Category Archives: Wisconsin State Journal

My Father, the Snob

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Karl Garson

Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on Saturday, March 3, 2012, under the headline “Santorum thinks my dad is a snob.”  A link to the essay is provided below. In the spring of 1957, near the end of my junior … Continue reading →

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Gogebic Taconite: Their Mine, Our Water

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Karl Garson

Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on Sunday, February 18, 2012. A link to the essay appears below. Water. You can’t live with it. You can’t live without it. If water is part of a river, stream or wetland that … Continue reading →

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Of Trees, Mines and Our Wisconsin Earth

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Karl Garson

Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on Thursday, January 19, 2012 with the headline: “Don’t roll dice on environment.” A link to the essay is provided below. One of the most vivid memories I retain from flying out of the Naval … Continue reading →

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Remembering ‘Occupy Cedar Grove’

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Karl Garson

Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on Saturday, November 26, 2011 I was born in Cedar Grove, a village north of Milwaukee where on Halloween during the late 1940s, while the little kids were trick or treating, the high school … Continue reading →

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Protests Segue into Silliness

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Karl Garson

Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on Saturday, October 1, 2011 The best time to paint a house is two years before the house needs it. The rule comes to mind because in Wisconsin, autumn presents the last chance to … Continue reading →

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Dates and Names We Remember

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Karl Garson

Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on Thursday, September 15, 2011. ______________________________________________________________ On that day I planned to continue work on one of the farm’s outbuildings. Television was not part of the picture. Still, over coffee I turned to Sunday … Continue reading →

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