October 30 is Scott Faulkner’s last day as manager of the Wisconsin Union Club Suites at the Memorial Union and Union South, the position he assumed in 2013 after selling the Edgewater to Hammes Co.
As a person who has lived more years than most, I can not remember a weirder time in America.
This unusual year has made the small details of everyday life stand out like never before.
Alec Loftus grew up in Sun Prairie, moving at age 12 to Oslo when his dad, former Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Tom Loftus, was named U.S. Ambassador to Norway. “I think it planted the seed for what I’m doing now,” Loftus says. “I got the travel bug.”
Madison residents and city ex-pats have once again united in support of the Plaza Tavern, as it struggles to remain solvent during the pandemic.
Frank Alfano may be best known for his years as facilities manager for Dane County — he retired in 2002. But he played an even larger civic role with community-minded side pursuits. Now 78, he’s still at it.
Doug Moe is writing a book about Kit Saunders-Nordeen, who in 1974 became the first director of women’s athletics at UW-Madison. Living in a Madison retirement community, she turns 80 today.
Well, it’s nearly time to vote. And there’s no better time to decide what I want from our next president over the next four years.
For winning an individual NCAA title in 1956 as a 139-pound boxer for the Badgers, Dick Bartman is one of the 11-member 2020 class of inductees into the University of Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame. A virtual induction ceremony is planned for mid to late October.
"He’s a man of resounding awareness, both of himself and the world around him."
This marks Neil Heinen's final “For the Record” column, capping 20 years of monthly column writing for Madison Magazine.
David Egan has testified before the U.S. Senate, served a year-long fellowship in Washington, D.C.; served as a global messenger for the Special Olympics and spoken before audiences of thousands.
Cyrus Nowrasteh’s work has been controversial, and his new film, "Infidel," is unlikely to be received warmly by the Iranian government.
Wei Dong is a distinguished professor of design studies in the School of Human Ecology and a global ambassador who annually leads UW-Madison student groups on trips to China.
"One of the many difficult and vexing ramifications of living in a pandemic is the forced separation from one another. But the truth is we’ve been moving further apart for awhile now."
"I wonder daily when and how we became so profoundly stupid."
As we approach the six-month mark of a pandemic no one thought would take us this long to outsmart, we’ve also been in search of new distractions.
Other than a memorable run-in with Don King and Rudy Giuliani at a past convention, WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross won't miss much about an in-person event as the DNC goes digital this year.
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