Opinion

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Dave Zweifel
Plain Talk: Scam artists steal millions from Medicare
This month’s AARP Bulletin includes a very disturbing piece about how scam artists have made the nation’s Medicare system a primary target.
Nov 20, 2009 | 4:45 am
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John Nichols
Falk won’t run for lieutenant gov, but she still has statewide potential
When it became clear Tom Barrett was running for governor, Democrats started buzzing about Kathleen Falk as a possible bidder for the state’s No. 2 job
Nov 19, 2009 | 5:00 am
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Cap Times Columnists

Fabu
Determined to let go of my grief
For the first time in five years, grief won’t dominate my holiday season and on Thanksgiving 2009 I will be especially thankful for all that is present in my life and not tearful about who and what I have lost.
Nov 21, 2009 | 5:00 am
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Phil Haslanger
Listening to the voices of Israel and Palestine
We shared lunch with Gosayna Karam in Nazareth, remembered as the town where Jesus grew up, and heard her talk about her worries for her children’s education in a country where there is a huge disparity in funding between Jewish and Arab students.
Nov 19, 2009 | 4:45 am
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Commentary

Deb Price: Census Bureau an ally in the gay movement

The 2010 Census will have a new message for same-sex married couples like Joyce and me: “You count.” Reflecting a refreshingly new era at the Census Bureau, the nation’s pre-eminent collector of data is upgrading how it deals with those of us who are gay.

Nov 21, 2009 | 4:45 am | Loading…

Sanford D. Horwitt: Plouffe’s Obama book engaging, illuminating

In late 2002, an obscure Illinois state senator, Barack Obama, was eyeing a run in the 2004 Democratic Party primary for a U.S. Senate seat. He would be up against seemingly prohibitive favorites, one who would have the backing of the party’s establishment, the other with a personal fortun…

Nov 21, 2009 | 4:00 am | Loading…

Otis W. Brawley: Let's stick with mammograms

On Monday, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force took a step backward in the fight against breast cancer.

Nov 20, 2009 | 4:30 am | Loading…

Amanda Rudie: Dreaming of deer hunt and venison steak

My body is sitting in an environmental health lecture in Bascom Hall with 250 students, but my mind is deep in the woods of northern Wisconsin

Nov 20, 2009 | 4:30 am | Loading…

E.J. Dionne: Senate Republicans take stalling to new heights

It’s time to start paying attention to how Republicans, with Machiavellian brilliance, have hit upon what might be called the Beltway-at-Rush-Hour Strategy.

Nov 20, 2009 | 4:15 am | Loading…

W. Lee Hansen: Does UW really suffer from a dearth of diversity?

UW-Madison’s long-standing focus on “targeted minorities” is a much-too-provincial view of “diversity” in the global world of the 21st century.

Nov 20, 2009 | 4:15 am | Loading…

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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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