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Help United Way help others
It's time to get behind United Way of Dane County once again. The 2008 campaign kicks off on Aug. 26 and the needs of the community have never been greater. The goal this year is $16,650,000, almost all of which is distributed to the more than 160 nonprofit agencies that work directly with everyone from newborns to the elderly to make our community a better place for all. read story
Amy Goodman: Cheney, Bush and Habbush
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is on a book tour, where she is being hounded by activists and questioned about her pledge that "impeachment is off the table." She responded on the TV talk show "The View": "If somebody had a crime that the president had committed, that would be a different story." read story
John Nichols: Madisonian helps Dems 'get it' on trade
There is no truer statement in the platform Democrats will approve next week in Denver than this one: "Over the last few decades, fundamental changes in the way we work and live have trapped too many American families between an economy that's gone global and a government that's gone AWOL." The key term is "over the last few decades." read story
Your Right to Know: Let photographers do their jobs
A picture, they say, is worth 1,000 words. The television and print photographers who take them play a vital role in keeping the public informed. It's a job that requires much skill, and sometimes entails great risk. News photographers in Wisconsin have been attacked, threatened, arrested, and had their cameras and film confiscated. They have been barred from meetings that were open to other members of the public. The hand held up to the camera is unfortunately a familiar image. read story
Jumah al Dossari: Home, but haunted by Guantanamo
DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia -- It has been a little over a year since I left the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but I still have trouble sleeping sometimes. On a recent restless night, I found a DVD "United 93" beside the family television set. I had no idea what it was about, but I started watching. When I realized that it was about the hijacked plane that had crashed in Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001, I began to cry. It reminded me of a very simple question I had asked myself countless times during my 5 1/2 years in Guantanamo: When will humans start treating each other with respect, whatever our religion or color? read story
Phil Haslanger: Prof's 'secret' making dreams come true
Randy Pausch, a brilliant 47-year-old computer science professor who died last month from cancer, achieved spectacular fame in the nine months before his death with a lecture at his university that turned into an Internet sensation and a bestselling book. read story
- Jim Shea: Ignore campaigns this summer? You didn't miss much
- Peter Mansoor: Iraq 'surge' was much more than more troops
- John Nichols: A court contest contrast in Assembly race
- Bill Berry: Bush rushes to gut Endangered Species Act
- Margaret Krome: Natural burial is a better alternative
- Linda J. Bilmes & Joseph E. Stiglitz: It's time for Iraq to help pay bills
- Barbara Quirk: Wisdom Works taps into skills of volunteers
- Indur M. Goklany & Jerry Taylor: Gas more affordable than in 1960
- Rosemary Wehnes: Don't fall for Big Oil bait
- Strobe Talbott: Russia's ominous new doctrine?
- Daniel Golden: Flyover proponent uses bad math
- Dylan Abraham: Cherish and protect Arboretum
- Dan Goldstein: Nuclear accident letter misleading
- Robin Bowles: Please forgive rudeness toward Mallards
- Seng Vang: Peng Her shouldn't be pigeonholed
- Susan De Vos: Roundabouts a problem for pedestrians with disabilities
- Sarah Longwell: Don't require ignition locks for all drunk drivers
- Jeff Rubbelke: Ease of merger approval is troubling
- Jacqueline Kelley: We can do better than ATC's high-power line
- Richard Montgomery: McCain's book admits he gave info as POW
