As Alec MacGillis explained in an excellent New Republic profile last summer, greater Milwaukee exists in a kind of political time warp. Because its African-American population arrived later than in other northern cities and because its white population fled to the suburbs later, the racially-tinged, suburban-versus-urban politics that have faded in New York,Chicago and Philadelphia remain strong in Wisconsin.Seriously? I've actually lived in Wisconsin, Chicago and Philly, and commuted into New York. When it comes to interracial animosity, New York, Chicago and Philadelphia are all much worse than Milwaukee. What are they smoking at New Republic?