Bill Barth

A stream of soaring rhetoric is devoted to patting ourselves on the back for the virtues of American political culture, where everyone’s voice matters. Except it’s not true. Let us …

Journalism done right has always been a little bit subversive.

Chief Justice John Roberts and various colleagues bristle every time they hear criticism that the U.S. Supreme Court is viewed by most Americans as just another partisan part of government.

Journalism done right has always been a little bit subversive.

And it can create considerable tension between journalists and the companies that employ them.

With the approach of Father's Day, and having reached a certain age, the occasion brings reflection. It's remembering what Dad and Papaw entrusted to me. It's the thrill of seeing one's own children become parents themselves, and watching them do the little things every day to mold those boys and girls who will inherit family traditions.

At the East Troy Electric Railroad and Museum, visitors not only can browse vintage items on display but also board and ride restored cars dating to the days of interurban travel.

For people like me Father's Day is a reminder of great loss. Our fathers have passed. Same for Mother's Day because our moms, too, have left this earth.

Every so often Beloit's venerable Krueger-Haskell Golf Course lands in the crosshairs of the budget cutters.

Talk about baptism by fire. As Wayne Anderson bids farewell and Leah Gordon-Malott becomes his successor as the Beloit School District's