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◼ Watershed Moment in Wisconsin -Roger Kimball at Pajamas Media

What’s happening in Madison, Wisconsin, is not your ordinary blip in the news cycle. It is, as a headline in our former paper of record put it, “A Watershed Moment.” But it’s not (to continue with the rest of the headline) a watershed moment only “for Public-Sector Unions.” It’s a watershed moment for America’s self-understanding....

◼ The dirty secret about WisconsinThe dirty secret about Wisconsin - How could a bastion of progressivism become ground zero for an assault on unions? There's a reason ... How could a bastion of progressivism become ground zero for an assault on unions? There's a reason ... - salon