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Limited series and ongoing columns on Madison minutiae, the outdoors, and more.
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Madison police are not learning their lesson
Domestic violence and the city’s latest budget find cops sticking to familiar, toxic patterns.
The Madison Public Market and other things we didn’t completely screw up this year
We’re taking a brief pause for gratitude here at Capitol Punishments.
Pleasure Practices with Sami Schalk: Countdown calendars and daily delights
Many twists on an advent tradition, for you and those you love.
God help us, the moderates have some takes about Mandela Barnes’ loss
Citizen Dave blames Barnes and the Democrats for not moderate-ing hard enough.
I need your grace
The incomprehensible loss of Mimi Parker.
The relief and troubling lessons of Wisconsin’s midterm elections
We’ve avoided a right-wing bloodbath, but we still need to talk about our deep-seated political failures.
In Dane County’s oak savannas, fall projects clear the way for a new year
Volunteers seed the prairie and savanna restorations that will take root on oak-time
Shout out to the sweater curse
Celebrating one year of knitting at Fiddlesticks.
We’re already too comfortable with the violent far right
In Wisconsin and beyond, it’s long past time to confront the reality of the authoritarian threat.
