Watch Walker’s Cops Manhandle Peaceful Observer

Gov. Scott Walker's capitol police got way out of hand on Monday as they grabbed an observer, threw him on the ground, and jumped all over him.As you'll see in this video, courtesy of Jeremy Ryan, the protesters were singing "If I Had a Hammer" w...

Aug 26, 2013

New Miss America Target of Racist Backlash

The Miss America pageant may seem beneath comment to many of us, but tell that to those on social media who spewed bigotry when Indian-American Nina Davuluri won the competition on Sunday.Beauty contests are not often on my radar. I agree with ac...

Sep 17, 2013

Pro-Public School Dean Shakes Up My Home Town

Last week I wrote a column in Madison's alternative weekly, Isthmus about a new kid in town. The piece has generated a ton of traffic and a lot of chatter locally, as I figured it would.Tim Slekar recently moved to Madison from Pennsylvania to ta...

Sep 4, 2013

Terry Tempest Williams Interview

The sun was setting on a late October afternoon when I met with author Terry Tempest Williams in a hotel conference room built over a saltwater marsh near San Pablo Bay in San Rafael, California.

Feb 1, 2005