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Letter From Home: “Tim Grimm, Sergio Webb, And Brooks Katzman” Spring 2025
Do we find happiness, or does happiness find us? On Saturday, I was sitting in the middle of our lawn with a variety of wooden outdoor furniture in need of staining. With brush in hand and my head turned down to make sure the ridges of the wood were properly coated, I heard the voice… Continue reading
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Donald Trump Turns Tasteful Refinement Of White House Into Tacky Bordello
This summer, a younger friend who has spent time in Europe said the White House with Donald Trump in it looks like Versailles on steroids. I had to laugh, but also very much agree. The people’s home has undergone a grotesque transformation. What we had always known with the White House being a classy reflection… Continue reading
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Trump’s Partisan Moves Creates Postal Crisis
Americans are learning a new term this summer. De minimis. It is a Latin phrase meaning of trifling importance or of minimal things used to describe something so minor or insignificant that it is disregarded by the law, courts, or for accounting purposes. But when it comes to screwing things up that are minimal or… Continue reading
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Graphic Nature of Gun Violence Should Be Shown On News, Public Needs To See Results Of Gun Culture
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the dastardly crimes being committed through orders from President Putin’s generals, along with the mass deaths needlessly perpetrated by the violence committed by Israeli Defense Forces in Gaza, make for graphic and painful images on news programming 24/7. But when it comes to the carnage in our own nation… Continue reading
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Letter From Home: “Embracing The Seasonal Change” Late Summer 2025
Over the past several weeks, Madison has been gripped by intense heat and humidity. The air has hung heavy, leaving people listless and wondering—especially as runners pass by our homes, glistening with sweat—how do they do it? These were the days when even the faintest breeze brought relief, and we could only imagine the bracing… Continue reading
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Freedom Of Speech Under Attack From Donald Trump
The indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show by ABC is more than a warning shot across the bow of American democracy. Kimmel, as my readers and anyone grounded in a mere ounce of civics education well understands, is a comedian whose job is to poke at power. In our nation and with the First… Continue reading
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Francesca Hong Could Be Bridge Builder In Divided Wisconsin
The race for Wisconsin governor gets more interesting each week as more candidates enter for what is promising to be a free-for-all Democratic primary. Earlier this week, Democratic State Senator Kelda Roys launched her campaign for Wisconsin governor. Today, Francesca Hong, who lives in Madison tossed her hat into the race where Lt. Gov. Sara… Continue reading
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Once Again, America Is At The Crossroads
It would be difficult to argue that our nation is not at a pivotal point. It would be difficult to argue that we have not been at such a crisis since the deepest darkest days in 1973 and 1974 when Watergate was searing its way into the minds of a nation that was finally being… Continue reading
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Trump Tower To Tenement Housing
If Donald Trump wants to play his usual style of nasty hardball with New York City, this time threatening to yank federal funds should voters dare elect a Democrat with socialist leanings as mayor, then perhaps it’s time the city responded in kind. Not with protests or lawsuits. No, no. Let’s speak Orange Mussolini’s language:… Continue reading
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Bruce DuMont Deserves To Be Remembered
In light of the news about Charlie Kirk so many other important stories have fallen between the cracks. Bruce DuMont, a longtime host of the Beyond the Beltway political radio talk show; the founder of the Museum of Broadcast Communications; and a former television producer, host, and analyst died at the age of 81. He… Continue reading
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