Doug Moe
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2 weeks ago |
channel3000.com | Doug Moe
One reason I felt compelled to try to see "Good Night, and Good Luck" — in which George Clooney portrays broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow — on Broadway this spring can be found in a short Wisconsin State Journal story from March 1, 1980.
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1 month ago |
channel3000.com | Doug Moe
It’s not clear exactly when Mike May fell for Phil King, but when he did, he fell hard. May, who died in 2022, at 68, was a Madison native who served as Madison’s city attorney from 2004-2020. Well-respected as a lawyer — he had 25 years in private practice prior to his appointment by Mayor Dave Cieslewicz — May also had a wide circle of admiring friends drawn to his exuberant personality. In my newspaper days, May’s extracurricular activities made great column fodder.
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1 month ago |
channel3000.com | Doug Moe
In the spirit of our Road Trips cover story, this month’s column is about wide-ranging passions preserved in museums across Wisconsin. Think accordions in Superior, armor in Alma and mustard in Middleton. Glass in Neenah, wood type in Two Rivers and toilet paper in Madison. OK, the Madison Museum of Bathroom Tissue is no longer around, having been flushed more than two decades ago when the curator, Carol Kolb, moved to New York City with The Onion.
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1 month ago |
channel3000.com | Doug Moe
It will be six years this summer since a tree fell from a yard across the street and crushed my car, turning me into a bicyclist. The decision not to replace the vehicle was fairly easy, in part because much of my work is done from my home office, and my wife has a car I can borrow if necessary. Finally — this sealed the deal — we live in close proximity to the Southwest Commuter Path, or as everyone in our Monroe Street neighborhood calls it, the bike path.
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2 months ago |
channel3000.com | Doug Moe
About the time Lodi author James Campbell’s research on jaguars and their great champion, the wild cat conservationist Alan Rabinowitz, was derailed by the emerging pandemic, an Associated Press newspaper story put him on the track of a bunch of colorful characters who had been chasing buried treasure. This was 2020. Campbell’s pursuit of the jaguar had already taken him across the Americas, but further international travel was going to be problematic.
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From mustard to accordians to toilet tissue. Our area has a long history of curated collections that become museums. It's this edition of Doug Moe's Madison in @madison_mag https://t.co/eV2p3xoufe
Join us for this exciting book launch! "Saving Hearts and Killing Rats: Karl Paul Link and the Discovery of Warfarin." Doug Moe is interviewed by Stuart Levitan on Moe's newest book about the brilliant, outspoken, controversial and humorous biochemistry... https://t.co/NZKgERSpAn
Mike May's posthumous book project hopes to honor a legendary UW football coach. It's this edition of Doug Moe's Madison in @madison_mag https://t.co/aAO3tLQ71C