Columns

Podcast traces ink in Maraniss blood

Doug Moe,

The podcast "Ink in Our Blood" is David and Sarah Maraniss in conversation, including all aspects of David's career and how writing has been the through line for several generations of their family.

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Editor's note: Simply the best

Andrea Behling,

When I walk into a Madison business, I get excited when I see a Best of Madison certificate hanging on the wall.

Isthmus closes but memories remain

Doug Moe,

"The shuttering of Isthmus hit me harder than I might have expected. Amid all the virus upheaval, it’s what I keep returning to," Doug Moe writes.

Roach: That word

John Roach,

Lately, Madison has had some issues with the N-word.

Heinen: More trust would bring less anxiety

Neil Heinen,

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

Editor's Note: Introducing the Beyond Earth Day special section

Andrea Behling,

I hope this note finds you in good health and good spirits as we collectively navigate a historic time period amid the coronavirus outbreak.

The birth of the Brewers

Doug Moe,

The story of how the Brewers came to Milwaukee in 1970 is deserving of a book, and now we have one thanks to Chris Zantow.

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Checking in with adventure author Jim Campbell

Doug Moe,

Globetrotting Lodi author Jim Campbell's writing has taken him to icy Alaska, the steamy jungles of New Guinea and many remote outposts in between.

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Heinen: Education is a shared concern

Neil Heinen,

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.

'Rate the beef and drink the beer'

Doug Moe,

Burger Night out, a group of Madison carnivores, recently made their 150th stop on a nearly 15-year, once-a-month excursion.

Dane County’s Field of Dreams

Doug Moe,

On Saturday, March 7, the Miracle League of Dane County is holding a day-long fundraiser at Oakstone Recreational in Cottage Grove for the planned Miracle League field to be built in the village.

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Roach: The switch to remote Fridays

John Roach,

A few weeks ago, we made a modest change in the way our little creative shop does business.

Badger hockey’s No. 1 fan

Doug Moe,

After a chance meeting in 2016, then 4-year-old Jaxton Ernst become Badgers hockey’s biggest fan.

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Old-fashioned fare at Madison's The Old Fashioned

Andrea Behling,

We shot this issue’s cover at a little Capitol Square tavern you may or may not have heard of before, The Old Fashioned.

The battle for the legitimacy of women’s sports was waged here

Doug Moe,

Title IX — the landmark 1972 legislation that was supposed to bring equity for women’s intercollegiate athletics — was belittled, ignored and caught up in appeals for years. But incremental gains were made.

Book of short stories first in 50 years for Blue Mounds writer

Doug Moe,

Dennis Chandler, at 71, offers up “The Devil Takes One and Other Stories,” a book of 15 short stories that are the work of a truly accomplished writer.