Opinion
February 9, 2010
Point: MIU-proposed “written communication” cerificate beneficial
There are some skills you will not need after you graduate from college. Bringing up that one time you… Read more »
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Column: Counterpoint: Don’t create certificate for what should be mandatory
No one can argue writing isn’t a valuable skill. Labuz is correct in finding this proposal to be an interesting… Read more »
If District 5 fell in the woods and no one were around to hear it…
Quick: Name one thing Wyndham Manning does as an elected official. Now, name one thing Bryon Eagon does. Wyndham Manning,… Read more »
February 8, 2010
Letter: Frivolous lawsuits not a means of real change
National High Speed Rail can improve US economy
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Students should utilize job resources, refrain from blame game
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February 5, 2010
Letter: College Dems show progress on UW campus
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Current High Speed Rail plan must upgrade, US lags behind
Grade inflation paranoia will not add value to student GPA’s
February 4, 2010
Public editor: New Public Editor: Don’t put Page 8 news on Page 1
Supreme Court stands up for First Amendment in political speech decision
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Frivolous lawsuits: The only way to facilitate change in America
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February 3, 2010
Editorial: CWC U L8ER
Super Bowl advert seeks to moralize
Zinn leaves important legacy, illuminating nation’s injustices
Guest column: Diversity initiative more words than actions
Plastic bag ban should provide incentives
Elected officials seldom act in the public interest
February 2, 2010
Editorial: University locking doors on a transparent process
Letter: Securing affordable tuition with help from state legislature
Obama’s State of the Union does little to fix lack of unity
February 1, 2010
Editorial: Time to abort old Mendota Court
Editorials
January 28, 2010
To be or Nat to be
It's the worst kept secret in Madison: the Natatorium is a dump. And not the kind of dump you affectionately… Read more »
January 27, 2010
Different lease show times should not be problematic
We don't know where Zuzu Bailey went to school, but if a renter's life in Madison has taught us anything,… Read more »
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January 26, 2010
Biddy’s monkey business
Provost Paul DeLuca, Jr., we know you were all ready to reform the grad school, but it looks like you… Read more »
January 22, 2010
Dane County shot down the Sheriff’s Department, but it was in self defense
The Sher-iff don't like it. In the last waning days of 2009, Dane County finalized an agreement with the Dane… Read more »
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Less technology, more help to absentee voting staffers
Generally speaking, more democracy is good, voter fraud is bad and partisanship on matters relating to the electoral process is… Read more »
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Monthly Archives
Columns
February 1, 2010
NatUP plan too short-sighted to sign off on
For anyone who uses our campus gyms, especially during the busy periods before spring break or at the start of… Read more »
January 29, 2010
Want to rethink the way we study journalism? Add some research
Journalists are extremely insecure. If you were in a profession that might be a shadow of its former self in… Read more »
Women’s Studies should have supported Hirsi Ali
Women should be cooking, making babies and keeping silent. For centuries, this was the accepted belief in the West about… Read more »
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Relaxing nuclear reactor laws shows step in right direction
In 2007, when Gov. Jim Doyle asked a group to form a Task Force on Global Warming, their task was… Read more »
January 28, 2010
A modest proposal for ASM and UC
As someone who has had a long undergraduate and graduate career at the University of Wisconsin, I've literally seen… Read more »
Letters
January 26, 2010
Bargnes’ bitter bashing barely bearable
My name is Greg Downey, and I'm the current director of the UW-Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication.… Read more »
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January 22, 2010
‘Climategate’ subject to errors, not false claims
I found Jim Allard's opinion column titled "Climate Crisis Prone to Misinformation" to be itself full of misinformation. While I… Read more »
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December 9, 2009
Combatting prejudice requires comprehensive plan
At UW-Madison, there has been a lot of buzz about different plans to promote campus heterogeneity such as the… Read more »
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December 8, 2009
Bringing PEOPLE together
Defined as "the tendency of whites not to think about whiteness or about norms, behaviors, experiences or perspectives that… Read more »
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Race and background important for admissions
The University of Wisconsin is, at first glance, a white school. From the race of our athletes to the… Read more »
UW and affordability
When I think of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a community of different races is not the topic that pops… Read more »
Most Commented
May 5, 2005
Alliance of misinformed, morally bankrupt supporting Israel
I enrolled at University of Wisconsin four years ago, brining a few transfer credits from Madison Area Technical College. I… Read more »
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May 5, 2005
Gay rights needed to protect equality
Two weeks ago, Spain’s national legislature passed a bill allowing same-sex couples to marry, adopt, inherit from one another and… Read more »
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February 17, 2008
Make Chelsea’s mom president
We all met Hillary Clinton at different times, in different places and at different stages in our lives, but our… Read more »
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March 4, 2005
Zionists disregard human rights
The Palestinian rap group DAM has a song called “Who is a Terrorist” (Meen Erhabe). Arguably its most poignant and… Read more »
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March 17, 2005
John Bolton-wrong man for UN ambassador job
Last week, the White House and the State Department announced their pick for ambassador to the United Nations. John Bolton,… Read more »
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Recent Comments
Anonymous on Counterpoint: Don’t create certificate for what should be mandatory 1 hours 20 minutes ago
I’m with you on this one, Smathers. I think L&S needs to think about a way to train its graduates… Read more »
Anonymous on Counterpoint: Don’t create certificate for what should be mandatory 1 hours 26 minutes ago
I agree with @1:56. I might also add: shame on the professors for not being critical enough of your students’… Read more »
Brad V on New Public Editor: Don’t put Page 8 news on Page 1 1 hours 49 minutes ago
Public Editor? Why not Ombudsman? Paul Temple, anyone? http://badgerherald.com/oped/2006/01/26/examiningthebadger.php… Read more »
Bad Deal on National High Speed Rail can improve US economy 1 hours 60 minutes ago
I see. So you concede that it’s neither necessary nor prudent… but we should do it anyway? Compelling arguments… not.… Read more »
Anonymous on If District 5 fell in the woods and no one were around to hear it… 2 hours 18 minutes ago
It’s not a bad editorial but I don’t understand the use of Katrina Flores to represent “the left”. She’s hardly… Read more »
Anonymous on National High Speed Rail can improve US economy 2 hours 20 minutes ago
Why does there need to be an overhaul? The current system works for defense purposes. I’m only arguing that having… Read more »
Anti-idiotarian on Students should utilize job resources, refrain from blame game 2 hours 37 minutes ago
Now, now… for the love of Ganesha’s trunk, don’t invoke your Lord and Savior just to try looking cool with… Read more »
Anonymous on If District 5 fell in the woods and no one were around to hear it… 2 hours 42 minutes ago
I sure hope whoever wins will continue thinking of the monkeys: http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/oncampus/articlebfa8c360-1596-11df-996d-001cc4c03286.html… Read more »
Bad Deal on National High Speed Rail can improve US economy 2 hours 56 minutes ago
Puhleaze! Show readers the DoD proposal for high speed rail as a national defense priority. The existing commercial rail network… Read more »
Anonymous on National High Speed Rail can improve US economy 3 hours 0 minutes ago
“Artificial strength” and “operating at a loss” sound like euphemisms for actual weakness and inoperativeness… “in these troubled times.” (Insert… Read more »
Anonymous on Students should utilize job resources, refrain from blame game 3 hours 23 minutes ago
jesus, you suck… Read more »
Anonymous on National High Speed Rail can improve US economy 3 hours 34 minutes ago
You really think that rural, largely poor areas could have afforded to home generate electricity en masse? The capital costs… Read more »
Anti-idiotarian on Students should utilize job resources, refrain from blame game 3 hours 52 minutes ago
Which only serves to demonstrate the preceding rejoinder. /quod idiocy demonstrandum… Read more »
Anonymous on National High Speed Rail can improve US economy 3 hours 54 minutes ago
What what history are you basing this on? The government drove out private electricity producers. Some of these competitors took… Read more »
Bad Deal on National High Speed Rail can improve US economy 4 hours 3 minutes ago
False. Before 1936, a small but growing number of farms installed small wind-electric plants. These generally used a 40V DC… Read more »
Anonymous on National High Speed Rail can improve US economy 9 hours 48 minutes ago
Had the government not promoted rural electrification, a good portion of the nation would still be reading by candle light.… Read more »