Citizen Dave
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Will Wisconsin matter after all?
It had looked like there would be a presumptive Democratic nominee for president before the Wisconsin presidential primary on April 7. But that might no longer be the case. Read more
Long live Iowa!
Iowa is a good place to start a presidential nominating process. Read more
Feb 11, 2020
David Michael Miller
Cheap bastards
The Milwaukee Brewers may be wasting a year of the Christian Yelich era by not ponying up for elite talent this offseason. Read more
Feb 4, 2020
Don’t ruin our citizen city council
After almost two years of work and no less than 90 meetings, a city task force has issued its recommendations for reorganizing city government. Read more
Jan 27, 2020
Evers’ chance at redemption
Tony Evers made a mistake when appointing a career utility lawyer to be the PSC chair. He should do better this time. Read more
Jan 21, 2020
David Michael Miller
What this moderate believes
Populism on the right or left does not appeal to me. I might no longer qualify as a liberal. I’m a moderate. Read more
Jan 14, 2020
Good reads of 2019
Here are some ideas for your reading list. Add your own faves in the comments section. Read more
Jan 2, 2020
The gift of bad jokes
Citizen Dave was forced into early retirement as Santa, but he’s still a rebel without a clause. Read more
Dec 24, 2019
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Headlines you likely won’t read in 2020
Boris Johnson abandons Brexit, Madison school board hires pragmatic educator, and other stories that won’t actually happen in 2020. Read more
Dec 17, 2019
2:00 PM
Glenn Trudel
Remembering Joel Skornicka
Former Mayor Joel Skornicka was a no-nonsense, effective leader who was kind and ruled without ego. Read more
Dec 10, 2019
10:00 AM
David Michael Miller
How high-speed trains were derailed
WPR’s Derailed podcast shares a lot about what happened to the proposed high-speed rail link between Milwaukee and Madison. But there’s more to the story. Read more
Dec 4, 2019
10:00 AM
Deer up, hunters down
The deer population is exploding and the number of hunters keeps going down. Heroic efforts by the DNR and various hunting and fishing groups to recruit non-traditional groups have met with limited success. Read more
Nov 27, 2019
1:00 PM
Deer, solitude and friends
In an uncertain world it’s nice to know exactly where you’ll be just before sunrise on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Read more
Nov 19, 2019
5:00 AM
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Madweek for Feb. 20, 2020
It’s been a bedbugs in the library kind of Madweek. Read more
Honoring a hero’s humanity
Kobe Bryant can be a wonderful father, husband, mentor, philanthropist and basketball player. He can be a leader, even a hero. He can also be the perpetrator of sexual violence. Read more
Writing a new future
Odyssey Beyond Bars is the first face-to-face accredited course offered by the UW-Madison inside any state corrections facility since 1917. Read more
In Wisconsin, this is our religion
In Wisconsin, every Friday, we observe the ritual. Blue gill! Whitefish! Haddock! Perch! Try these four under-the-radar gems for Friday fish fry. Read more
Five (actually six) fish fries you need to try in Madison, Wisconsin
It’s Friday! Where should you go for fish? These five spots took top honors in our 2019 reader poll for favorite fish fry. Read more
