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A change agent just what Water Utility needs
When thousands of citizens are drinking bottled water because they do not trust what comes out of the tap, and when reports from the "experts" at the Water Utility make claims about purity and perfection that might generously be dismissed as "overstated," something has to change. read story
State Debate: Rail passenger service can play key role
In a time of high energy costs -- and high energy uncertainty -- we need rail passenger service as yet another resource and alternative. read story
John McCain's dollar diplomacy
John McCain supposedly knows a thing or two about foreign policy. read story
State Debate: Help college students with child care
Yes, the state is struggling to balance its budget. But helping parents earn a degree is a long-term investment in everyone's future. read story
Right responses to warming
The Governor's Task Force on Global Warming has produced a report that state Sen. Jeff Plale, D-Milwaukee, says "is not the end; it is the beginning." Fair enough: Let's begin. read story
A patriotic declaration
Thursday's New York Times featured "A Declaration for Our Times," a variation on the Declaration of Independence that, in the spirit of the original document, rejects sacrifices of basic liberties in the name of security and is signed by 500 individual Americans and organizations who are pledging their support for fully restoring constitutional rights and human rights. read story
High court sticks it to home buyers
In a curious 4-3 decision that was joined by supposed new "traditionalist" Justice Annette Ziegler, the state Supreme Court this week declared that home buyers who were lied to by the sellers can't sue for fraud. read story
No straight talk from John McCain
Give McCain campaign adviser Charlie Black credit. The cynical Republican operative, who is one of many cynical Republican operatives trying to run John McCain's presidential campaign, spoke some truth when he told Fortune magazine that the Arizona senator's campaign would benefit from a little terrorism. read story
State Debate: Close the St. Lawrence Seaway to cut dangers to Great Lakes
The dangers posed by future invaders of the Great Lakes and the failure of Congress to do anything effective leads to only one conclusion: It's time to close the St. Lawrence Seaway to oceangoing freighters until those ships prove they won't continue to bring in strange new species in their ballast waters. read story
