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Our view: Christmas city! But can we also be a polite city?
As the popular-around-here song goes, Duluth is “Christmas City.” It’s also a “wonderful city,” according to Merv Griffin, who in 1962 recorded the tune synonymous with the Christmas City of the North Parade. As hard as it is to argue with a man who would become a king of TV talk shows and game shows, there have been times — plenty of them — during the annual parade’s five-decade run when Duluth has been a bit less than, well, wonderful.November 20, 2009
If you go
A spelling bee to support Newspapers in Education, just one of the efforts in the Northland to combat illiteracy, is scheduled today.November 19, 2009
Our view: Northland refuses to accept lousy literacy rates
In one of the most affluent and technologically advanced nations in the world — with free education for all, strict teacher-certification requirements and more money and resources thrown at teaching kids than just about anywhere — there are no excuses for statistics like these from the U.S. Department of Education: More than 32 million American adults, about 14 percent of the population, have literacy skills so low they can’t read anything more advanced than a child’s picture book.November 19, 2009
Our view: Public should know how zoo spends public money
The Lake Superior Zoological Society seems to want it both ways when it comes to the public: all the benefit with little of the accountability.November 18, 2009
Our view: Give to the max today, every day
Been thinking of writing a check for charity? Do it today, which is Give to the Max Day in Minnesota. All donations to a good cause in the state made between 8 a.m. today and 8 a.m. Wednesday will be matched with some of $500,000 from the Saint Paul Foundation, Minneapolis Foundation and Bush Foundation.November 17, 2009
Our view: Duluth in the ambulance business? Why are we even talking about this, if not for politics?
The debate has all the markings of a political bombshell, one of those
stories lobbed a few days before an election to knock the wheels off a rival campaign. Just before the Nov. 3 vote, tired questions were resurrected: Should the Duluth Fire Department take over ambulatory services now being provided by the private, nonprofit Gold Cross Ambulance? And: Couldn’t firefighters do a better job?
November 15, 2009
Our view: Haugsrud remains in running for Canton 
The campaign to land Superior native Ole Haugsrud — the pioneering owner of the Duluth Eskimos and Minnesota Vikings — into the Pro Football Hall of Fame was over. Kaput. Done. Or seemed to be late this summer when the hall’s Seniors Committee selected cornerback Dick LeBeau of the Detroit Lions and running back Floyd Little of the Denver Broncos as senior nominees, the old-timers who will be considered alongside modern-era finalists for the hall’s class of 2010.
November 13, 2009
Our view: Superior's Haugsrud not out of running for Pro Football Hall of Fame
NFL pioneer Ole Haugsrud is the beneficiary of a recent change in the hall of fame selection process.
November 12, 2009
Our view: Don’t let ugly moment reflect, define Duluth
The ugliness of a few can taint a larger group — can even irreparably damage an entire community. Think Catholic priests preying on young boys, Islamic terrorists, even the Vikings’ Randy Moss mooning Green Bay Packers’ fans. So how much harm did some University of Minnesota Duluth men’s hockey fans do on Oct. 17 by chanting, not just once but several times, a homosexual slur during a game against Minnesota State Mankato? There’s no telling — not yet — the impact on Duluth’s reputation.
By , November 12, 2009
Our view: A sobering reminder to walk against traffic
Without a sidewalk, pedestrians should walk with the traffic lanes to their right and with the traffic that’s closest to them the traffic that’s coming at them.
November 10, 2009
Our view: Troubling questions persist in wake of UMD probe
Sexual harassment is not tolerated at the University of Minnesota Duluth, but fitness instructor Rod Raymond remains on the job, even after an investigation found he sexually harassed two female students.
November 06, 2009
Our view: Reinforced Duluth divide has silver lining
Anyone with any doubt going into Tuesday’s elections should be clear now: Duluth is a city divided, split over the best way to repair and improve school buildings and learning environments.
November 05, 2009
Our view: Taxpayers wouldn’t have been so polite
On the heels of a News Tribune report that Duluth has hit an historic debt level of $200 million — $2,372 for every man, woman and child in the city — Mayor Don Ness and Chief Administrative Officer David Montgomery faced the public yesterday.
November 04, 2009
Our view: Vote today!
Pick an election. Any election. Better yet, think back to an election in which a president was chosen. Or a governor. One of those big elections. Now recall the newspaper story that inevitably followed the next day. The one about high voter turnout in Duluth and how we were the envy of the state. Or of the nation.
November 03, 2009
Our view: Vote your head, not your anger; vote for progress, not for punishment
For weeks, their opinions filled the News Tribune’s editorial pages. Teachers, community leaders, retired educators, cheerleaders, principals and many, many others, all rallying around a call for a prosperous and positive future.
November 01, 2009
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