the first ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214707344/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:44:32 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214707344/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 My nomination for American hero of the 20th century is someone who lived half his life in disguise and the other half as the ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214707346/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:44:31 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214707346/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Whose money is it? How about the taxpayers rainy day fund? Return the surplus to its rightful owners, the taxpayers who paid it. Stuart Marc Left, West ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214707347/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:44:29 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214707347/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: It's time now for your letters, and we got many about our coverage of the tornado that devastated Moore, Oklahoma. Several were praise for our story yesterday about survivors who lost most of their possessions but considered themselves lucky. ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214706242/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:42:03 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214706242/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Margery Eagan completely misses the mark in her column ("There’s just no more road to share," May 21). The problem is not that there are too many bicyclists, it is that there are too many cars. Boston’s streets were never designed to accommodate the volume of automobile traffic they endure today on a daily basis. And the reality is that bicycles are much more adept at ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214706243/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:15:38 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214706243/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Lt. Gov. Tim Murray yesterday gave the people of Massachusetts his two-week notice, thus drawing a curtain on one of the most underwhelming tenures of a statewide office-holder in recent Massachusetts history. And that’s saying something.Murray is trading the privilege of elected office for what amounts to a bigger salary and a shorter commute, resigning with nearly two years left in his ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214706246/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:15:37 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214706246/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 She suggested she only found out about the possible targeting of Tea Party groups from press reports in February and March of 2012. That turned out to be a complete fabrication. She was briefed on the "Be On the Look Out" list on June 29, 2011.And two days before her ABA "apology," she appeared before Congress and was asked about the status of the investigation into tax-exempt ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214706245/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:15:37 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214706245/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 On days when the president is coming, the White House press room, the East Room and even occasionally the Rose Garden are ornamented with dozens of objects that perform the decorative and utilitarian purpose of potted plants.They are members of the prestigious White House press corps (a gaggle in which I also plied my craft for many years). These elite journalists are there ostensibly as key ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214706244/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:15:36 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214706244/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 WASHINGTON - Early in an opinion issued recently by a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Judge A. Raymond Randolph says: "Although the parties have not raised it, one issue needs to be resolved before we turn to the merits of the case." The issue he raised but could not resolve - that is up to the Supreme Court - illuminates ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214706247/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:15:36 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214706247/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 I spent two innings in the Gulag. The Saints tied the game in the bottom of the ninth, only to lose it in the 10th. Despite the loss, I had hope in the Gulag that the ship would crash deeper into center ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214704226/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:24:33 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214704226/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 After several years in absentia, bipartisanship returned to the Minnesota Legislature in 2013, in varying degrees. As a result, the common good was served. It wasn’t always pretty, but in the end it ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214704225/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:24:33 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214704225/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Attorney General Eric Holder is questioned about the Justice Department secretly obtaining two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214704227/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:24:31 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214704227/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 As usual, there is no good news to share in the case of Susan Cox Powell's disappearance. The only glimmer is that the West Valley City Police Department finally has decided to release tens of thousands of pages of reports and related documents, while declaring that the investigation now will be considered a cold case. Police work is difficult. It involves more than accusations based on ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214704228/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:14:28 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214704228/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 One of the most remarkable public health achievements over the past 30 years has been the sharp decline in the number of Americans dying each year because of drunken ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214703096/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:14:54 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214703096/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Like the individual tax code, the corporate version doesn't work. Apparently it has come to the attention of certain U.S. senators that Apple Inc. has been abiding by the law and acting in its shareholders' best interests. Members of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations excoriated the company this week for using such tactics to avoid billions of dollars in taxes. They should ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214703098/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:59:20 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214703098/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Back in 1986, when we faced a similar corporate tax mess, Ronald Reagan and Congress took action. Record high corporate profits. Record low corporate income taxes. That's what we've been seeing for the past several years. It's not right. My ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214703097/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:59:18 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214703097/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 We asked on Twitter how communities can better prepare for devastating tornadoes like the one that hit Moore, Okla. Comments are edited for clarity and grammar:My town in Oklahoma recently purchased an automated citywide calling system that alerts everyone about a warning.-- @Frogster_15It's hard to be ready. It's hard to predict when a tornado is coming. -- @elviobrAll schools in ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214703100/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:59:18 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214703100/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Comments from Facebook:Prayers and admirationThe massive tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., on Monday caused utter devastation, killing at least 24 people. Ironically, disasters like this can bring out the best (or the worst) in human character.While heartbroken viewing the tragedy, I found myself awe-inspired by the courage of the local people. The initial responders were residents, ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214703099/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:59:16 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214703099/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 To encourage cable and satellite companies to offer "a la carte" pricing for TV services, Sen. John McCain introduced a bill in Congress this month. Comments from Facebook:I would welcome unbundled services, but I'm disappointed we can't as consumers make this happen. Ideally, instead of getting channels a la carte, we should be getting shows a la carte. It's just silly ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214703101/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:59:15 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214703101/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Los Angeles gave a big victory to Eric Garcetti in Tuesday's election for mayor - a big victory and a huge challenge. For the next class of L.A. leaders, the overarching challenge will be to restore confidence and participation in the city's government. This goes for Garcetti, new City Attorney Mike Feuer, new City Controller Ron Galperin and a City Council that will feature seven new ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214703103/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:46:13 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214703103/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 It's welcome news that Congress has passed House Resolution 258, the federal Stolen Valor Act, inspired by the case of a lying Pomona official. The House vote in favor on Tuesday was 390-3. The Senate on Wednesday passed by unanimous consent the legislation by Rep. Joe Heck of Nevada, which is co-sponsored by Rep. Paul Cook of Yucca Valley. The bill now goes to President Obama. Xavier ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214703102/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:46:13 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214703102/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Immigration is vital to providing Washington the workforce necessary to grow our economy, according to guest columnists Don Brunell and Mike ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214701888/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:50:37 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214701888/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 SANLIURFA, Turkey - I’ve been traveling to Yemen, Syria and Turkey to film a documentary on how environmental stresses contributed to the Arab awakening. As I looked back on the trip, it occurred to me that three of our main characters - the leaders of the two Yemeni villages that have been fighting over a single water well and the leader of the Free Syrian Army in Raqqa province, whose ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214701889/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:50:36 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214701889/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and FBI Director Robert Muller attend the National Peace Officers' Memorial Service last ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214700521/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:41:36 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214700521/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Times like this show that America still has faith. Much has been written about the secularization of America, and in some ways that is the case. Pew Research found ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214700520/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:41:34 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214700520/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Ask a great inventor to invent, and that's exactly what he'll do. Sometimes the ideas pop out like cannon bursts: "consider this ... " or "maybe this?" or "Wait! How about THIS!" Ben Franklin did that with balloons. In the 1780s, Franklin was America's ambassador to France, living in Paris, where all over town, people were experimenting with balloon ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214699158/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:44:49 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214699158/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 We will work to stay focused on that which unites us. The Boy Scouts of America is part of the fabric of this nation. Our focus is on working together to deliver the nation's foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training. Somehow, Scouting has become one of the focal points in the debate on homosexuality. However, it is not the role of the Boy Scouts to ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214699159/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:32:21 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214699159/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Donald Gale has dreams, big dreams, dreams so big they can only be properly expressed by writing about this super serious dreams to change society with an ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214697719/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:27:55 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214697719/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Yesterday Apple Inc. CEO was called before a congressional hearing as to why Apple failed to pay $30 billion in taxes last year. But did they do anything wrong? Legaly, no, most opinions from around the web ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214697718/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:27:54 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214697718/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The U.S. Senate is on the verge of debating comprehensive immigration reform, and there are signs Republicans and Democrats are cooperating to finally pass a substantial bill. The Senate Judiciary Committee’s 13-5 decision Monday to send the measure to the floor is a big deal, and though I support equal rights for same-sex couples (and this ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214697720/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:22:17 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214697720/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The nation’s biggest banks are waging an outrageous fight against a bipartisan Senate bill seeking to protect taxpayers from bailing them out. Renewed interest in curtailing reckless financial practices was sparked by Attorney General Eric Holder’s admission earlier this year that he is afraid to prosecute the banks that brought about the worst downturn since the Great Depression. ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214696279/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:26:46 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214696279/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 I am glad the Utah Department of Transportation made a thorough decision and listened to the many people behind the huge public outcry supporting the Glover's Lane option over the Shepard Lane option for the West Davis Corridor. The current decision ensures that homes are saved from unnecessary destruction when an alternative through unpopulated areas is ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214696281/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:15:57 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214696281/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 For the college students who will be paying for a four-year bachelor’s degree long after graduation day, here’s some consolation: At least it didn’t take you six or eight years. College is expensive, yet unpredictably so. Some students pay little for degrees from elite private institutions, after tuition discounts and financial aid. Many of their peers, however, will pay far ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214694596/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:13:19 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214694596/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 which writer Raj Ranade says has set a high bar for other contenders at this year's Cannes Film Festival. It's true enough that ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214694991/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:10:08 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214694991/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Intellectual property theft is a growing problem that the government needs to crack down on for the good of American companies, says Huntsman and ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214694598/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:03:24 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214694598/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The continuing examples of the Obama administration’s targeting of journalists is advancing a new front in the war on journalism, according to Jonathan S. Tobin ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214694597/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:03:24 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214694597/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The video for Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's newly released song starts by re-creating the conditions of his captivity during the 81 days he was held in police detention in 2011, later dissolving into a dystopian ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214693197/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:56:35 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214693197/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 returning via Netflix? Just another old-media brand reviving itself on new media. The TV show, which originally ran on Fox from 2003 to 2006 and unveils new episodes on Netflix next weekend, finds itself in splendid company. Radiohead, Louis ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214691398/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:43:50 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214691398/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Must religion be embodied in a god or gods, such as Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture? We all know how the battle lines shake out: evangelical vs. scientist, believer vs. atheist. The culture war defined as science vs. religion is so overheated that it seems to be more of a caricature than a coherent, useful discussion. Unless, that is, someone is trying to stretch beyond the ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214691399/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:43:49 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214691399/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 In the war of businessmen against the people, the businessmen seem to have won the battle for collecting sales tax on products purchased from out-of-state ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214691400/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:37:10 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214691400/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Lisa Hamm, sister of slain Monroe Corrections Officer Jayme Biendl, reacts after a Snohomish County jury recommended the death penalty for Biendl’s killer, Byron Scherf. At left is Biendl’s father, James Hamm. Lisa’s husband, Paul Crosby, is at right, and Biendl’s brother James. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times) The person who killed the guard at the Washington State ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214691401/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:31:18 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214691401/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Director Steven Soderbergh had been looking for a way to frame a film about the extravagant entertainer Liberace for years when a friend recommended the ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214689813/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:30:55 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214689813/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 As a senior, I am due to finish my high-school career in a number of weeks. After 12 years of schooling, I am on to a university. I was blessed with great teachers every year, but there is something I wish to address. There have been such significant budget cuts recently, and while the whole state is feeling the stress of the country's deficit, I am curious as to why it is the education ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214689815/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:18:18 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214689815/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 new Brookings Institute study that concludes a lack of affordable housing has led low-income households to move outside Seattle city limits. In particular, the last line in the article caught my attention: "We should create and re-create economic opportunities for people in South King County, but we should also be working to give them access to homes and jobs in higher-opportunity parts of ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214689814/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:18:18 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214689814/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 The scandals seem to be getting closer to the White House. Who knew about the IRS scandal? The comics have a few thoughts about that. Vote for your favorite punchline at ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214689816/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:17:50 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/214689816/scat/09c0947bd4eaa867