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John Nichols: Take it slow on early voting
Wisconsin's Government Accountability Board is holding hearings to discuss a plan to change how elections are held. On the surface, a lot of what the GAB is talking about seems uncontroversial. But when it comes to the organization of elections, it is good to look beneath the surface. read story
John Nichols: A Jeffersonian Fourth of July
On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the document's author was an 83-year-old former governor, vice president and president. Yet what Thomas Jefferson was most known for in 1826 was his role in the founding vision of the U.S. read story
Dave Zweifel's Plain Talk: American Legion steps up to help our troops
Even though I'm a longtime member, I've had my differences with the American Legion. But the Legion does engage in some great public services. read story
Cross Country: Vast collection of farm mementos to be sold
The pole building shed was hidden among the trees, behind the house where the Sawle family was raised, a couple of hundred yards up the hill from Hyde's Mill, one of the most pictured spots in southern Wisconsin. read story
John Nichols: Wisconsin's new third senator -- Al Franken
Back in the 1950s, when Republican "red" Wisconsin was represented by the lamentable Alexander Wiley and the reprehensible Joe McCarthy in the U.S. Senate, the state's most enlightened citizens adopted Minnesota Democratic Farmer Laborite Hubert Humphrey as "Wisconsin's third senator." Like Humphrey, Al Franken has lots of ties to Wisconsin. read story
Phil Haslanger: Volunteers step in as FEMA pulls out in Biloxi
Thanh Thi Nguyen squatted down behind her almost-completed new home about two blocks from the Gulf of Mexico, washing her clothes in a couple of buckets. Just behind her was an empty space where her old home stood until Aug. 29, 2005, when Hurricane Katrina ripped across a wide swath of the Gulf Coast. read story
- Dave Zweifel's Plain Talk: State stuck in muck of status quo
- John Nichols: State needs radical shake-up at Commerce Department
- John Nichols: Honduras coup raises challenges for Obama, Feingold
- Ed Garvey: Janesville workers lose a game with loaded dice
- Dave Zweifel's Plain Talk: Burying new power line along Beltline makes sense
- Barbara Quirk: Don't play politics with Social Security
- John Nichols: Michael Jackson an imperfect icon but the face of America
- Mike Lucas: Bucks' Jennings 'not a sure thing'
- Cross Country: Parts salvaged from tractor graveyard
- Dave Zweifel's Plain Talk: Big bucks are blocking single-payer
