The Recombobulation Area

The Recombobulation Area is a 19-time Milwaukee Press Club award-winning opinion column and online publication founded by longtime Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. The Recombobulation Area is now part of Civic Media . After 44 years behind the microphone, legendary Milwaukee broadcaster Jane Matenaer is retiring. She made the announcement on the show she hosts, “Matenaer On Air,” on Monday, Nov. 3...

The Recombobulation Area is a thirteen-time NINETEEN-TIME Milwaukee Press Club award - winning opinion column and online publication founded by longtime Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. The Recombobulation Area is now part of Civic Media . Every week, David Nir of The Downballot and Aaron Rupar of Public Notice talk politics in a live show on Substack, and this week, the spotlight turned to Wiscon...

The Recombobulation Area is a thirteen-time NINETEEN-TIME Milwaukee Press Club award - winning opinion column and online publication founded by longtime Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. The Recombobulation Area is now part of Civic Media . For the last six years, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin has been run by Ben Wikler. In that time as chair of the party, Democrats and Democratic-aligned candi...

The Recombobulation Area is a thirteen-time Milwaukee Press Club award - winning weekly opinion column and online publication founded by longtime Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. The Recombobulation Area is now part of Civic Media . There’s been a whole lot happening in recent months as Donald Trump has returned to office as president, and Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOG...

The Recombobulation Area is a thirteen-time Milwaukee Press Club award - winning weekly opinion column and online publication founded by longtime Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. Learn more about it  here . Here in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention, there is a lot going on. Most of this is taking place inside the United Center, but there are other events happening all over town. Yeste...

The Recombobulation Area is a thirteen-time Milwaukee Press Club award - winning weekly opinion column and online publication founded by longtime Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. Learn more about it  here . In less than a week in Wisconsin, voters will head to the polls for the August partisan primary. Statewide, voters will decide on a pair of proposed amendments to the state constitution. If you...

The Recombobulation Area is a thirteen-time Milwaukee Press Club award - winning weekly opinion column and online publication founded by longtime Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. Learn more about it  here . We had a great night at Anodyne Coffee’s Walker’s Point Roastery for “Recombobulation LIVE!” Dan Shafer, founder of The Recombobulation Area, was joined by award-winning contributors Angela Lan...

The Recombobulation Area is a thirteen-time Milwaukee Press Club award - winning weekly opinion column and online publication founded by longtime Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. Learn more about it  here . If you missed it earlier this week, I had the opportunity to sit down for a 35-minute one-on-one interview with Sen. Tammy Baldwin. You can watch the video here. Or, you can watch it on YouTube...

The Recombobulation Area is a ten-time THIRTEEN-TIME Milwaukee Press Club award - winning weekly opinion column and online publication written, edited and published by longtime Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. Learn more about it  here . On Tuesday evening, I filled in as the guest host of WTMJ At Night (formerly WTMJ Nights) on 620 WTMJ. You can listen to the show here as a commercial-free podcas...

The Recombobulation Area is a ten-time Milwaukee Press Club award - winning weekly opinion column and online publication written, edited and published by longtime Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. Learn more about it  here . The Marquette University Law School Poll is the gold standard of measuring public opinion in Wisconsin, so here at The Recombobulation Area, we take a close look at each new po...

The Recombobulation Area is a ten-time Milwaukee Press Club award - winning weekly opinion column and online publication written, edited and published by longtime Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. Learn more about it  here . A couple months ago, Omar Shaikh and I got in a bit of a disagreement on Twitter. Actually, let’s back up a bit first. In early December of last year, Gov. Tony Evers signed a...

The Recombobulation Area is a ten-time Milwaukee Press Club award - winning weekly opinion column and online publication written, edited and published by longtime Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. Learn more about it  here . Last night, I was back in the host chair at the 620 WTMJ studios at 3rd Street Market Hall to host WTMJ Nights! You can listen to the full show here as a commercial free podcas...

This was a monumental year for Milwaukee, and many of the big achievements we saw this year can be traced back to the leadership of Mayor Cavalier Johnson and County Executive David Crowley. The Recombobulation Area had the opportunity to sit down with these two dynamic leaders for an extended interview on the year that was, and so much more. You can listen to the full audio podcast here, or you c...

This was a monumental year for Milwaukee, and many of the big achievements we saw this year can be traced back to the leadership of Mayor Cavalier Johnson and County Executive David Crowley. The Recombobulation Area had the opportunity to sit down with these two dynamic leaders for an extended interview on the year that was, and so much more. You can watch the interview right here on Substack, or...

The Recombobulation Area is a ten-time Milwaukee Press Club award - winning weekly opinion column and online publication written, edited and published by longtime Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. Learn more about it  here . In case you missed it, Dan Shafer guest hosted WTMJ Nights on 620 WTMJ on Friday evening. We had a terrific group of guests who joined the show. They were: * Evan Goyke , state...

The Recombobulation Area is a ten-time Milwaukee Press Club award - winning weekly opinion column and online publication written, edited and published by longtime Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. Learn more about it  here . In case you missed it, we hosted WTMJ Nights last night on Newsradio 620 WTMJ! It was a three-hour show, and we were joined by regular Recombobulation Area contributors Angela...

The Recombobulation Area is a ten-time Milwaukee Press Club award - winning weekly opinion column and online publication written, edited and published by longtime Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. Learn more about it  here . The issue of Child Care funding is a major one in Wisconsin, and this year, it has taken on an especially partisan tone in Madison. Earlier this year, Republican legislators bl...

The Recombobulation Area is a six-time TEN-TIME Milwaukee Press Club award - winning weekly opinion column and online publication written and published by veteran Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. Learn more about it  here . The “Bird on a Wire” podcast series has reached the end of its 10-episode run, but as a bonus for our loyal listeners, LuAnn Bird and Dan Shafer sat down together for one more...

The Recombobulation Area is a six-time TEN-TIME Milwaukee Press Club award - winning weekly opinion column and online publication written and published by veteran Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. Learn more about it  here . For Episode Ten of “Bird on a Wire”, Lu Ann and I were joined by Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley. We talked about the county executive’s path to a career in public ser...

The Recombobulation Area is a six-time TEN-TIME Milwaukee Press Club award - winning weekly opinion column and online publication written and published by veteran Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. Learn more about it  here . The “Bird on a Wire” podcast series has featured conversations on hope, civility and action, hosted by LuAnn Bird. For Episode Ten of the series, LuAnn and I sat down with Milw...

The Recombobulation Area is a six-time TEN-TIME Milwaukee Press Club award - winning weekly opinion column and online publication written and published by veteran Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. Learn more about it  here . For Episode Nine of the “Bird on a Wire” podcast series, Lu Ann Bird is Nicole Otto. Nicole is a mental health counselor who works with children. In this episode, LuAnn and Nic...

The Recombobulation Area is a six-time TEN-TIME Milwaukee Press Club award - winning weekly opinion column and online publication written and published by veteran Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. Learn more about it  here . One of the most important pieces of legislation impacting Milwaukee and Wisconsin is currently working its way through the Capitol in Madison. That is the bill on shared revenu...

The Recombobulation Area is a six-time TEN-TIME Milwaukee Press Club award - winning weekly opinion column and online publication written and published by veteran Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. Learn more about it  here . For Episode Eight of the “Bird on a Wire” podcast series, Lu Ann Bird is joined by Tom Spehert and Chris Baumgart.  In this episode, LuAnn talks with Tom and Chris about organi...

The Recombobulation Area is a six-time TEN-TIME Milwaukee Press Club award - winning weekly opinion column and online publication written and published by veteran Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. Learn more about it  here . Last night on 620 WTMJ, I guest hosted WTMJ Nights! We started the show talking about the Bucks firing head coach Mike Budenholzer — news that happened less than an hour before...

The Recombobulation Area is a six-time TEN-TIME Milwaukee Press Club award - winning weekly opinion column and online publication written and published by veteran Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. Learn more about it  here . For Episode Seven of the “Bird on a Wire” podcast series, Lu Ann Bird is joined by The PerSisters . The Persisters is a group of women that got involved in political action fol...