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Hello friends in Wisconsin and across the country, This is Kirk Bangstad, owner of the Minocqua Brewing Company. We're an absolute oddity of a br...

“The people who (won’t) have the CHOICE are poor women, and that frankly doesn’t make any sense as national policy.” – Ruth Bader GinsburgHi Frie...

Hi Friends, I’m not going to write a lot today because I’m trying to catch up after a hectic week that concluded with an entire Saturday of sling...

Hi Folks, Last week I wrote about how we might attempt to reverse the disastrous sequence of events that left Wisconsin with the most gerrymandere...

Hi Everyone, Kirk here. I’m back after skipping many weeks of writing over the holidays to focus on selling beer.  This “Dry January” tradition mi...

“The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart; the secret anniversaries of the heart." — Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHa...

Hi Folks, Happy Holidays to you all. I hope the joy of this season outweighs the inevitable stresses of over-commitment. The Minocqua Brewing Com...

Hi Folks, Happy Holidays and hope you’re enjoying the festivities of the season. I was going to take a break from political activism for the holi...

Hi Folks, Because next week is Thanksgiving and Sunday will be full of family time and football, I wanted to spend this Sunday giving thanks to t...

Ok folks, Now that the election is over, Democracy in Wisconsin has been saved, and people are buying plenty of beer for Turkey Day, we turned our...

Hello friends,What an emotional week it has been!In short, here's what I'm over the moon about. Wisconsin's democracy will live to see another d...

 The Last Horse Race “Who will win?” we ask each week Who said what to change some minds? Did he fib? Did she slip? An embarrassing gaffe? Did our...