August 2000
Volume 25
Number 8
Features
Best of Milwaukee 2000
Ever year, we fall in love with our city all over again. Why? Oh, the people, the places, the food, the shopping…
Edited by Ann Christenson
Cruel and Unusual
At Boscobel’s Supermax prision, inmates find the realization of their worst fears. While politicians talk up this slammer, critics worry about its super-isolating ways.
By Bill Lueders
Spin Doctors, Flack Catchers and PR Pros
Don’t let their apple-pie smiles and aria voices fool you. From extensive interviews and survey responses, we present the masters and the mediocrities of local PR
By Mary Van de Kamp Nohl
Shaving Lessons
When the son started high school, the father began capturing on paper the changing bond between them. It’s the journey of a man at midlife and a son on his way to manhood.
By Kurt Chandler
Departments
Outfront
Good Reads
By John Fennell
Mail
The general public weighs in
This Month
The Allis Museum, the Marcus Center and the County Parks tell us why it’s better to be social
Edited by Charlene Mills
The Insider
Police Chief Jones’ bad phone etiquette, a violinist who loves Mahler and fly balls, local causes and radical bumper stickers
Pressroom Confidential
Newspaper reporters on TV and radio? What’s happening to this society?
By Peter Robertson
Where Are They Now?
The nudist and the ex-Talking Head
By James Romenesko
Inside Views
The shortest, sweetest critical takes you’ll read anywhere
Edited by Ann Christenson
Dining Out
Where you should be dining now – enlivened Mexican and steaks and salmon hot off the grill
By Ann Christenson
Your Health
Two couples share how they coped with infertility
By Kathleen Winkler
Dining Guide
Finding a dining establishment is not an arduous process! It’s fun! You’ll see.
Endgame
Zimpher’s Milwaukee Initiative is great and all that, but there’s a downside – a serious one.
By Kurt Chandler
