January 2009
Volume 34
Number 1
Features
The Next Generation
Smart, creative, under age 40? Check,
check and check. Meet 36 Milwaukeeans who are changing the city.
Edited by Evan Solochek
The Lost Horizon
Rock Dee committed suicide a few days
after his 40th birthday. What inner demons drove the popular local
radio personality and club DJ to end his life?
By Justin Shady
Puppy Hell
The Weak regulation of dog-breeding
operations in Wisconsin has rolled out the red carpet for the worst sort of
puppy mills – horrific places where dogs are maimed and mistreated.
By Mary Van De Kamp Nohl
Departments
Outfront
The great debate.
By Bruce Murphy
Mail
Letter writers unite. Not.
Events
Personal artistic journeys, sobering
dramas and the Milwaukee Ballet, all fancy and free.
Insider
State funding for virtual schools,
MU’s liberal theology prof. and songs for the dying
First Person
A welder
extraordinaire.
Pressroom
Bad news for the
Associated Press?
Reviews
A Branded experience, plus
Bo Ryan on basketball and Shorewood’s corner newsstand.
The Mil
Culture vultures, various
ups and downs.
Savvy
Fashion
Gimme some moisture.
Shopping
Things that’ll make you want to nest.
Real Estate
Brokers feeling the housing pinch.
Health
Why are women afraid of hormone
replacement therapy? The risks and benefits.
By Caroline Goyette
Dining
Suburban food = stuffy? Not on Silver
Spring Drive.
By Ann Christenson
Endgame
The brain cells of this writer wax
nostalgic about 2008.
By Rick Horowitz
