Author Archives: Jonathan Krause

How they managed to do it
Thanksgiving brings together generations of family to share not just food, but love and respect. Although, I doubt there will be as much of the last two as there has been in the past. There is growing...
Jonathan Krause Dec 29, 2025

Feeding you garbage
Until a couple of months ago, if I had opened up the Facebook app on my phone you would have seen--in addition to posts from my real-life friends--recommended videos and reels featuring comedian Jim G...
Jonathan Krause Dec 29, 2025

Advocates for dependence
There is an old adage that says that if you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day--but if you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime. That adage is often mistakenly credited to the Bible...
Jonathan Krause Dec 29, 2025

When grooming is encouraged
Of all the lessons that organizations should have learned from the Catholic Church priest abuse scandal, one of the most important is don't try to handle issues of child molestation and predation "in ...
Jonathan Krause Dec 29, 2025

If you think The Ave is loud........
This week I had the opportunity to spend some time in the Nashville, Tennessee area. Since I have returned, I've been asked multiple times "How was Nashville?" And my response has been the same every ...
Jonathan Krause Dec 29, 2025

F*@# around and find out
I'll be the first to admit that I'm not always up on the latest "lingo" used by our younger generations. But one trend I've caught wind of recently is FAFO. For those not familiar, FAFO stands for "F-...
Jonathan Krause Dec 29, 2025

Better to know who your enemies are than to not know
Now that the furor has died down over who said what about Charlie Kirk's death, I need to ask why there were so many calls for people to lose their jobs because of it? Late night talk show hosts, loca...
Jonathan Krause Dec 29, 2025

When you don't care about qualifications....
When he was born in December of 1970--or when he was somehow born again in December of 1973 according to his athletic registration records--Ian Roberts could not have imagined that someday he would re...
Jonathan Krause Dec 29, 2025

No cure for not wanting to be cured
Should we even try to cure or find medicines to treat non-lethal medical conditions anymore? I ask this in the wake of the White House report this week on the "causes" of autism, and the response of s...
Jonathan Krause Dec 29, 2025

Appleton police seek Christmas morning burglar
APPLETON, Wis. -- Appleton police are looking for a grinch who was out stealing on Christmas morning. A rash of car break-ins were reported in the 1300 block of E. Fremont Street in the early morning ...
Jonathan Krause Dec 26, 2025 Appleton Police Department logo (Image courtesy Appleton Police Dept.)



