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That “Cartoon Scandal”: Episode 10, “A Door Marked Exit”

• December 13, 2013 • Comments Off

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That “Cartoon Scandal”: Episode 8, ‘Vermont Is For Lovers, Too’

• November 22, 2013 • Comments Off

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That “Scandal Cartoon”: Episode 7, ‘Everything’s Coming Up Mellie’

• November 16, 2013 • Comments Off

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The Madison WI Capitol Times

Kurt Zemke: Stop injustice of separating immigrant families May 20, 2018
Dear Editor: Could you imagine having your or another family being separated by the American government without notice or due process of the law? Could you imagine your family at church, school, grocery store or home and government officials suddenly…
David McGrath: Note to Nobel judges: Scrutinize the entire record May 20, 2018
A group of Republican governors has teamed up in an effort to hijack the Nobel Peace Prize for President Trump. There are some big problems with that.
Chris Stark: Add sign to Confederate monument instead of removing it May 20, 2018
Dear Editor: The Madison City Council is wrong in its decision to remove a monument dedicated to Confederate soldiers buried in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Morning briefing: Body cameras were thought to lower police use of force. In Milwaukee, that didn't happen. May 20, 2018
Stories that are making the news today in Madison and around the state and country.
Let's Eat: Pierogis finally get their moment in Madison May 20, 2018
“Potatoes, cheese, dough and butter—what’s not to like about that?”
Plain Talk: Is the U.S. great now, or what? May 20, 2018
If Barack Obama's name is on a document, it surely has to go if we are to be truly great again, according to Donald Trump.
Kim Tschudy: AG Schimel could have found hate group closer to home May 20, 2018
Dear Editor: Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel really should check area hate groups looking for speakers before he makes a trip to California to speak to the Alliance Defending Freedom, an organization listed as an American hate group by the…
Patricia Randolph's Madravenspeak: Francisco Santiago-Avila’s mission to acknowledge moral standing for nonhuman animals May 20, 2018
“My training in philosophy had taught me to be distrustful of claims of human exceptionalism, yet these claims are implicit everywhere in wildlife management and conservation, " says Francisco Santiago-Avila a Ph.D. candidate at UW-Madison's Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.

The New York Times

New Reality for High School Students: Calculating the Risk of Getting Shot May 20, 2018
Students in an age of school shootings routinely consider the safety of their classrooms, running scenarios about how likely they are to get shot.
Santa Fe High’s Baseball Team Takes the Field, Shadowed by Tragedy May 20, 2018
The stands were packed with people in the school’s colors Saturday night for a playoff game that the players chose not to postpone, a day after a gunman killed 10 people at their school.
Santa Fe School Shooting Victims: Here Are Their Stories May 20, 2018
Most of the victims were students. One was looking forward to his 17th birthday party. Another, an exchange student from Pakistan, was preparing to go home.
Cougar Attacks Two Bicyclists in Washington State, Killing One May 20, 2018
When two friends got off their bikes and made noise, it scared off the cougar that was chasing them, but it returned and dragged one of them into the woods.
On a Spring Texan Morning, a Sound Heard Too Often at Schools Across America: Bang. Bang. Bang. May 20, 2018
Investigators say the Santa Fe shooting suspect, Dimitrios Pagourtzis, left some students alive in order to “have his story told.”
Houston Police Chief Says He Has ‘Hit Rock Bottom’ on Gun Rights Arguments May 20, 2018
In a statement on Facebook, Chief Art Acevedo said he is no longer interested in hearing people argue for gun rights and expressed frustration at politicians’ failure to act.
Who Is Dimitrios Pagourtzis, the Texas Shooting Suspect? May 19, 2018
Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas said the suspect’s Facebook page, along with a journal that he prepared outlining plans for a shooting, may prove to be important clues.
Border Patrol Memoir Ignites Dispute: Whose Voices Should Be Heard From the Frontier? May 19, 2018
Francisco Cantú braced for the fury of anti-immigration figures when he wrote a Border Patrol memoir. Then came the onslaught of criticism from immigrants themselves.

The New Orleans Times-Picayune

Bourbon Street reconstruction cost doubles, start of 2nd half delayed to May 2018 August 23, 2017
Final cost has jumped from original estimate of $6 million to over $13 million.
Man shot and killed in Fairgrounds neighborhood Sunday: NOPD May 20, 2018
Few details were initially available.
1 dead, 2 face 'extensive injuries' after helicopter crash in Boutte May 20, 2018
Onboard the helicopter were two crewmen and a pilot.
Lava spatter from Kilauea hits Hawaii man, shatters his leg in first known injury from volcano's activity May 20, 2018
Hawaii officials on Saturday reported the first known injury related to heightened volcanic activity from Kilauea after a Big Island resident was hit by lava spatter while standing on a third-floor balcony.
'Hope and healing': Texas town worships after school attack May 20, 2018
"Our objective as a church is to offer hope and healing," Senior Pastor Brad Drake said.
Helicopter crashes with 3 people on board in Boutte May 20, 2018
A helicopter with four on board crashed 10 miles southwest of New Orleans Sunday morning (May 20).
Oliver North, incoming NRA chief, blames school shootings on 'culture of violence' May 20, 2018
North said students "shouldn't have to be afraid" to go to school.
Norco man dies in two-car crash in St. John the Baptist Parish May 20, 2018
A 19-year-old Thibodaux woman was seriously injured.

The Guardian, UK

President Nicolás Maduro set to win election despite economic crisis May 20, 2018
Critics accuse Maduro of turning country into a dictatorial state while he claims a veritable democratic ‘fiesta’ was underwayVenezuelan president Nicolás Maduro looked set to secure a second six-year term on Sunday despite leading his oil-rich nation into a shattering economic depression that has prompted one of the worst migration crises in recent Latin Am […]
US and China put trade war 'on hold' May 20, 2018
Steven Mnuchin, US Treasury secretary, says negotiations over tariffs with China have borne fruitAmerica has pulled back from launching a trade war with China that could have destabilised the global economy, by agreeing to put proposed tariffs on Chinese imports “on hold”.The Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, said on Sunday that negotiations with Chinese o […]
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is without a UK visa May 20, 2018
Russian billionaire’s visa ran out weeks ago and it is unclear whether he will get a new oneRoman Abramovich’s UK visa has expired and British authorities have not yet issued him with a new one, according to Russian media reports and people who know the businessman.The Russian oligarch and owner of Chelsea football club, who is the 13th richest person in Bri […]
After Trump attacks New York Times, Giuliani tells paper Mueller will be done by September May 20, 2018
President lashes out over reported offer of overseas assistanceTrump/Russia review: Le Carré meets Mario PuzoDonald Trump attacked the New York Times on Sunday, after the newspaper said his oldest son and other aides met in August 2016 with a representative of two Gulf states offering to help the Trump campaign. Related: Facing Trump, a historian appeals to […]
Mountain bikers in fatal cougar attack did everything right, authorities say May 20, 2018
Surviving cyclist in satisfactory condition, hospital saysOfficial says bikers tried to scare mountain lion and hit itA mountain biker who was killed by a cougar near Seattle and his friend who escaped after the animal attacked him did everything right, authorities have said.The two men were riding on a trail in the Cascade Mountain foothills on Saturday whe […]
Spain's Podemos leader to face party vote over luxury house purchase May 20, 2018
Pablo Iglesias and Irene Montero accused of betraying principles over €600,000 purchaseThe leader of Spain’s anti-austerity Podemos party and its parliamentary spokeswoman are submitting themselves to a confidence vote in the hope of putting an end to criticism of their decision to buy a €600,000 (£525,000) house in the mountains outside Madrid.Pablo Iglesia […]
Kilauea volcano grows more hazardous as spewing lava causes first major injury May 20, 2018
Scientists can’t say if lava flows will keep advancing or stop Man hit by lava spatter suffered ‘serious’ leg injury on Saturday A volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island that is oozing and spewing lava and exploding with ash and gas has become more hazardous in recent days, with rivers of molten rock flowing into the ocean and flying lava causing the first major inj […]
Pope Francis tells gay man: 'God made you like this' May 20, 2018
Juan Carlos Cruz, who was sexually abused, says pontiff told him God did not mind that he was gayA survivor of clerical sexual abuse has said Pope Francis told him that God had made him gay and loved him, in arguably the most strikingly accepting comments about homosexuality to be uttered by the leader of the Roman Catholic church.Juan Carlos Cruz, who spoke […]

The BBC

Trump seeks probe into FBI election campaign 'infiltration' May 20, 2018
The US president wants to know if the FBI was ordered to penetrate his campaign for political purposes.
Texas school shooting: Arm teachers to stop gunmen, official says May 20, 2018
"Four or five guns to one" could stop gunmen from killing students, he says after a school shooting.
US and China halt imposing import tariffs May 20, 2018
No specific numbers are given, but the deal appears to have ended the imminent threat of a trade war.
Venezuela election: Polls close as opposition cries foul May 20, 2018
The opposition complains of vote influencing in the election, as President Maduro seeks a new term.
Cuba plane crash: Damojh company 'had safety complaints' May 20, 2018
Several prior complaints were made against the charter company behind a plane crash that killed 110.
Hawaii volcano: Man hit by lava in first serious Kilauea injury May 20, 2018
A man suffers serious leg injuries as Hawaii continues to battle the eruption of the Kilauea volcano.
Thessaloniki mayor Yiannis Boutaris beaten up May 20, 2018
The 75-year-old mayor of Thessaloniki is treated after being attacked by about a dozen people.
Saudi Arabia women's driving activists 'targeted in smear campaign' May 20, 2018
With weeks to go until Saudi women are allowed to drive, activists face arrests and death threats.

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