WMC rips liberal critics, avoids naming Epic James Buchen complains of a campaign to silence business Marc Eisen on Thursday 07/03/2008 4:36 pm The war between Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce and its liberal critics escalated today as WMC wrapped itself in the flag of free speech and denounced the critics for running "an organized campaign involving misinformation, intimidation and threats of boycott." The WMC opinion column, widely distributed to the media, is written by James Buchen, WMC's vice president for government relations. >MoreBlaska's Blog: Movin' on up, to the east side` David Blaska on Thursday 07/03/2008 1:03 pm, (2) Comments Given that this regal home is planted in Ald. Konkel’s district, it would make the perfect location for something the good leftist has long sought: a "wet" shelter for homeless vagrants. Call it "Brenda’s House." It’s the ultimate in inclusionary zoning. >More
What we still don't know in the Joel Marino murder case Probable culprit is apprehended and charged, but key questions remain unanswered Bill Lueders on Thursday 07/03/2008, (1) Recommendation At last Friday's buoyant media-circus press conference, Dane County District Attorney Brian Blanchard cautioned that Adam C. Peterson has not been convicted of anything and is, as a matter of law, "presumed innocent." Perhaps there's a perfectly logical explanation for why the 20-year-old UW-Madison dropout's DNA ended up on the knife used to kill Joel Marino on Jan. 28, along with other items tied to the crime. You've heard of the Immaculate Conception? >MoreFarewell to Ultimate Frisbee Stay mellow, Dancing Bears Andy Moore on Thursday 07/03/2008 My Fellow Teammates: It is with deep regret that I tender my resignation from the Dancing Bears. I'm especially bummed because the summer Ultimate season was turning out to be the most awesome ever. I was telling Gavin over ice-cold Loon Island IPAs last night that the team is really starting to gel. That makes it even harder for me to take a spot on the sidelines. >More
WALL-E: Mechanical genius Makes us fall in love with a machine Kent Williams on Friday 07/04/2008 You've got to hand it to Pixar, the friendly folks behind such movies as Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles and Ratatouille: They never rest on their laurels. They've revolutionized the world of animation and made billions of dollars doing it, but they keep pushing themselves and keep pushing us. (Ratatouille was a rat, for crissakes.) With WALL-E, their latest release, they almost seem to be pushing us aside. >More
Holy cream cheese, Batman! Gotham Bagels does the namesake roll proud Raphael Kadushin on Friday 07/04/2008 We were heading to Mount Horeb for lunch when one of those oddly apocalyptic summer storms whipped up, the kind that seems to have become, suddenly, freakishly routine. The radio was making noises about running for cover, and we decided maybe it wasn't worth the broken bones and twisted neck, and that long, tempting tunnel of light, even for a really good lunch. So we turned back to Madison, and that's how we ended up, drenched, at Gotham Bagels for lunch instead. >More
Lee 'Scratch' Perry, hitmaker The aging reggae legend finds a Top 40 groove Rich Albertoni on Friday 07/04/2008 The music was an irresistible fusion of Perry's wacked-out, hypnotic vocals and W.K.'s thunderous party beats. The song was "Pum Pum" (pronounced "Poom Poom"), the first single from Perry's forthcoming Repentance, set for release in August. >More
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