Thursday, September 02

business > technology > blog
Tech: Contract expires, but Disney allows ESPN, other channels to stay on Time Warner: report
Negotiations continuing, Multichannel.com reported.
By JEFF RICHGELS | The Capital Times | jrichgels@madison.com
Updated: 9:22 am
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Campus Connection: UW-Stout campus now tobacco-free
education > campus connection
Campus Connection: UW-Stout campus now tobacco-free
Students voted in spring of 2009 to make UW-Stout smoke-free and a year later voted to extend the ban to all tobacco products.
By Todd Finkelmeyer
7:15 am
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Republicans against bank bailouts can back Feingold
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Republicans against bank bailouts can back Feingold
Not only did Russ Feingold oppose the bailout, he opposed the Obama administration-backed banking “reform” legislation.
Cap Times editorial
5:00 am
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Tom Nelson’s bungee cords come in handy
column > john nichols
Tom Nelson’s bungee cords come in handy
Tom Nelson's encounter with a deer didn't stop his touch-every-corner-of-the-state bid for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor.
John Nichols | Cap Times associate editor
4:55 am
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District 77’s Democratic candidates speak out
In the Sept. 14 primary, five people are seeking the Democratic nomination to replace Spencer Black as District 77’s representative in the Assembly.
Updated: 6:54 am
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column > fabu
Black parents must advocate for their children
This column is a call for doing more to improve the education of African-American students in Madison.
Fabu | local columnist
4:40 am
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E.J. Dionne Jr.: What’s on Obama’s next page?
By insisting that “it’s time to turn the page,” President Obama was talking about more than the Iraq war.
E.J. Dionne Jr. | national columnist
4:30 am
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Stanley Kutler: Our enabling media worse than ever
Our 21st century media is a skewed monument to all of Thomas Jefferson’s concerns and criticisms.
Stanley Kutler | UW-Madison professor emeritus
4:20 am
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news
Letters to the Editor for Sept. 2
Mike Lienau: ‘Lesser people’ deserve strong Social Security | Dear Editor: Russ Feingold recently helped celebrate the 75th anniversary of…
4:15 am

Wednesday, September 01

business > technology > blog
Tech: Target to sell gift cards for Facebook Credits, USA Today reports
Gift cards would be used for games, applications and virtual goods, story says.
By JEFF RICHGELS | The Capital Times | jrichgels@madison.com
11:45 am
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Obama: 'Time to turn the page’ on Iraq
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Obama: 'Time to turn the page’ on Iraq
President Obama declared the war in Iraq over, telling the nation he was fulfilling his campaign pledge to stop a war he had opposed from the start.
ANNE E. KORNBLUT | The Washington Post
10:15 am
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business > technology > blog
Tech: Hallmark channels off of AT&T U-verse lineup
Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movie Channel replaced with Starz Kids, TCM, Broadcasting & Cable reports.
By JEFF RICHGELS | The Capital Times | jrichgels@madison.com
Updated: 8:17 am
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Madison360: As school year starts, a pair of predicaments
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Madison360: As school year starts, a pair of predicaments
Madison's elementary schools started class Wednesday, and sixth- and ninth-graders came back as well, getting a one-day orientation jump on ol…
PAUL FANLUND | The Capital Times | pfanlund@madison.com
7:50 am
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Campus Connection: Any ‘words of wisdom' for students?
education > campus connection
Campus Connection: Any ‘words of wisdom' for students?
Is there something you think every college student should know at the start of the school year?
By Todd Finkelmeyer
7:15 am
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Trust TIF Review Board on Edgewater
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Trust TIF Review Board on Edgewater
The five-member TIF Review Board is being asked to increase the size of the State Street TIF district to include the Edgewater.
Cap Times editorial
5:00 am
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Plain Talk: Playing to nation’s dumb-ocracy
column > dave zweifel
Plain Talk: Playing to nation’s dumb-ocracy
Clearly there’s a concerted campaign of lies and innuendo aimed at playing on the fears and prejudices of Americans for political gain.
Dave Zweifel | Cap Times editor emeritus
4:55 am
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You can bet that Palin is coming to Wisconsin
column > john nichols
You can bet that Palin is coming to Wisconsin
Sarah Palin will campaign in Wisconsin this fall. Bet on a late September or October stop for 7th Congressional District candidate Sean Duffy.
John Nichols | Cap Times associate editor
4:50 am
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Lisa Graves: Don’t stand by while Fox News pays to push right-wing agenda
Fox News continues to use its muscle to help spread misinformation and advance the extreme agenda of its owner, News Corp.
Lisa Graves | executive director, Center for Media and Democracy
4:40 am
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Roland S. Martin: King’s ‘dream’ was a radical economic equality message
Very few things make my skin crawl more than listening to someone totally misrepresent the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous “I Have a Dr…
Roland S. Martin | national columnist
4:30 am
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Letters to the Editor for Sept. 1
Dave Searles: After second child, eliminate tax deduction | Dear Editor: The birth rate in 2009 dropped again, to 2.6 percent. Some people see…
4:15 am

Tuesday, August 31

Glenn Beck may be unlikely leader for conservative Christians
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Glenn Beck may be unlikely leader for conservative Christians
Before organizing a massive rally that had the feel of a religious revival, Glenn Beck sought the blessing of conservative Christian leaders.
MICHELLE BOORSTEIN | The Washington Post
10:30 am
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education > campus connection
Campus Connection: Chancellor, mayor to welcome UW students
Chancellor's Convocation for New Students is noon on Wednesday at the Kohl Center.
By Todd Finkelmeyer
7:15 am
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Sorry, Glenn Beck, but King's ‘dream' is on the march in Detroit
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Sorry, Glenn Beck, but King's ‘dream' is on the march in Detroit
Too bad about Glenn Beck. Fox TV's silliest self-promoter thought he had come up with a sure-fire way to claim a piece of the Rev. Martin Lut…
Cap Times editorial
5:00 am
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column > john nichols
Engaged candidates make for tough choices, exciting race in District 77
The surprise decision of Madison Teachers Inc. to endorse Green Party candidate Ben Manski has, as predicted, shaken up the race for the 77th …
John Nichols | Capital Times associate editor
5:00 am
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column > margaret krome
Tommy should speak up on rail project
Last winter, the Obama administration announced that Wisconsin was one of nine states to receive economic recovery funds to establish high-spe…
Margaret Krome | local columnist
4:45 am
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Connie Schultz: It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's a teacher!
A few red leaves have begun to wave their fancy hello from the highest treetops in our backyard.
Connie Schultz | national columnist
4:15 am
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Stephen Flynn: Katrina's lessons remain unlearned
As Hurricane Katrina approached the Gulf Coast in late August 2005, homeland security officials were preoccupied with preventing another terro…
Stephen Flynn | president, Center for National Policy
3:30 am
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news
Letters to the editor for Aug. 31, 2010
Sandra Saul: Beck’s union bashing is out of line Dear Editor: I read Glenn Beck last week as he discussed the “rape” of firefighters and…
3:30 am

Monday, August 30

education > campus connection
Campus Connection: Edgewood College's freshman class sets record
College also reports 95 percent of its freshmen are receiving scholarships and grants.
By Todd Finkelmeyer
11:51 am
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environment
Environmental groups face their future in climate-change debate
On Thursday, some of the country's most respected environmental groups - in the midst of their biggest political fight in two decades - sent a…
By David A. Fahrenthold | Washington Post
6:26 am
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Wisconsin, military should work together to get ballots to voters overseas
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Wisconsin, military should work together to get ballots to voters overseas
It is impossible for us to imagine that it is harder to get ballots to men and women serving in the military in 2010 than it was in 1970 or 1950.
Capital Times editorial
5:00 am
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Plain Talk: Labor and environmental partnership right about need for action on green technology
column > dave zweifel
Plain Talk: Labor and environmental partnership right about need for action on green technology
The BlueGreen Alliance is spreading the word about just how critical it is that the U.S. Senate get off its duff and pass the climate change bill.
Dave Zweifel | Capital Times editor emeritus
4:55 am
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Sometimes, Ron Johnson should just say nothing
column > bill berry
Sometimes, Ron Johnson should just say nothing
Many candidates this year, such as U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson, seem to want us to be afraid.
Bill Berry | state columnist
4:45 am
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E.J. Dionne Jr.: Obama underrates the value of politicking
President Obama’s address to the nation on Iraq this week underscores the agony of his presidency, and its core political problem.
E.J. Dionne Jr. | national columnist
4:40 am
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Carolyn Cook: Restart ERA clock where it left off by accepting 35 states
When you’re competing against the clock for the grand prize, you may not win, but at least you’re entitled to your previous winnings. Not …
Carolyn Cook | founder of United for Equality
4:30 am
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news
Letters to the Editor for Aug. 30
Julian Holtzman: Vote for candidates who back clean energy policies | Dear Editor: Where is the line drawn between free market capitalism and …
4:15 am

Sunday, August 29

education > campus connection
Campus Connection: Some to get second chance at college degree
Initiative titled Project Win-Win works with both community colleges and four-year institutions in select states, including Wisconsin.
By Todd Finkelmeyer
7:45 am
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Populist passion is antidote to bankster greed
column > john nichols
Populist passion is antidote to bankster greed
It is hard to imagine a better setting for Jim Hightower to renew the populist call to action than Fighting Bob Fest.
John Nichols | Capital Times associate editor
5:15 am
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Ann Woolner: Reagan, Bush rack up new victory against science
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Ann Woolner: Reagan, Bush rack up new victory against science
If Ronald Reagan were alive today, he would see the fruits of the legal revolution he ignited in the stunning court-ordered halt of new embryo…
Ann Woolner | Bloomberg News columnist
5:00 am
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J.B. Van Hollen: New tools, seminars at hand for public records and open meetings
As your attorney general, I am deeply committed to promoting understanding of, and compliance with, Wisconsin’s open meetings and public rec…
J.B. Van Hollen | Wisconsin attorney general
4:50 am
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Harold Meyerson: Scrambled deregulation
A diagram of our egg-safety bureaucracies could be presented as an illustration of the old question of whether the chicken or the egg comes first.
Harold Meyerson | national columnist
4:40 am
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Susan Antilla: Those greedy working women and their ‘fetish’ for equal pay
Brad Peck of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce wrote recently that women have developed a Scrooge-like fetish about making money.
Susan Antilla | Bloomberg News columnist
4:30 am
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Letters to the Editor for Aug. 29
William P. Rowe: Freedom of religion in Constitution for good reason | Dear Editor: Framers of our U.S. Constitution knew their own limitation…
4:15 am

Saturday, August 28

education > campus connection
Campus Connection: Selig establishes chair in history at UW-Madison
It will lead to a new faculty position in U.S. history that'll "focus on the relationship between sports and society from 1900 to the present."
By Todd Finkelmeyer
9:30 am
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education > campus connection
Campus Connection: Colorado may kill its journalism school
A committee at the university is starting a process of "program discontinuance" for its School of Journalism and Mass Communication on Sept. 1.
By Todd Finkelmeyer
7:15 am
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Savor Ride the Drive on Sunday
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Savor Ride the Drive on Sunday
We hold to the view that Ride the Drive is one of the coolest Madison events.
Cap Times editorial
5:15 am
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Quick Question: Would you oppose plans to build an Islamic center within two blocks of the former World Trade Center site?
opinion
Quick Question: Would you oppose plans to build an Islamic center within two blocks of the former World Trade Center site?
Here’s how five citizens answered this week’s question posed by Capital Times freelancer Kevin Murphy.
Compiled by Kevin Murphy
5:00 am
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column > joel mcnally
GOP wrong on what constitutes kiss of death
The cynical Republican decision to try to prevent economic recovery under President Obama should be the real political kiss of death.
Joel McNally | state columnist
4:45 am
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Dan Baum: New Orleans drove barbarians from the gates
What makes New Orleanians so different from other Americans is that they are experts at living in the moment.
Dan Baum | author of a book on New Orleans
4:40 am
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Connie Schultz: You never will be that cover girl
Jessica Coen is fighting for our girls, one magazine cover at a time.
Connie Schultz | national columnist
4:30 am
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