#jerome blaska

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Memorial Day is for thanking

Better late than never. Like probably every son who ever lived, Blaska wishes he had told his old man that he didn’t do such a bad job after all (although some may differ). We knew he was on his way out but he never complained except to say, “Nothing seems to be working right.” My Lovely Lisa asked Jerome how he felt about The End. That is a question no Blaska would ever ask another — too much…

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We're a loser

🎵 and we’re not what we appear to be! There is no joy in Mudville today or the Stately Manor. To expiate their anger, the indentured servants have been given some old tableware to smash, since public buildings seem to be well guarded. We have witnesses. During the ninth inning, with two runners on base and the count three balls and one strike, we said that our relief pitcher would have to lay…

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An editor & publisher at age 7

An editor & publisher at age 7

Start the presses! The most recent editor of the Wisconsin State Journal is moving upstairs to a job at corporate HDQ. Jason Adrians, we hardly knew ye. Isn’t that case with every newspaper editor and publisher these days? Who is today’s Colonel McCormick? Katherine Graham? Ben Bradlee? Who bosses the Washington Post since Marty Baron? (A: Sally Buzbee?) Here in Madison WI, Wild Bill Evjue broke…

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Happy trails, Fred Risser

Builder of Wisconsin’s Democrat(ic) party, Fred watched it forget its heart and lose its soul.

Just a kind word about a good man, Fred Risser. At age 92, he is stepping aside after a record 64 years in the Wisconsin state legislature. No one has served longer in any statehouse in the nation. That’s something to write about!

Was startled to read in this morning’s excellent accountthat in all those…

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