Good morning,
Here in the Whippet City, we’re in for a slight chance of snow with a high temperature of twenty-nine degrees.
There’s no school today. Play responsibly.
The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls that a famous newspaperman dies on this date, in 1969:
1969 – Dewey D. Dunn Dies
On this date Dewey D. Dunn died. Dunn served as managing editor of the Capital Times newspaper in Madison for nearly 40 years. He arrived in Madison in 1918 to study journalism at the University of Wisconsin. He also worked for the Madison Democrat and the Milwaukee Sentinel before joining the Capital Times in 1920. [Source: Bishops to Bootleggers: A Guide to Madison’s Resurrection Cemetery, pg. 228]
Unlike many bloggers, I don’t dislike the press. On the contrary, a strong press is a healthy press — I would prefer they kept a greater independence of, and scrutiny over, public officials. Many political problems grow worse — far worse, often — when they fail to do so.