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STAFF BLOG JIMMY JABBER Flood proved worth of electronic media
Duluth was treated to Mother Natures softer side during Grandmas Marathon weekend so much so that the News Tribune pointed it out in the headline of a follow-up story Monday. What she brought out ...
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Sam Cook: Sticker surprise causes short-lived embarrassment
Most of us try to maintain a decent image of ourselves. Just a sense of, “I’m OK. I’m getting by. I’m doing all right today.” I mean, don’t we?
By Sam Cook , March 22, 2013
Picking an NCAA bracket winner is anyone’s guess 
RICK LUBBERS: Beware, college basketball fans … prepare to have your brackets busted.
By Rick Lubbers , March 21, 2013
Monday with Mitch: Poetic treasure hunt is Forrest Fenn’s legacy
When was the last time you went treasure hunting? At summer camp? Digging through a Cracker Jack box?
By Mitch Albom , March 18, 2013
Local view: Irish: Separating the lore from the love
I am conflicted whenever the 17th of March rolls around. My disenchantment is partly due to my first impression of St. Patrick’s Day in conglomeration with my family heritage and all things Irish — an impression I got on a blustery day decades ago.
By David McGrath , March 17, 2013
National view: It’s time to make drone war legal
In choice of both topic and foil, Rand Paul’s now legendary Senate filibuster was a stroke of political genius.
By Charles Krauthammer , March 17, 2013
National view: Pope needs to explain ‘Dirty War’ days
They are impolite questions, but they must be asked: What did Jorge Mario Bergoglio know, and when did he know it, about Argentina’s brutal “Dirty War” against suspected leftists, in which thousands were tortured and killed? More important, what did the newly chosen Pope Francis do?
By Eugene Robinson , March 17, 2013
National view: Actress helps end national silence on rape
Mariska Hargitay, better known as “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” Detective Olivia Benson, is the human intersection of life and art.
By Kathleen Parker , March 17, 2013
Can we attract the barbed wire collectors to Duluth?
Robin Washington: It was dreadfully quiet in the skywalk last week after 3,000 high school robotics team members and their families had gone home. It kind of looked like … Duluth — just when we were getting used to a famished lunchtime crowd eating and spending its way from Famous Dave’s to Zen House.
By Robin Washington , March 17, 2013
Satisfied with signs of smoke
Sam Cook column: Like a lot of other non-Catholics, I suppose, I was fascinated once again this week by the smoke signals from the Sistine Chapel. Black smoke, no new pope yet. White smoke, new pope.
By Sam Cook , March 15, 2013
Broman Empire? AB5K? Anders yet to score suitable nickname
RICK LUBBERS: Lakeview Christian Academy standout Anders Broman averaged 42 points a game this past regular season and has 70- and 71-point outings on his impressive career resume.
By Rick Lubbers , March 12, 2013
What was your worst-paid job?
Parade Magazine’s annual “What people earn” edition today might give us a sense of accomplishment for making more than the 54-year-old part-time clown from Topeka, Kan., even if few will ever see in a lifetime what a single-named British singer takes home in three months.
By Robin Washington , March 10, 2013
Shades of the many who paved the way
SAM COOK: We like to think we choose our own path in life, set our goals and make our way in the world. But sometimes we take for granted those who opened our eyes to new horizons, took a chance on us or provided course corrections along the way.
By Sam Cook , March 08, 2013
Monday with Mitch: One day, coming out won’t mean leaving
MITCH ALBOM: It will take a brave man, a confident man, maybe a jerk who couldn’t care less what other people think. But it will happen. It has to happen. Perhaps the man to make it happen is reading this right now.
March 04, 2013
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