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Farm kid from New Glarus, 59 years with The Capital Times in Madison, editor for 25, emeritus editor who still slams politicians and writes about real people.
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Opinion | Who pays for tax breaks for the wealthy? America's workers

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By Dave Zweifel Verified
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The Cap Times is an independent newsroom. Sign up for the Opinion Roundup newsletter for weekly Madison and Wisconsin viewpoints. Some people — but unfortunately not many — are starting to wake up to the fact that Social Security is going to run out of money about six years from now. No, the system won't be flat broke. But if the federal government doesn't do something soon the average Social Security check will have to be cut by about 22%.
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Opinion | The rise and fall of the dog-racing craze

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By Dave Zweifel Verified
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The Cap Times is an independent newsroom. Sign up for the Opinion Roundup newsletter for weekly Madison and Wisconsin viewpoints. It was only about 35 years ago that the Chicago Tribune ran a front-page story with the headline: "Wisconsin is going to the dogs." The article detailed how our state, once one of the most anti-gambling states in the country, had jumped with both feet into a craze that was sweeping the country: greyhound dog racing.
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Opinion | Paying tribute to Wisconsin's 'last progressive'

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By Dave Zweifel Verified
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The Cap Times is an independent newsroom. Sign up for the Opinion Roundup newsletter for weekly Madison and Wisconsin viewpoints. Among my collection of books on Wisconsin's famed Progressive Party and the family of "Fighting Bob" La Follette is one by professor Patrick Maney, an acclaimed historian and accomplished author who grew up in Wisconsin and recently retired from the history faculty at Boston College.
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