Morning Links for Friday August 2

Morning Links for Friday August 2

A few of the below are bona fide signs of the apocalypse. Can you guess which ones? The Wisconsin woman who beat rabies has another brush with the disease, according to the Fond du Lac Reporter. Lawmakers sound off on a bill to increase drunk driving penalties. See WisPolitics. Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister of Italy with a reputation for fast living, has been convicted on charges of tax fraud, Reuters reports. Some people will scoff: Study concludes that global warming also increases violence, as the BBC says. Turns out police dropped in on a woman who was Googling…

A few of the below are bona fide signs of the apocalypse. Can you guess which ones?

  • Lawmakers sound off on a bill to increase drunk driving penalties. See WisPolitics.
  • Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister of Italy with a reputation for fast living, has been convicted on charges of tax fraud, Reuters reports.

Matt has written for Milwaukee Magazine since 2006, when he was a lowly intern. Since then, he’s held the posts of assistant news editor and, most recently, senior editor. He’s lived in South Carolina, Tennessee, Connecticut, Iowa, and Indiana but mostly in Wisconsin. He wants to do more fishing but has a hard time finding worms. For the magazine, Matt has written about city government, schools, religion, coffee roasters and Congress.