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Dave Zweifel
Plain Talk: ‘Classic Steam’ has great railroad photos, and more
I’ve got a suggestion that would make a great Christmas gift for any train enthusiasts you may know.
Updated: Nov 27, 2009 | 5:31 am
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John Nichols
Moyers tells a tale of two quagmires
Journalist Bill Moyers, who was with President Lyndon Johnson when he decided to escalate the U.S. presence in Vietnam, speaks about what could be an equally disastrous decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan.
Updated: Nov 27, 2009 | 6:03 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

Douglas Kamerow and Steven Woolf: Parsing the mammogram guidelines

Experts look at misperceptions about the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and its controversial mammogram guidelines.

Nov 27, 2009 | 5:00 am | Loading…

Deb Price: Picking up where Kennedy left off

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, who is running for the late Ted Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat, is the first attorney general to file suit over the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

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Gerard Russell: U.S. must ‘fail’ for Afghanistan to succeed

What is depressing about the situation in Afghanistan is not that it has suddenly gotten much worse but that it steadily fails to get better.

Nov 27, 2009 | 4:00 am | Loading…

Jim Moeser, Lynn Breedlove and David Riemer: Let’s build on BadgerCare Plus success

This year more than ever, quality, affordable BadgerCare Plus coverage is something we can all be thankful for.

Nov 26, 2009 | 6:15 am | Loading…

Peter R. Orszag: A leap forward to better health care

Looking forward, if we do nothing to slow the skyrocketing cost of health care, the federal government would eventually be spending more on Medicare and Medicaid than all other government programs combined.

Nov 26, 2009 | 5:00 am | Loading…

Jim Carrier: Local face of hunger isn’t just the homeless

At the River Food Pantry in north Madison, the rise in “food insecurity” at the American table is measured in serving trays.

Nov 25, 2009 | 5:15 am | Loading…

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