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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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Local view: Lawmakers must rise above politics and craft sensible gun-control laws 
Three months after the shocking Newtown tragedy, America’s top lawmakers remain unable to take action on gun-control legislation. Instead, a fierce fight between President Obama and the gun lobby is on the rise.
By M. Imran Hayee , March 29, 2013
Eh? Sam Cook returns April 5
Sam Cook’s column will return in this spot next week.
By News Tribune staff , March 29, 2013
Local view: Time running out for responsible environmental stewardship
At 8:30 p.m. on March 23, millions from Las Vegas to Paris recognized Earth Hour by turning off lights. It was a time to consider our obligation to the Earth’s environment in light of the responsibilities first assigned to humanity in the biblical story of creation.
By Rolf Westgard , March 28, 2013
Gophers need to fill gap that Tubby partially filled
RICK LUBBERS: In early 1991 the Central Michigan men’s basketball program needed a head coach, and the name atop seemingly everyone’s list was a young assistant coach at Michigan State.
By Rick Lubbers , March 28, 2013
Monday with Mitch: Live in your office? You might at Google
What should your office look like? If you answered “a desk, a chair and a phone” you are either A) Over 30, B) Don’t work for Google, or C) Both.
By Mitch Albom , March 25, 2013
Local view: Lawmakers must move past posturing to real compromise
Were you as tired as I was hearing about the fiscal cliff and the lack of progress in resolving it? Is there not a consensus (certainly among non-elected folks) that the real fiscal cliff is actually the federal deficit — in other words, spending (including the “printing” of more money) more than we are earning or producing?
By Thomas B. Wheeler , March 22, 2013
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
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