Gary Huck’s Musings

Gary Huck’s Labor Cartoons for March 2015

Posted by MKonopacki on Feb 16, 2015 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Gary Huck’s Labor Cartoons for March 2015

GOP heart, Right-to-whore, Illinois right-to-work zones, Koch bottle Share

Chickenhawks

Posted by MKonopacki on Feb 11, 2015 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Chickenhawks

Dave Zweifels’ Plain Talk: Walker’s ‘bold’ ideas just Cheney retreads Share

UW cuts

Posted by MKonopacki on Feb 4, 2015 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on UW cuts

Dave Zweifel’s Plain Talk: Squeeze on UW is all about Scott Walker’s bid for president Share

UW Charlie Hebdo

Posted by MKonopacki on Feb 2, 2015 in Uncategorized | 2 comments

UW Panel on Charlie Hebdo Missed the Mark By MIKE KONOPACKI On January 30, the University of Wisconsin and the Department of French and Italian sponsored a panel discussion on freedom of expression and the execution-style slaying of French cartoonists at Charlie Hedbo. The panel did a great job explaining the complex French culture that led to the tragedy. Their varied insights created an enlightened debate. However, the lack of a cartoonist on the panel was an unfortunate omission and not the only one. As a political cartoonist myself, I...

Huck teacher cartoons for February 2015

Posted by MKonopacki on Jan 30, 2015 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Huck teacher cartoons for February 2015

Konopacki teacher cartoons for February 2015

Posted by MKonopacki on Jan 30, 2015 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Konopacki teacher cartoons for February 2015

Testing…Testing, School Privateers, Charlie Hebdo, foodstamps. Mike Konopacki

Payday Lenders

Posted by MKonopacki on Jan 28, 2015 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

Dave Zweifel’s Plain Talk: Don’t allow payday lenders to gouge soldiers or the poor

Local control

Posted by MKonopacki on Jan 21, 2015 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Local control

Dave Zweifel’s Plain Talk: Once in power, Wisconsin GOP did a 180 on local control Share

Inclusive prosperity

Posted by MKonopacki on Jan 17, 2015 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Inclusive prosperity

From the New York Times UpShot: Trying to Solve the Great Wage Slowdown Center for American Progress: Report of the Commission on Inclusive Prosperity

Je Suis the boss

Posted by MKonopacki on Jan 17, 2015 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Je Suis the boss

The phony commitments to free speech by U.S. politicians and others rings hollow. If any worker without a union contract chose to ridicule his/her boss they’d be fired. Without a union contract there is no Bill of Rights at work, no freedom of speech.  Where Free Speech Goes to Die: the Workplace