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Heinen: More trust would bring less anxiety

Someone I know and trust recently posited we’ve become the United States of Anxiety.

classroom full of students raising their hands

Heinen: Education is a shared concern

The change in our relationship to our civic institutions has been one of the most important issues.

The change in our relationship to our civic institutions has been one of the most important issues of the last 30 years and one of the biggest challenges we face as a civil society.

typewriter with remembering journalists above it

Heinen: A credit to our profession

To say finding a career in journalism saved my life sounds a tad dramatic.

Madison skyline with a blue green overlay

How far we’ve come and still need to go in Madison

A lot of people who care about this city and region have been anticipating 2020 for what feels like a long time.

For the Record: Paul Terranova of Lussier Community Education Center talks with Neil

Strong cities have strong community centers. Because they are so deeply connected, community centers are also places where city issues plays out in real time. Housing, transportation, employment, education...real issues for real people in real places.

Heinen: The art of reflection

Reflection accompanies the end of a year

I have always enjoyed the reflection that accompanies the end of a year.

Heinen: The news stops for no one

Vacations are tricky in the news business

Vacations are tricky in the news business. News doesn’t take a vacation, so inevitably events occur while you’re gone causing you to regret not being able to respond until optimal timeliness has long passed.

Heinen: Embracing the inevitable change

Life is change.

The constancy of change as a theme in the reality of life can seem cliché. Life is change.

Heinen: The power of words

Words have the ability to shape the world we live

I’ve long known that words have a uniquely powerful ability to shape how we view our lives and the world in which we live.

Heinen: An appreciation for Jen Cheatham

Cheatham is leaving Madison in August

My appreciation for Cheatham is similarly broad in scope, certainly much broader than the typical public perceptions portrayed in the media.

Heinen: Age-old questions

For the most part, I have no idea how old I am.

Heinen: My History with Hizzoner Paul Soglin

Soglin and Heinen's paths repeatedly crossed

I’ll never think of living and working in Madison without thinking of Hizzoner Paul Soglin.

Heinen: In search of wisdom in our schools

I'm looking for wisdom and guidance

The recent incidents in our schools has further revealed the racism — both latent and blatant — in our society as a whole.

Heinen: Construction ahead for Wisconsin's government

There's a lot ahead for the state

Former Gov. Scott Walker did a lot of damage to this state.

Heinen: Considering shared interests and sticky situations in Madison

Our cities and our schools have lots of challenges

Heading into the recent elections, I’d been doing a fair amount of thinking about civil society, shared concerns, listening to each other and problem solving.

Madison is in the solution business

Localism is about problem solving

Localism is about problem solving, and cities are increasingly best situated to address the concerns we share as citizens.

Heinen: The One City Early Learning Center Model

One City plans to open an elementary school

One City rocks at nurturing kids and families. Its success in just three years is remarkable.

Heinen: The kindness of strangers

I am writing this Nov. 7, a day after the election

I think sometimes that foreign travel provides those “kindness of strangers” experiences that make us appreciate the connection we have to one another in this world despite differences of language and culture.

Heinen: The power of art

"To all you one-hit wonders out there"

To all you one-hit wonders out there, I am in awe of your talent and your courage.

Heinen: It's more than just a game

Elements in athletics are profoundly troubling

There are elements of big time athletics, both college and pro, that are profoundly troubling and in jarring contrast to the simple joy of victory and agony of defeat.

Heinen: 'I'm a Pedestrian, Nothing More'

Running is just — too much

Running is just — too much.

Heinen: Stop playing me for a fool

Election season means emails inundate Heinen

Stop with all the emails, please. Talk about abusive political propaganda: I am inundated with it. And very likely you are, too.

Heinen: A 40-year lens of Madison

Magazine and city have changed in past 40 years

I moved to Madison in 1974, but I started my first job as a journalist, my career, in 1978, the year this publication became Madison Magazine.

Heinen: Support the work of citizens

The important challenge in America today.

I need to point out a critical motivational component of this editorial focus on the work of citizens, and that’s bridging the divides in our community, our state, our nation and our world.

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