Critics say a proposed renewable energy bill will drive business out of Wisconsin, but I don’t buy it.
The proposed state law would increase the amount of money the state charges ratepayers to support energy-conservation projects, which of course has ratepayers riled up. No one wants to pay more for something than what they already are, [...]

There’s a reason so many angry people storm city hall each year to fight their appraisal.
The amount a home is appraised at can make or break a homeowner’s budget. It can mean the difference between being able to afford the house and having to move out.
So it’s only fair that the men and women [...]

It had a LEGO bed, a working LEGO toilet and even a charming LEGO cat named Fusker.
The short-lived LEGO house built in 2009 in the English countryside was the life-size representation of many adults’ childhood dreams. Sadly, it was torn down in September when its creators failed to find a permanent home for the [...]

Given the countless hotel choices in New York City, it’s hard to imagine anyone would choose to stay right next to a massive construction site, but that is the hope of Club Quarters Inc., the company opening the World Center Hotel next to the site of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Obviously, the site is going to [...]

When designing a business, typically the idea is not to make it nearly impossible for customers to get there.
But for some businesses, the challenge of getting there is part of the allure.
While in Colorado this weekend, I had the pleasure of dining at Zach’s Cabin, an upscale restaurant accessible only by sleigh or ski.
Perched atop [...]

You’d think people would know better than to stick their hand in a snow blower.
Unfortunately, you’d be incorrect.
As a cub reporter, I was responsible each winter for tracking down some world-weary doctor to issue the annual “don’t stick your hand in a snow blower” warning. Because just as Fourth of July brought its annual wave [...]

Even for a museum dedicated to tolerance, there is no peace in Jerusalem.
The volatile city has been up in arms for years over plans for a Museum of Tolerance that, in a cruel bit of irony, is to be constructed on the site of a centuries-old Muslim cemetery.
Now, famed architect Frank Gehry announced he is [...]

Despite Al Gore’s desperate pleas, I know plenty of people who still complain about what a pain it is to recycle.
My answer to that is: Really? It’s that hard to toss something in one can versus another?
If you think recycling a soda can is difficult, imagine trying to recycle a nearly mile-long section of bridge [...]

After tonight’s long overdue finale of “The Bachelor,”I will finally have my life back.
Between the Olympics, American Idol’s hours-long episodes several days a week and the never-ending soap opera that’s been this season’s Bachelor, it’s been all I can do to keep up with my DVR lately.
Yes, I realize I could simply not watch as [...]

Sen. Jim Bunning is a jerk.
The Kentucky Republican threw a tantrum Thursday night in the senate during debate over a short-term extension of unemployment benefits and COBRA subsidies for 1.1 million Americans.
If he does not change his mind, benefits keeping more than one million people afloat will be cut off this weekend. He is the [...]