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Greetings from Madison

Posted by wpcomimportuser1 Monday, October 22, 2007 at 2:42 pm
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I guess I should mention at some point that I'm writing this week from America's most insanely livable city, Madison, Wisconsin. Above is the view from my table at the Fair Trade Coffee House on State Street, where I'm typing these very words. Here's a view down State Street toward the Capitol:

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I'm in Madison because I'm the "Business Writer in Residence" at the University of Wisconsin's journalism and business schools. Which mainly means I go to classes and jabber. This was my first, Scott Troyan's 9:30 communication class at the business school:

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Anyway, I've got a column to write this afternoon. But I'm sure I'll have more thrilling news to report from Madison in the coming days.

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    How about a picture from inside the student union beer hall? How about quaffing a few brews as well? And grab a bag of fresh popcorn. Remember this is Wisconsin. Home of Joe McCarthy. And left wing students who taught UCBerkeley everything.

    GLD
    October 22, 2007
    at 6:27 pm
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    Thanks for the props, Justin. We kinda agree (most of the time).
    But Tail Gunner Joe's home was Appleton, GLD; Madison was home to the Joe Must Go movement. And we would not be so brash as to claim pre-eminence over either Berkeley or Ann Arbor -- we were all comrades in the revolution.
    But you're right about the Ratskellar....

    Stu Levitan
    October 23, 2007
    at 9:28 am
  • 3

    Madison Wisconsin = 25 squares miles surrounded by reality.

    With that said, I love Mad-town.

    dave
    October 23, 2007
    at 11:06 am
  • 4

    Thanks again for speaking to our class. It was very insightful and I am now hooked on your blog!

    Josh
    October 23, 2007
    at 2:25 pm

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