Madison Police
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The Harry Truman Moment For Madison’s Independent Police Monitor Interim Chair Aeiramique Glass
Madison has spent months watching controversy swirl around Independent Police Monitor interim Chair Aeiramique Glass. What began as disputes over her conduct and what professionalism means has grown into a larger question: What happens when a public official seems to believe the rules that govern everyone else don’t quite apply to her? In just the… Continue reading
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Caffeinated Politics Podcast: Gun Violence And Civic Strain
When the Badge Is Worn — or Carried Democracy’s Guardrails and the Words We Use Two Amendments, One November Ballot Neighbors, Flags, and the Long Arc of Decency Continue reading
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Letter From Home: “That Neighborhood Feel” Reprint From 7/8/09
It was a pleasant sound that drifted across the warm air. A group of about ten women from a writers’ group had gathered on a neighbor’s back patio to talk about their creative projects and offer each other feedback. (Our neighbor is sending out her first children’s book to publishers.) Their light‑hearted banter and gentle… Continue reading
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Madison Independent Police Monitor Like Small Boy Dressing In Dad’s Clothes
“The point of modern propaganda isn’t only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.” ― Garry Kasparov. It is a travesty for the Madison Independent Police Monitor to pretend now they have work to do following the arrest of Maia Pearson from the Madison School Board… Continue reading
