Wisconsin: Land of cheese, fish fries and free highways

Chicago Sun-Times | March 26, 1997| | Copyright

Every once in a while, it is good to visit a foreign land.

This way, you can appreciate the different customs and thought patterns of the people who dwell in that foreign land.

It broadens your own scope. Instead of looking into a microscope and seeing only your personal situation, you peer into a telescope that's focused on the world beyond your borders. Wisconsin is the foreign land we're writing about today. Last week we drove up there two days in a row from the Chicago area - for two different reasons - and bought some of their newspapers to take home and peruse. Newspapers or no, ...

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