National view: Ask for that raise; it’s a patriotic duty
The downturn we call the Great Recession officially started in 2007. But after spending the past two years talking to people who lost jobs, homes or savings during the official recession, I’d argue that the trouble actually started decades earlier.
National view: Obama appears addicted to secrecy
It is time to air the dirty laundry of this administration’s intelligence and surveillance programs — and it is way past time for heads to roll in Washington.
National view: Latest scandals bring right and left together
Breaking news: Conservative organizations suddenly have found common cause with one of their favorite objects of contempt — the benighted Mainstream Media.
RELATED CONTENTSpike in gas price sparks economics lesson
Robin Washington: If you participate in a 401(k) plan that even remotely touches the stock market, be sure to tell the administrator where you want your pork bellies delivered.
RELATED CONTENTPro/con: Will the Affordable Care Act affect doctors?
Yes: System doesn’t value their worth
RELATED CONTENTPro/con: Will the Affordable Care Act affect doctors?
No: Effects will ease as new law takes effect
Urgency to get outdoors grows as we age
Sam Cook column: Up along a river on the North Shore, the steelhead angler said something that seemed to transcend the simple act of fishing. He said he didn’t know how much longer he’d be able to fish like this. He is at that place where most of us will get one day.
RELATED CONTENT'Office' offered pleasant satisfaction in final season
HANK STUEVER: The end of NBC's "The Office" arrives tonight not only to lowered expectations but with the added dents and scrapes of viewer neglect and covered in the duct tape that has held it together for the final two seasons of its charming and successful nine-season run.
RELATED CONTENTMonday with Mitch: Staying with the whole family
We’ve spent decades squeezing more and more in, while squeezing our family out.
RELATED CONTENTSunday with Mitch: A Mother’s Day wish 
She said, “Come, here, baby.” And I reached for her.
Rick Lubbers column: UMD rugby has suddenly become a big deal
You can’t film a summer blockbuster like “Iron Man 3” with the indie film budget of “The Blair Witch Project.”
Sam Cook: Moms made for outdoors
Maybe Minnesota’s moms are behind this late ice-out scenario. Maybe they just got a little weary of sharing their Mother’s Day weekend with the opening weekend of Minnesota’s fishing season.
RELATED CONTENTDifferent styles lead to same results for local boxing champs
Apart from their God-given ability to deliver Richter scale-rattling punches, Duluth’s two professional boxing champions couldn’t be more dissimilar.
RELATED CONTENTA judge's view: Alcohol a bad mix for high school graduation parties
Although it has felt like winter, prom and graduation parties are just around the corner. This time of year reminds me of a graduation party I attended a few years ago here in Duluth.
National view: Obama should make GOP feel pain of cuts
President Obama had the opportunity this week to make an irresponsible Congress face the consequences of its own dumb actions. For reasons I cannot fathom, he took a pass.
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