Friday, October 30, 2009

Media Rants: A Socratic Dialogue

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The November Media Rant for the The Scene reveals that the great philosopher Socrates anticipated the schlock that today we call corporate...
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Sunday, October 04, 2009

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Mercury Marine and Media: The Low Road Media Rants By Tony Palmeri The nonpartisan think tank Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) distinguis...
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Thursday, October 01, 2009

Week in Review on Friday

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I'll be on WPR's Week in Review on Friday (8-9 a.m.) opposite Ann Althouse . You can join the conversation live by calling in at 1-...
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Friday, September 18, 2009

C.R.O.C PSA

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hat tip: Counterpunch
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009

The State of Working Wisconsin

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From a recent report released by the nonpartisan Center on Wisconsin Strategy : Wisconsin has lost over 137,000 jobs, almost 5 percent of it...
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Friday: Amina Figarova Sextet Live At The Time

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In Oshkosh, the Grand Opera House is not the only historic theater in need of restoration. Just a few blocks from the Grand, at 445 N. Main ...
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Friday, August 28, 2009

ObamaCare: Bad Press, Bad Policy, Bad Politics

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The September Media Rant for the Scene takes a look at ObamaCare. Here it is.: ObamaCare: Bad Press, Bad Policy, Bad Politics Media Rants B...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Grand Efforts

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The outcome of last night's vote to use tax dollars to repair the Grand Opera House was never in any serious doubt. The difficulty was i...
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Monday, August 24, 2009

Taxpayer Support For The Grand

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Quite a few people have contacted me in the last few weeks to tell me (in some cases yell) that "the Grand only gets about $65,000 a ye...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Arguing With Dining Room Tables

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Kudos to Barney Frank for his workshop for elected officials on how to effectively confront dining room tables masquerading as town hall par...
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Monday, August 17, 2009

Gannett: Don't Gut Our Advertising Client

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I found out on Monday that in 2008-2009, the Grand Opera House management has expended approximately $6,000 in local media advertising. One ...
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Friday, August 14, 2009

Doemel Walkin' The Walk On The Grand

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Oshkosh Common Councilors just received this email from Jon Doemel of Glass Nickel Pizza: Hello, I am writing in response to your call to sh...
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Sheboygan Council Rejects Plan To Shoot Urban Deer

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Hat Tip: foxpolitics.net By a 12-1 vote, the Sheboygan Common Council voted against shooting deer identified by some residents of the city a...
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Saturday, August 01, 2009

Woodstock At 40

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The legednary Woodstock concert is now 40(!) years old. The August Media Rants column celebrates the anniversary with a hypothetical convers...
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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Liquor Licenses: First Come, First Serve?

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Regarding how to award liquor licenses, today's Oshkosh Northwestern argues that "the council should adopt a scoring system with a...
Thursday, July 16, 2009

Week In Review

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I'll be on " Week in Review " with Joy Cardin on WPR Friday morning (8-9 a.m.) opposite Owen Robinson of Boots and Sabers fam...
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

The Environment in the Age of Obama: Prospects for Reform

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The July Media Rants column looks at what we can expect from Barack Obama's administration as regards the environment. Here it is: On J...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Missed Opportunity

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I've been on the city council long enough now to not be surprised by anything we do or don't do, but last night's 5-2 vote to re...
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Monday, June 22, 2009

Healthy, Sustainable, Green

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Earlier this evening I had the opportunity to listen to Tony Nelessen summarize the results of the visioning surveys taken in Oshkosh a few...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Last Night's Meeting

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The morning after the May 26th Common Council meeting, Lori and I took off for a long road trip that took us to Indianapolis; Oklahoma City;...
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