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Minimum markup law protects local stores
Minimum markup law protects local stores
In Wisconsin our local grocery stores have survived the onslaught of the out-of-state chains and megastores by providing quality service and quality food

Cap Times columnists

John Nichols
Reid’s deeds trump Palin’s tweets
Sarah Palin may have the headlines. But Harry Reid has a health care reform bill, and it is advancing.
Updated: Nov 24, 2009 | 10:16 am
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Dave Zweifel
Plain Talk: Women’s health comes out a loser in the House
UW-Madison Professor Alta Charo was right -- women’s health would be sacrificed for overall health care reform.
Nov 23, 2009 | 5:00 am
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Cap Times Columnists

Margaret Krome
GOP shameless in attacks on health care bill
Rep. Glenn Nye is running ads criticizing Democratic proposals for being too expensive, adding to the nation’s deficits, insufficiently protecting seniors, and promoting other familiar misrepresentations of the Republican Party.
Nov 24, 2009 | 4:30 am
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Bill Berry
WPR’s Fleming a treasure who will be missed
Retiring Wisconsin Public Radio personality has greeted thousands of state residents weekday mornings with his silken voice and upbeat spirit as he ladles out classical music.
Nov 23, 2009 | 5:00 am
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Commentary

Roland S. Martin: Machiavelli would love Dems’ health care fight

The great band Maze, featuring Frankie Beverly, has a hit song called “Joy and Pain.” They sing that those two words are like “sunshine and rain.”

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Kevin Huffman: Conservatives to the rescue?

I was on Facebook the other day, yukking it up about the lamestream media and seeing which of my friends had procreated, when I came across Sarah Palin ruminating on the recent reports on mammograms and Pap smears.

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Julie Lassa, Kelda Helen Roys and Bruce Speight: Ban toxic BPA in baby bottles and sippy cups

BPA-Free Kids Act bill would protect children 5 years old and younger from exposure to the toxic chemical.

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Malika Saada Saar: ‘Precious’ girls at the margins

Movie invites us to thoughtfully address the largely hidden issues of incest, violence and girls at the margins.

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E.J. Dionne Jr.: Obama’s third way in Afghanistan

Minimizing long-term damage will make no one very happy, but might be least dangerous choice.

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M. Patricia West: Keep religion out of health care reform

Elected officials’ religious views should be their own private affair, neither imposed by them on the nation, nor imposed by the nation as condition to holding public office. This means their private religious views should not be imposed via the current debate over health care reform.

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What Do You Think?

Quick Question: Should the state legalize marijuana for medicinal use?
Quick Question: Should the state legalize marijuana for medicinal use?
I had a very good friend who died of AIDS and I think that if he had been able to use it medicinally it could have relieved some of his symptoms.

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