Tuesday, November 30, 2010

The 2010 TONY Awards

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There's only one TONY Award this year, and it's kind of an "award of distinction." Colin Crowley's done much admirable...
Saturday, October 30, 2010

Media Rants: Happy Anniversary to (Me)dia Rants

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The following piece will appear in the November 2010 edition of The Scene . Happy Anniversary to (Me)dia Rants Media Rants By Tony Palmeri T...
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Thursday, October 07, 2010

Two Screenings of "Mad City Chickens"

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From citizen Dan Hoyt: On behalf of the citizen group calling ourselves " Oshkosh Backyard Chickens " I would like to invite you t...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Compulsory Voting on WPR Thursday Morning

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I'll be on Wisconsin Public Radio Thursday morning at 6 a.m. (yikes!) talking about compulsory voting with Joy Cardin. http://www.wpr.o...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010

Media Rants: For Compulsory Voting

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The following piece appears in the October 2010 edition of The SCENE . For Compulsory Voting Media Rants By Tony Palmeri The day after the S...
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

The Joys of Teaching

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One of the great joys of teaching is the experience of reading critical commentary written by former students. We (teachers) usually don...
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Neumann Deserves To Win Republican Primary

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I don't think he will, but Mark Neumann does deserve to win today's Republican primary for governor of Wisconsin. Several reasons: *...
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Monday, August 30, 2010

Media Rants: The New(t) Know Nothings

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The following essay will appear in the September 2010 edition of The Scene . The New(t) Know Nothings Media Rants By Tony Palmeri In the mid...
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Saturday, July 31, 2010

Media Rants: WikiLeaks vs. Corporate Media

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Note: The piece below appears in the August, 2010 edition of The Scene . It was submitted for publication before WikiLeaks' release of t...
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Friday, July 02, 2010

BID requests 50 grand from taxpayers

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July 2, 2010 City Council Members P.O. Box 1130 Oshkosh, WI 54903-1130 Dear Council Members, I would like to make a formal request, on beha...
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Thursday, July 01, 2010

Media Rants: LZ Lambeau and The Good Soldier Consensus

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The following piece appears in the July, 2010 edition of The SCENE . LZ Lambeau and The Good Soldier Consensus Media Rants By Tony Palmeri F...
Thursday, June 24, 2010

I'll be on Friday's "Week in Review"

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I'll be on Friday's WPR Week in Review tomorrow (June 25) opposite former WI state senator and Lieutenant Governor Margaret Farrow ...
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Friday, June 04, 2010

Jim Joyce's Lessons For Politicians

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By now everyone knows that umpire Jim Joyce's blown call cost the Tigers' Armando Galarraga a perfect game. Umpire Joyce's recog...
Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Media Rants: Justice Stevens' Uneven First Amendment Legacy

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Update July 17, 2019: Y esterday Justice John Paul Stevens passed away at the age of 99. I wrote this piece in June of 2010, shortly after...
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Saturday, May 29, 2010

Amen

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From Bob Herbert's latest column on the BP disaster: "The U.S. will never get its act together until we develop the courage and t...
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Friday, May 28, 2010

Colin Crowley: Humanitarian Videographer From Oshkosh

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Received a wonderful email yesterday from Colin Crowley. I first met Colin around 2004, when I was running for state assembly and he was doi...
Thursday, May 13, 2010

Rooting For Clegg and the Lib Dems, Part II

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Even though the flawed plurality voting system resulted in his Liberal Democrats actually losing seats in the recent UK elections, Nick Cleg...
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

CSI

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That stands for "Citizen Statement Irony." At last night's Common Council meeting, for the first time the Council allowed citi...
Thursday, May 06, 2010

Rooting for Clegg and the Lib Dems

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UK citizens go to the polls today, and have an opportunity to send a loud message that could be heard across the Atlantic. Dominated for gen...
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Saturday, May 01, 2010

Media Rants: Health Care, Dumbassification, and the Fairness Doctrine

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Health Care, Dumbassification, and the Fairness Doctrine Media Rants By Tony Palmeri From the May 2010 edition of The SCENE Did you catch a...
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