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STAFF BLOG JIMMY JABBER Death isn't funny, but Twitter and Kim Jong Il changed that
North Korean leader Kim Jong Ils death wasnt violent like the ones experienced earlier this year by fellow world-famous bad guys Osama bin Laden and Moammar Gadhafi. The 69-year-old communist wasnt ov...
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Pro/con: Should Congress tax obesity-producing foods? 
NO: ‘Bad-food’ taxes will clog nation’s economic arteries
By Andrew Morriss , May 12, 2012
Pro/con: Should Congress tax obesity-producing foods?
YES: Tax on junk food can help pay for the costs of diet-related diseases
By Ronnie Cummins , May 12, 2012
Local view: ‘Self-made’ individuals owe their good fortune to many
“Self-made.” We’ve heard it claimed, without reservation — and arrogantly, in my opinion — from individuals with large egos. Men, usually, make the brag. They point our how they, all on their own, are responsible for their substantial financial or professional success.
By Bernie Hughes , May 11, 2012
Duluth: Where the wild things are
The whole evening seemed be a pure Duluth moment.
By Sam Cook , May 11, 2012
Monday with Mitch: Her child missing, a mother soldiers on
There was a movie not too long ago, based on a book called “I Don’t Know How She Does It.” It was about a working mother juggling a high-powered job, a demanding family and endless obligations.
By Mitch Albom , May 07, 2012
For 43 euros, a priceless day in Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM — The flight from Nice was on time, if not early, and we deplaned on the tarmac still bathing in the afterglow of the French Riviera, with its Matisses and Picassos and breathtaking beauty. A shuttle bus took us to the gate, where I stepped off with two carry-ons and —
“Owww!”
By Robin Washington , May 06, 2012
Pro/con: Was Holocaust event at UMD anti-Catholic?
Yes: No effort made to defend the indicted Pope Pius XII
By Mary Claire Sitek , May 05, 2012
Pro/con: Was Holocaust event at UMD anti-Catholic?
Yes: There was ample opportunity for questions, comments
By Leonore Baeumler , May 05, 2012
State view: Paperless ticket innovation restricts consumer choice
Imagine if a car dealer required your car to be serviced only at his dealership and required you to use the selling dealer when you decided to sell the car. Even worse, imagine if the dealer required that he — and not you — determined the resale price of your car.
By Dan Hedlund , May 04, 2012
Sam Cook column: Trust at heart of copper mine debate
It would have been a good-sized congregation on a Sunday morning, but the 250 who gathered at Concordia Lutheran Church on Wednesday evening weren’t there for a sermon.
By Sam Cook , May 04, 2012
A judge's view: Schools, courts can’t solve truancy problem without parents
Yesterday I had my regular child-protection calendar. Of the 16 scheduled cases, seven were based on truancy petitions. How can more than a third of a particular docket be truancy cases? It may start with a middle school student skipping a class and then another class and another class. Soon, it’s easier to not go to school or not attend a class and “run the halls.”
By Heather Sweetland , May 03, 2012
Local view: Funding youth intervention is fiscally responsible
As director of the Truancy Action Project and Student Attendance Review Board for Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota, I know how crucial youth intervention services are. The project, review board and Lutheran Social Service provide a continuum of prevention and early intervention services with the goal of improving attendance and keeping kids in school. By working cooperatively with students, families, schools, the courts and other community agencies, we are able to identify barriers to regular school attendance, remove these barriers and help students improve attendance.
By Dawn Shykes , May 03, 2012
Mondays with Mitch: In an era of wonder, he supplied imagination
MITCH ALBOM: There’s a scene in the play, “Ernie,” in which the actor playing Ernie Harwell re-enacts the way he broadcast minor-league baseball games in the 1940s, when there was no money to send him on the road.
By Mitch Albom , April 30, 2012
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