Wisconsin cheese, and its after-effects

I hardly know what to say that hasn't already been said about what's going on in Wisconsin — or rather what just went on — and the dismantling of the public service workers' unions out there. It has the ultimate whiff of loophole-ism — that is, people who can't play by the rules, and so…

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Vroom

It's a little hard to enjoy Pixar's "Cars" after you've read Stephen King's "Trucks." The Pixar film — which really isn't up to their usual standards — feels like what the world turns into about 50 years after "Trucks" ends. And while we're nitpicking a children's picture, a) where did that pile of leaves on…

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