Ron Malzer: The Highwomen blaze a feminist country trail

The Sept. 6 release of the eponymously titled “The Highwomen” comes with lofty aims.
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Plain Talk: Will Fitzgerald's and Tiffany's anti-democratic actions be rewarded?

Paul Krugman's column in the New York Times earlier this week was blunt. Republicans don't believe in democracy, he said.
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Paul Fanlund: Does health care seem like the only Democratic presidential issue?

The party’s excessive arguing over health care policy distracts from what the real focus should be: Donald Trump.
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Four Wisconsin doctors: Lawmakers should oppose 'assisted suicide' legislation

Wisconsin legislators should reject any public policy that legalizes suicide and instead focus on offering better palliative care and resources for patients at the end of life.
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E.J. Dionne Jr.: Striking workers remind us that they saved GM

The struggle for employment, pay and benefits in the auto industry is where the rubber meets the road in our too often very abstract discussion of the challenges facing American wage earners in an economy undergoing rapid transformation. The battle…
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Chief Charles Foulke: A year after Middleton's Paradigm shooting, it's time for commonsense gun laws

Elected officials, you have the power to make a difference. Now have the courage.
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Editorial: If you're mad about Brett Kavanaugh, take it out on Ron Johnson

A new book confirms what we already knew: Sen. Ron Johnson was wrong to vote to put Brett Kavanaugh on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Erin Grunze: The time for redistricting reform in Wisconsin is now

Fair voting maps are fundamental to what makes democracy work.
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Voice of the People

Letters from our readers on the news of the day

• Max Monson: Madison needs a rail connection via I-94, not I-90

• Lucy Sanna: Madison should have passenger rail to Chicago, Milwaukee

• Brad Geyer: We need more Fighting Bob in military discussions

• Rabbi Jonathan Biatch: Jesus Lunch has sown divisions at Middleton High School

• Phil Saunders: How would the community react to Muhammad lunches or Buddha lunches?

• Dennis Krizan: I support the F-35s in Madison and salute our troops

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