Let's not get fooled again
In the hit television drama "The Good Wife", there's a scene where Peter Florrick, a disgraced and incarcerated former prosecutor played by Madison native Chris Noth, is talking to wife Alicia about...
View ArticleFeds throw monkey wrench into UW expansion plans for Primate Research Center
President Barack Obama has not been as good to the UW-Madison as some had hoped. The university's request for stimulus funding to dramatically increase the size of its primate research facilities has...
View ArticleMadison cop allegedly refused woman's request for shirt to cover herself at...
Cesilee Dean knows some folks will say she had it coming. She bared her breasts in public and got ticketed. Boo blanking hoo. But while Dean does plan to fight her citation in court, this is "not" why...
View ArticleLittle old lady updates
Sally Franz, the 82-year-old town of Oregon resident threatened with foreclosure by Dane County Treasurer Dave Worzala, is apparently going to be able to keep her home.
View ArticleMadison gun laws pre-slain
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling last week against local gun control laws does not put any city of Madison ordinances at risk. That's because its ordinances were shot down 15 years ago by the state...
View ArticleThoreau wouldn't be a-tweeting
I've just finished reading Walden again, for I believe the fourth time. It's been more than a decade since my last visit, and I'm stunned by the widening vastness of the gulf between Thoreau's message...
View ArticleThe problem with regulators
Dan Cassuto of WKOW Channel 27 had another eye-opening report last week on the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. He finally got to the bottom of DATCP's claims, made in a...
View Article"State Journal" takes odd approach to favorites poll
Believe it or not, there is an ethic to how newspaper favorites' polls are put together. It's considered poor form, in some quarters, to include categories that serve little purpose other than appeal...
View ArticleLet's not get fooled again
In the hit television drama "The Good Wife", there's a scene where Peter Florrick, a disgraced and incarcerated former prosecutor played by Madison native Chris Noth, is talking to wife Alicia about...
View ArticleChazen goat sculpture by Beth Cavener Stichter is a true work of art
Let me be clear: I am not on any level revolted by the kissing-goats-with-boners sculpture at the UW-Madison's Chazen Museum. But I am shocked -- on both a visceral and intellectual level.
View ArticlePETA sues UW-Madison over animal research records
The Virginia-based national group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) today filed a lawsuit against the University of Wisconsin for what it says are multiple violations of the state's...
View ArticleTree reprieve
The postcard from Madison Gas and Electric is pretty clear. Headlined "Tree-Trimming Notice," it informs homeowners that the utility "will be trimming trees near our power lines in your neighborhood in...
View ArticleNew meters will take the money and run
An "Isthmus" reader responding to a report in this space about Madison's new multi-space parking meters notes an "annoying windfall for the city" in how the new system works: "If you pay for two hours...
View ArticleBishop Morlino takes aim at messengers in clergy abuse scandal
It's not surprising that Madison Bishop Robert Morlino is just livid about news accounts tying Pope Benedict XVI to the protection of pedophile priests in Wisconsin and elsewhere, accounts that have...
View ArticleWill more animals suffer at UW if law is 'strengthened'?
Rick Bogle doubts the UW-Madison paid much attention to the state's animal cruelty statute until last year, when the local Alliance for Animals began questioning the legality of sometimes-fatal...
View ArticleThoreau wouldn't be a-tweeting
I've just finished reading Walden again, for I believe the fourth time. It's been more than a decade since my last visit, and I'm stunned by the widening vastness of the gulf between Thoreau's message...
View ArticleMy not-so-crazy tea party pals
A reporter who can't find crazy at a tea party rally is like a farmer who can't find pig urine in a sty. Yet I confess I came up empty in my search for crazy at today's Tea Party Rally on the Capitol...
View ArticleMadison declares war on bottled water
On Monday, April 26, the city of Madison is sponsoring a free screening of the documentary "Tapped", a broadside attack on "the scourge of bottled water" and the industry that sustains it. Wisconsin...
View ArticleMadison opens no library before its time
Awhile back, unforeseen delays resulted in the new Sequoya Branch Library not being ready to open when the old one had to close, so the neighborhood lacked a library for a month. "The whole damn city...
View ArticleMadison media vary widely in checks on online comments
One day last week, the "Wisconsin State Journal" published an article about how some eligible families are not receiving welfare-to-work benefits, due to snafus in the system. It quickly drew a spate...
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