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Editor's note: This piece was originally published Sept. 11, 2018.Football is like politics. We support our leaders when we agree with them and want to…

More than 170 Milwaukee area buildings will open their doors to tourists this weekend. Historic Milwaukee’s annual Doors Open Milwaukee event also…

Willy Porter is a well-known singer-songwriter in Wisconsin. He wrote and performed the Lake Effect theme - and lots of other, better-known songs, and has…

At the founding of the United States, the right to vote belonged to a privileged few. White, male, property owners were the only people directly steering…

Recently on Lake Effect we learned about the role monied women played in advancing the women’s movement from 1870 through the 1960s. The Power of…

Most of us know the titles: Sense and Sensibility. Emma. Pride and Prejudice.And many of us have seen the Masterpiece Theatre or film adaptations of those…

For a setting that is often bright and wide open, writer James Anderson manages to find some dark places. Anderson’s first novel, The Never-Open Desert…

For many of us, Thanksgiving Day starts in the early morning and can go until late at night. It’s a holiday often marked by excess: lots of family, lots…

Lake Effect essayist Joanne Wientraub used to work as a TV critic for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, but there was one show that debuted after she left…

Children’s books can be a great way to explore places you have been or have yet to visit. It’s even better when the characters visiting these places…