The New American Colonies
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
In the beginning, there were 13. Now there are hundreds of millions. American colonies, that is.
A guide for study and resistance
Big Money Blog
Citizens United For Poetic Justice
Monday, April 12, 2010
Note to Citizens United: It's generally wise to be careful what you wish for.
AT&T Pushing More Deregulation
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Proposals to sharply reduce state regulation of telephone companies so they would no longer have to receive approval to raise their rates, among other things, could be considered by the legislature before it adjourns the 2009-10 floor session later this month.
WDC Response To Cease-And-Desist Letter
Thursday, March 18, 2010
After the letter we received from the Washington, D.C.-based interest group Citizens United was made public, we have heard from a number of attorneys with expertise in trademark law and have reviewed numerous cases including Bosley Medical v. Kremer, TMI v. Maxwell, Taubman v. WebFeats, Lamparello v. Falwell, Utah Lighthouse Ministry v. Foundation for Apologetic Information, and Citizens United v. Citizens United Not Timid.
Making Free Speech Expensive
Monday, March 15, 2010
The public square has always been as much a metaphor as a real place, but in either case it's on the endangered list. Shopping malls pretty much led to the extinction of the traditional town or village square in most American communities. The money-is-speech doctrine is doing the same to the metaphoric version.
"Get The Job Done Or Go Home!"
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Doris "Granny D" Haddock was tiny by any measure of physical stature but a giant in civic terms. Her passing at the age of 100 has made international news, I suppose mostly because of the amazing story of her walk across America a decade or so ago. But Granny was so much more than the sum total of that remarkable trek. She was a great many things, foremost among them an unforgettably powerful example of the difference one person can make.
Thank you, Granny
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
I first met Doris Haddock in February 2003, at a forum on campaign finance reform at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
How To Smear Without Leaving A Smudge
Friday, March 05, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court's display of judicial activism on steroids in the area of election financing has Americans across the political spectrum united in revulsion. The court's legislating from the bench even is creating nervousness around the water coolers at Fortune Magazine and the Wall Street Journal.
Our Trip From Bedford Falls To Pottersville
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Anyone with a little gray hair who has known Wisconsin for a lifetime can't help but feel that we're being taken on some Clarence Oddbody alternate reality tour. This can't be Wisconsin. Must have gotten some bad liquor.