General Strike Wisconsin
The incredibly positive energy in which many of us have basked at Wisconsin's capitol this week has been magnificent. Never before have I felt such a powerful sense of solidarity with my union brothers...
View ArticleWalker Propagandists at Madison's Daily
Several writers (and by extension their editors) at Madison's only daily newspaper -- the Wisconsin State Journal -- have been guilty of gross malfeasance in their reportage and/or commentary on what's...
View ArticleWisconsin SCFL Endorses General Strike
The SCFL endorses a general strike, possibly for the day Walker signs his 'budget repair bill,' and requests the education committee (of the SCFL) immediately begin educating affiliates and members on...
View ArticleVisit WI When It's Warmer, Mr. President
As someone who lives -- and was born -- in Madison, I get a little tired of so many folks around the country telling me and my fellow Badgers how much we need a visit from President Obama. And I must...
View ArticleWisconsin's Civil War
For most of us, the last couple weeks' protests here in Madison have been very positive; at times exhilarating and even fun. That phase is ending now. What appears likely to come next is a GOP-caused...
View ArticlePicket M&I Bank Execs' Homes?
Technically it was NOT M&I Bank per se that donated heavily to WI Gov. Scott Walker -- it was some of M&I's top executives who actually did the donating.After the jump, let's consider how that...
View ArticleFellow Wisconsinites: Rally 'round Kloppenburg! This Week!
I've just made my first calls for Joanne Kloppenburg (background on this EXTREMELY important upcoming election here). I've done a lot of this kind of stuff over the decades, and this is about the...
View ArticleWisconsin: Only ONE WEEK To Go
The pivotal engagement in the battle for Wisconsin is now only a week away. If you're going to get involved, the time is NOW. If JoAnne Kloppenburg can unseat David Prosser, we'll have positive...
View ArticleMore Death Threats
The conservative Mackinac Center has reportedly called the FBI regarding multiple voice-mail threats of violence.This crap is getting old.The RW would enjoy nothing more than promulgating the notion of...
View Article3 of 5 Didn't Bother: WI's Teachable Moment
Before we Badgers (or others) break our arms patting ourselves on the back for the much, much higher than normal turnout we managed in yesterday's spring election, I think we should keep two very...
View ArticleOlbermann will NOT be Available to Charter Subscribers. Let's Fix That.
If you get your TV via Charter, Keith Olbermann will NOT be returning to your living room any time soon. His resurrected nightly show will be on Al Gore's Current TV -- and Charter doesn't carry...
View ArticleNO OLBERMANN on Charter Cable; Please Call Charter ... TODAY
Charter Cable does NOT carry Current TV. Therefore, if you get yer TV via Charter ... NO KEITH.It would be good if KosWorld bombarded Charter with calls urging them to add Current TV to their lineup....
View ArticleNate Silver Action Figures?
A weary world needs Nate Silver action figures. Bobbleheads would be good, too.My research finds a 99 percent chance I'm not the only one who's long appreciated Nate's (1) superb analyses and (2)...
View ArticleTip of the Hat to Upton Sinclair
Born 135 Years Ago Today - September 20, 1878His muckraking novel The Jungle helped pass the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act. In addition to writing dozens of other works of fiction, nonfiction and drama,...
View ArticleLet's Thank Those Who've Earned It
I tend to observe Veterans Day mainly by getting irritated about two things: (1) It should still be Armistice Day. Our nation’s casual dilution (to the point of eradication) of our collective memory of...
View ArticleAt Some Point, Does It Become Counterproductive?
In the wake of last week's California massacre, I've really appreciated reading what so many women have had to say about their horrors dealing with male jackasses. It's been most instructive. And it's...
View ArticleThis Is What Political Courage Looks Like
Whatever else one thinks of Barack Obama, I can't imagine anyone -- not even his bitterest detractors -- would call him a political neophyte anymore. Everything else under the sun, FSM knows, but...
View ArticleDisaster Capitalism's Grand Finale?
The Wall Street Journal's sibling site, MarketWatch (both owned by Dow Jones Consumer Media Group), is formatted to provide lots of current financial data at a glance. With the convenience, however,...
View ArticleAn 'Easy' Assault on White Cluelessness
So much of what I read and hear from white commentators about the Ferguson saga reflects a profound cluelessness to which I must, all too often, plead guilty. Although my politics have been exclusively...
View ArticleDeath of a King
Forty-eight years ago this April, we were forced to bid an appallingly premature farewell to Martin Luther King's physical presence. Those four-dozen years have not been kind to his legacy. In place of...
View ArticleThe Radical King
Having been robbed of his physical life nearly 48 years ago, Martin Luther King has since been robbed of his legacy as well. Today, as in the middle of every January, corporate media will NOT do a good...
View Article50 Years Ago Today: Muhammad Ali vs. Vietnam War
Fifty years ago today, the anti-Vietnam War movement gained a unique ally: Muhammad Ali. When, on February 17, 1966, his Louisville draft board reversed a series of previous policies and decisions and...
View ArticleGOP to Replace Trump as Nominee?
If the trajectory that’s developed over the course of the last five days holds for another five days or a week (and at this point there’s certainly no reason to expect anything other than that),...
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