INSIDE WISCONSIN

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – In the 1950s play “Waiting for Godot,” two characters talk among themselves and a few others while patiently anticipating the arrival of a friend named Godot, who never shows. If that Samuel Beckett play was recast today for the COVID-19...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Before the COVID-19 epidemic sunk its bristly microscopic nodes into the economy, Wisconsin’s tech-based sector was making solid progress in jobs, salaries and contribution to the state domestic product. As the outlines of a broader...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – The virus that circled the globe in under six months is not going away simply because a divided Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the state’s “safer at home” order. Everyone understands that dangerous medical reality … or should....

By Tom Still  MADISON, Wis. – This may sound counter-intuitive given the state is still dealing with the largest pandemic in a century, but Wisconsin hospitals aren’t all that busy. In fact, they’re ready to schedule that hip replacement you put off a few months ago –...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – As the COVID-19 calendar turns to the graduation month of May, many people will think of the high school and college classes of 2020 – young people whose lives were abruptly altered in ways that seemed unthinkable less than a semester ago....

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – We ventured out on Madison’s Beltline Highway the other day, noticing as soon as we climbed the entry ramp that something was different. There was a fair amount of traffic out there. Not the rush-hour, crawling-speed traffic typical of...