Category: Society
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Dane County Circuit Court Judge Race: Karofsky v Townsend
Will Marilyn Townsend and Jill Karofsky uphold and defend our constitution, our statutes–as written?
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Trump is Just Symptom of Clinton’s Disease
My thoughts on why a demagogue is giving the establishment fits.
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1937: Krugman’s Victory Dance
As a Krugman fanboy, I’ve been getting a big kick out of his victory dances of late– rubbing it in the faces of the rightist ideologue economists, the austerians from the Austrian School of Economic Destruction. His latest end zone taunt is a blog post entitled, simply, 1937. (If it really were a football game, he’d have a…
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Needling the Power: Rummel’s High Road Strategy
Arrogant power wielders and their apologists…..
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Lanford’s Evasiveness, St. John’s Sycophancy: What’s a Voter to Do?
Neither Rhonda Lanford nor Rebecca St. John have what it takes to ensure justice in a court of law.
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Nicole Foss: “The Great Recession, Energy Depletion, and Political Turmoil,” at Goodman TONIGHT
Nicole Foss will be speaking tonight at 7 at the Goodman Center (details below). She is quite a speaker. I went to see her when she was here back in 2010. Her thinking is amazing–bringing together economics, social relations, and the natural/physical world in one very all-encompassing view. She is very good at demonstrating–jargon-free–the physical/energy…
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Walker Planning Martial Law
Wisconsin National Guard activated to make plans for crushing civilian protests.
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Cycle Chic and Urban Revival
It’s happening…the hipsters are taking over the world, and infiltrating the fashion world! Next thing you know, bloomers will be back in vogue! The whole bike fashionista thing has long been brewing here in Madison, and the best viewing perches are Cafe Zoma and Mermaid Cafe on the East Side, and, of course, any cafe…