August 2005
Volume 30
Number 8
Features
Up North
Placid lakes, fish fries, loons and pines draw us north to a place and state of mind called summer.
By Mario Quadracci
Access Denied
A fierce debate over access to birth control puts moral convictions on one side and women’s rights on the other.
By Barbara Miner
Paradise Lost
Milwaukee’s percent-for-art programs were supposed to fill our city with awe-inspiring works, not eyesores. What happened and what we should do instead.
By Tom Bamberger
The Will to Survive
After a failed kidney transplant, Lynise Weeks fights for her life with the spirit that pulled her out of poverty and onto TV screens.
By Helen Pauly
Departments
Outfront
A heartfelt goodbye.
Letters
Lick your stamp.
This Month
Outdoor concerts, summer fests.
Edited by Charlene Mills
The Insider
Risky restaurants, toned-down talk radio, the kids’ prez.
Edited by Natalie Dorman
Pressroom Confidential
A controversial book by a JS reporter embedded in Iraq.
By Peter Robertson
The Mil
The Bucher brothers and our “Beverly Hillbillies” connection.
By Bruce Murphy
Critical Eyes
Feminist lit, Sheepshead, Airstreams….
Savvy City
Home
A happy union of style and function
Real Estate
A new definition of “Up North”?
Style
Chic looks for curvy women.
Dining Out
Brookfield Square’s white-tablecloth Italian, and our readers’ top restaurant picks.
By Ann Christenson
Health
New technologies to detect breast cancer.
By Janine S. Pouliot
Dining Guide
Eons of restaurants listed in alpha order.
Nightlife
Electronic music at a restaurant? Yup.
Endgame
District attorney Mike McCann leaves his halo behind.
By Bruce Murphy
