David Blaska: A role model who could laugh at himself: Bush #41

#41 called #43 “Quincy” on occasion, showing a fine sense of history and humor. Who else would dare wear those loud and colorful socks? Who else was so grounded that he could laugh at himself and not hold grudges? For Presidents, none since maybe JFK and a little Gerald Ford (“not a Lincoln”) and W, too.

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Dave Zweifel: Levitan’s book artfully captures Madison in the ’60s

Stuart Levitan’s work provides new insights to a decade in which Madison somewhat clumsily dived into urban renewal, battled over civil rights, literally fought over the Vietnam War, turned the Monona Terrace civic center controversy into a fiasco and set the stage for the future of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

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WED AM Update: Baldwin, Johnson split on farm bill

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson split on the farm bill, which cleared the Senate 87-13. The bill, which next goes to the House, authorizes agriculture assistance

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American Heart Association: Announces Life is Why sponsorship with ThedaCare

APPLETON, Wis. – The American Heart Association (AHA) announces ThedaCare, an Appleton-based community health system, as the first Life is Why sponsor in Wisconsin.  According to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, cardiovascular disease took the lives of more than 11,000 Wisconsinites in 2016 alone. The sponsorship, reaching the ThedaCare service area

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David Blaska: A role model who could laugh at himself: Bush #41

#41 called #43 “Quincy” on occasion, showing a fine sense of history and humor. Who else would dare wear those loud and colorful socks? Who else was so grounded that he could laugh at himself and not hold grudges? For Presidents, none since maybe JFK and a little Gerald Ford (“not a Lincoln”) and W, too.

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Dave Zweifel: Levitan’s book artfully captures Madison in the ’60s

Stuart Levitan’s work provides new insights to a decade in which Madison somewhat clumsily dived into urban renewal, battled over civil rights, literally fought over the Vietnam War, turned the Monona Terrace civic center controversy into a fiasco and set the stage for the future of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

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WED AM Update: Baldwin, Johnson split on farm bill

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson split on the farm bill, which cleared the Senate 87-13. The bill, which next goes to the House, authorizes agriculture assistance and nutrition programs for the next five years. But it

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