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Dr. Zorba Paster: Are you a walker? Keep up the pace to help the heart
A thorough study from the U.K. is worth an excursion.
Judge reverses city decision on rezoning Old Sauk Road parcels for apartments
Last June, alders greenlit the rezoning of parcels from 6610 to 6706 Old Sauk Road that would have allowed the space to be developed into a new three-story apartment building.
Rookie blasts the latest walk-off bomb as Brewers crush Padres' comeback bid
Milwaukee rebounded after squandering a late lead to beat the San Diego as Durbin secured the win on the first pitch in the bottom of the ninth.
Brewers' Brandon Woodruff remains upbeat as he deals with one more obstacle in his comeback
Woodruff was on the verge of pitching in the majors for the first time since September 2023 when he was struck in the elbow by a line drive on Tuesday.
5 things to know about the high school boys golf state tournament
The DeForest, Middleton and Madison West boys golf teams headline the area talent headed to this year's WIAA state boys golf tournament.
Due process is another casualty of Trump administration | Thomas Ciufo
A few weeks ago, a woman from Australia, a newlywed married to a lieutenant in the U.S. Army stationed in Hawaii, was pulled aside by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and interrogated at the Honolulu airport.
We can't let the ongoing cruelty in Gaza continue | Mary Ann Phalen
We all are observers of the manmade cruelty taking place in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli military are actively starving, injuring and killing Palestinian civilians. Over 53,000 are reported dead.
Don't pigeonhole creationists' beliefs | Wayne Shockley
The Associated Press article in Wednesday's Wisconsin State Journal, "Creationist beliefs persist," was biased in two important ways.
Here are ways you can help protect the environment | Bell G. Ashlock and Nora R. Carstensen
We’re sixth-grade students at O’Keeffe Middle School in Madison. Our class is doing a climate change project where we’re trying to make the world more sustainable. Our goal is to help the government and individuals make Madison environmentally friendly.
Thank teachers for hard work in their impossible job | Michael Lindsay
Thanks, teachers, for another school year. Once again, you've done a lot for your learners, and you've put up with a lot.
America must support more critical thinking skills | Edward J. Huck
We live in a world of media echo chambers that promote preconceived beliefs about almost any subject. But this disease has a remedy -- education.
Madison should boost sales tax to make housing more affordable | George Sutton
We keep hearing about "affordable housing." Knowing Madison ranks pretty high for rent in the country (31st, according to Zumper National Rent Report), one thing that could be done is shift a lot of the burden of property taxes to…
Fear of immigrants can cost us freedom and rights | Joyce Anderson
Almost every day I read another story of an immigrant to the U.S. who has been detained, deported or sent to prison in a foreign country without due process.
Pardoning big donors is no way to root out fraud | Dave Newman
The president pardoned Paul Walczak, who was recently sentenced to prison for failing to pay $10.9 million in employee-related taxes. At the sentencing hearing in April, the judge said letting Walczak walk free would reinforce "the perception that the rich…
Taxpayers shouldn't pay for Donald Trump's birthday parade | Stephen Austin
If would-be "tin hat" dictator Donald Trump wants a military parade to celebrate his birthday on June 14, let him hire actors (as he did for his Trump Tower escalator political debut in 2015) or private security groups (such as…
Protect Minnesota's boundary waters area from bad budget bill | Gary Gimmestad
Mischief has been slipped into the federal budget bill, including a provision to strip the Minnesota Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of its current 20-year protection and award mining permits to a giant Chilean mining company.
Hold the firms fueling our climate crisis accountable | Ken Skog
A June 1 article described a wrongful death lawsuit filed in Washington state that holds fossil fuel companies accountable for contributing to the extreme 2021 heat dome that killed a 65-year-old woman. Such heat events would be virtually impossible without…
Don't call the conflict in Gaza a war -- it's a slaughter | Tim Melin
Just when you thought the genocide in Gaza couldn’t get any worse, now we have soldiers shooting starving people traveling for the chance to get food aid. These people are simply trying to feed themselves and their starving children.
Reds rout D’Backs for 2-win day
CINCINNATI — Gavin Lux hit a grand slam, Christian Encarnacion-Strand homered for the second straight game and the Cincinnati Reds routed the Arizona Diamondbacks 13-1 on Saturday after completing a suspended game with a 4-3 victory in 10 innings.
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