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| Politics - August 12, 2009 |
| If I were in charge of health care, the first thing I would do is ... |
| Lost in the heated political rhetoric surrounding the debate over American health care reforms are some simply human dramas that can be framed in Constitutional and Judeo-Christian contexts. |
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| Politics - July 31, 2009 |
| Canadians think Wisconsin is business paradise |
| We've been told on talk radio for years that Wisconsin is a terrible place to do business. You know the drill. Wisconsin is a tax hell hole. Wisconsin does nothing to encourage entrepreneurship or development of new businesses. |
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| Politics - July 29, 2009 |
| A better way to promote the state's business climate |
| The Wisconsin Business Council (WBC) is a new organization formed to work with citizens and policy-makers to develop a pro-business, pro-employment agenda that makes Wisconsin a better place to start a business, expand a company and find exceptional investment opportunities. |
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| Marketplace - July 13, 2009 |
| Who do ya know wants to buy a job? |
| While attending a conference recently, a couple of friends from Louisiana gave me some friendly grief, telling me how they are "kicking some Yankee butt," or some such. Amused, I inquired, "What are you talking about?" |
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| Politics - July 8, 2009 |
| To recuse or not to recuse ... |
| Should a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court recuse himself or herself from cases involving litigants who donated $1,000 or more to the judge's election campaign? The court has the authority to amend the state judicial code without having to run it past the state legislature. |
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| Living - April 17, 2009 |
| Unleash your employees to take your company into social media |
| To Tweet or not to Tweet? That is the question. Perhaps more generally, the question every business must ask itself right now is whether or not it wants to engage the company and/or its people in social media. |
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| Politics - April 15, 2009 |
| Clowns to the left, jokers to the right, here I am |
| One of the great things about American presidential elections is that candidates get together and debate the issues. Thus, each side gets to hear what the candidate is saying. And undecided voters then determine who wins. |
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| Marketplace - April 6, 2009 |
| You can learn to become a better leader |
| Milwaukee business leaders will have an outstanding opportunity to learn from one of the most dynamic business leaders of our time when Marilyn Carlson Nelson kicks off the fifth annual BizTech Conference & Expo on Wednesday, April 29. |
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| Politics - April 3, 2009 |
| Walker says he never said never about matching stimulus funds |
| The drama surrounding the power struggle between the Milwaukee County Board and County Executive Scott Walker over federal economic stimulus funds is showing no signs of conclusion just yet. |
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| Politics - March 27, 2009 |
| We may be on the cusp of recovery |
| Last year, I was among the first to say the economic sky was falling, and I took some grief for it at the time when others said the fundamentals of the economy were fine. |
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