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Tom Loftus: Will Ron Johnson learn to love the bomb or start worrying?

I urge Sen. Johnson to recognize the need to restrain the power of the president to launch a first strike, and the peril of any policy that would create more “usable” nuclear weapons. Instead, I hope he is inspired by the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize being awarded today to a group seeking to abolish nuclear weapons from the face of the earth.

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Paul Fanlund: Now more than ever: The Cap Times at 100

I suggest you pause to appreciate the Cap Times as the feisty, locally owned and historic institution it is — a beacon of progressive opinion, a source for probing and objective news and information, and a fountain of big-impact local philanthropy through our Evjue Foundation.

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Jimmy Anderson: Bill would help victims of gun violence

The bill would tax gun manufacturers that sell guns in Wisconsin the same way we tax cigarette or alcohol manufacturers. With those funds — 0.5 percent of the manufacturer’s list price — we hope to address the physical, emotional, and financial costs that burden the victims of gun violence.

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Tom Loftus: Will Ron Johnson learn to love the bomb or start worrying?

I urge Sen. Johnson to recognize the need to restrain the power of the president to launch a first strike, and the peril of any policy that would create more “usable” nuclear weapons. Instead, I hope he is inspired by the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize being awarded today to a group seeking to abolish nuclear weapons from the face of the earth.

Read More »

Paul Fanlund: Now more than ever: The Cap Times at 100

I suggest you pause to appreciate the Cap Times as the feisty, locally owned and historic institution it is — a beacon of progressive opinion, a source for probing and objective news and information, and a fountain of big-impact local philanthropy through our Evjue Foundation.

Read More »

Jimmy Anderson: Bill would help victims of gun violence

The bill would tax gun manufacturers that sell guns in Wisconsin the same way we tax cigarette or alcohol manufacturers. With those funds — 0.5 percent of the manufacturer’s list price — we hope to address the physical, emotional, and financial costs that burden the victims of gun violence.

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