Citizen Dave
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Boomers: stay healthy and productive
American society is growing older, less healthy and less financially secure. So, what’s a boomer to do? Read more
The balm of Trent Grisham
The story of the rookie outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers is about promise turned sour and then redeemed and about experts being proven wrong. And more. Read more
Aug 13, 2019
Are debates any way to pick a president?
The value of today’s rapid-fire presidential debates is doubtful. Read more
Aug 6, 2019
David Michael Miller
Don’t sweat the details
As a presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren offers detailed policy plans. But is that the smart thing to do politically? Read more
Jul 30, 2019
David Michael Miller
Wisconsin, the pivotal state
Wisconsin could be the “tipping point” state for 2020, just as it was in 2016. Read more
Jul 23, 2019
How city budgets get made
As the city starts to put together its next budget, there is again a projected gap between expenses and revenues. Agencies will be asked to cut back and some will offer options that are not feasible politically. Read more
Jul 16, 2019
All hope is not (quite) lost
Because of the Supreme Court’s recent decision on partisan gerrymandering, the issue is dead in our federal courts. But it can still be adjudicated in state courts. Read more
Jul 9, 2019
Evers should have vetoed the entire budget
The governor passed on a huge opportunity. Wisconsin’s chance to get fair legislative maps is now more than a decade away. Read more
Jul 3, 2019
2:00 PM
David Michael Miller
A budget by Christmas?
One house can hold up the whole process and two GOP senators have already said they oppose the budget passed by the GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee. Read more
Jun 25, 2019
5:00 AM
David Michael Miller
School board did the right thing on cops
The new three-year contract was amended to allow the district to drop an officer in one school after the 2019-2020 school year. It also calls for quarterly reviews of arrests and citations. Read more
Jun 18, 2019
11:00 AM
Pervert the process, fix the roads
Wisconsin’s roads are a mess and the state badly needs to invest in public transit. But first it needs to find a way to raise tax revenue. A messy work-around concocted by Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee might just do the trick. Read more
Jun 11, 2019
5:00 AM
Forgiving college debt isn’t progressive
When we write off student debt it means that other taxpayers have to pay for the poor judgment of those who got themselves into this predicament. Read more
May 30, 2019
5:01 AM
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Inking outside the lines
Two new tattoo shops in Madison join the growing scene in Dane County. Read more
The future of Token Creek
The Token Creek Music Festival is held on the 110-acre property owned by founders Rose Mary and John Harbison that backs up against Token Creek. The founders would like to see the property preserved as a single parcel. Read more
Where goes the neighborhood?
In the early 1960s, Madison destroyed much of the Greenbush neighborhood, dislocating 1,150 people. Now the city is eyeing redevelopment of the so-called Triangle. Will it get it right this time? Read more
Hidden in plain sight
There are few facilities like this anywhere in the country, and even fewer that never charge admission. So why don’t more people take advantage of the films shown by Cinematheque? Read more
Making shit up
As two recent decisions demonstrate, the conservatives on the state’s highest court are not applying the law as it is written, but as they wish it to be. Read more
