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Bill Barth: Insider’s look at the Janesville GM tale

Few people know Janesville or Rock County better than former Wisconsin State Sen. Tim Cullen, who proves the point again with his new book. It’s called “Disassembled,” and Cullen’s subtitle is a mouthful and a solid indicator of what readers can expect: “A native son on Janesville and General Motors, a story of grit, race, gender and wishful thinking and what it means for America.”

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Gregory Humphrey: Looking at historical figures in their own time

In the Sunday Wisconsin State Journal, on the Op-Ed page, there was a column about former Wisconsin Chief Justice Edward G. Ryan. A Milwaukee lawyer wrote that it was time to remove the bust of Ryan from the notable position that it now holds outside of the court chamber in Madison due to his views of women.

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Dominique Paul Noth: Bloomberg just blew up America’s house of cards

Given their profit priorities, no wonder television networks and cable channels missed the big lesson of Mike Bloomberg’s flabbergasting expenditures and loss in his flirtation with the presidency. If they stop and think about it, the Bloomberg debacle cast a deep shadow on their basic beliefs in marketing, advertising and the virtues of data collection that underlie our consumer society.

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Bill Kaplan: Vote Joe Biden for change

Biden is ready to help rural America develop economically, giving small farmers a leg up. Fair trade and not trade wars. He stands with the middle class, people of color, women and LGBT. All of America, including Wisconsin, will see change.

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Bill Barth: Insider’s look at the Janesville GM tale

Few people know Janesville or Rock County better than former Wisconsin State Sen. Tim Cullen, who proves the point again with his new book. It’s called “Disassembled,” and Cullen’s subtitle is a mouthful and a solid indicator of what readers can expect: “A native son on Janesville and General Motors, a story of grit, race, gender and wishful thinking and what it means for America.”

Read More »

Gregory Humphrey: Looking at historical figures in their own time

In the Sunday Wisconsin State Journal, on the Op-Ed page, there was a column about former Wisconsin Chief Justice Edward G. Ryan. A Milwaukee lawyer wrote that it was time to remove the bust of Ryan from the notable position that it now holds outside of the court chamber in Madison due to his views of women.

Read More »

Dominique Paul Noth: Bloomberg just blew up America’s house of cards

Given their profit priorities, no wonder television networks and cable channels missed the big lesson of Mike Bloomberg’s flabbergasting expenditures and loss in his flirtation with the presidency. If they stop and think about it, the Bloomberg debacle cast a deep shadow on their basic beliefs in marketing, advertising and the virtues of data collection that underlie our consumer society.

Read More »

Bill Kaplan: Vote Joe Biden for change

Biden is ready to help rural America develop economically, giving small farmers a leg up. Fair trade and not trade wars. He stands with the middle class, people of color, women and LGBT. All of America, including Wisconsin, will see change.

Read More »

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