Opinion
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David Michael Miller
The NIMBY test
Lately the NIMBY label has been weaponized as a blanket term for all neighborhood activism. Read more
David Michael Miller
Mass distraction
Gov. Tony Evers is trying to push through two minimal gun control measures favored by a majority of Wisconsin residents. But Robin Vos and Scott Fitzgerald are doing their best to oppose the will of the public. Read more
Oct 3, 2019
The F-35 is already obsolete
The U.S. military searches for a home for a beleaguered fighter jet. Read more
Sep 26, 2019
Here comes the sun
The threat of a solar storm is out there, but we don’t talk much about it. Solar physicists though say the potential for harm is enormous. Read more
Sep 19, 2019
David Michael Miller
Pull the plug
It’s been more than 10 years since the city began planning for a year-round public market. It still hasn’t been built. And it shouldn’t be. Read more
Sep 12, 2019
David Michael Miller
The Foxconn con
On top of everything else, Foxconn is getting $117 million for construction of high-voltage power lines and a new substation. Electric ratepayers from around the state will subsidize this project though they will not be benefiting from it. Read more
Sep 5, 2019
David Michael Miller
She is a lineman for the utilities
Rebecca Cameron Valcq spent her career as a lawyer for WE Energies, the state’s largest utility. But ATC line opponents still thought she might vote with them. Read more
Aug 29, 2019
David Michael Miller
That fake news rot
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos decided he would buck public opinion and not make accommodations for a lawmaker with disabilities. Now that Vos has caved, he is blaming the news media for his bad press. Read more
Aug 22, 2019
5:01 AM
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
Aug 15, 2019
5:00 AM
David Michael Miller
John Nygren’s secret emails
Is the GOP budget truly reflective of the input received, as Rep. John Nygren has claimed? He and his staff managed to make it prohibitively expensive to confirm. Read more
Aug 8, 2019
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Sarah Maughan
Lessons from Mike Hernandez
East High principal Mike Hernandez is stepping down to become chief of high schools for the Madison school district. Read more
Aug 1, 2019
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David Michael Miller
Scott Walker cashes in
Both announcements were stunning in their own way. College drop-out Scott Walker was appointed to a prestigious Smithsonian Institution board position and the former gov accepted a job that takes him out of the political arena for six years. Read more
Jul 25, 2019
5:00 AM
After detention
When immigrants are released from detention centers to await their appearance in court, they often have nothing. Sarah Frank traveled to the border with much-needed supplies. Read more
Jul 18, 2019
5:00 AM
Trending
Too hot to handle
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection was charged with testing hemp fields to ensure the crop didn’t contain too much THC. The agency had 18 inspectors to collect and test thousands of samples within a matter of weeks. Read more
Five new restaurants you need to try in Madison, Wisconsin
Where should you be eating? These five spots took top honors in our 2019 reader poll for favorite new restaurant. Read more
Electrifying change
Will e-bikes and electric scooters get more people out of their cars, reduce climate-changing pollution and make us all healthier? Or will they wreak chaos on city streets and overrun quiet recreational areas? Either way, change is coming. Read more
Street fighting town
Glenn Silber, one of the directors of the groundbreaking “The War at Home,” visits Madison for a special screening of the restored documentary Oct. 13 at the Orpheum Theater. Read more
Garver’s piece of the pie
The pizza and salads are reliably good at the new Ian’s Pizza at the Garver Feed Mill. The ordering process is the only issue. Read more
