BUDGE OPINION
Column: Dig in for Duluth's Downtown Waterfront District
I was at the greenhouse last weekend and watched the steady stream of customers heading out the door with their colorful blooming plants and smiles on their faces.
By Kristi Stokes , May 26, 2012
Column: The celebrities of the Biography Museum
Come view the famous people and listen to their fascinating stories!” the handmade card, a small pink photocopy cut out with fancy zigzag scissors and pasted onto green construction paper, invited guests of Bay View fourth-grade teacher Mrs. Short’s classroom to visit the Biography Museum.
By Linda LeGarde Grover , May 26, 2012
Column: Duluth should find a way to limit rooming houses in single-family areas
The battle over crowded rooming houses in areas of Duluth set aside for single-family homes has gone on for too many years, and it’s uncertain how the latest fight will end.
By Virgil Swing , May 26, 2012
Column: Courteous pet owners are good for the community
The days are longer, the weather is warmer, and on a recent outing to the Lakewalk I was impressed to see that humans weren’t the only ones enjoying the first taste of summer — dogs were out in abundance.
By Amy Miller , May 26, 2012
Column: Your dog’s business is everyone’s business
Do you love your dog enough to carry around a bag of his poo? Not only that, do you care enough about your fellow human to carry a bag of dog poo?
By Naomi Yaeger , May 26, 2012
Column: A visit to the new Lincoln Park Middle School
Earlier this month, I joined teachers and staff from Morgan Park Middle School as they visited the new Lincoln Park Middle School. The visit was part of a process that will help teachers plan for their new spaces and facilitate an efficient move into the new building this summer.
By Bill Gronseth , May 24, 2012
Brian Matuszak column: How to stay married 50 years, most of it with the same person
So it’s my aunt and uncle’s 50th wedding anniversary this weekend, and before I wish them the happiest of days, I need to talk to my Uncle Ronnie a minute.
By Brian Matuszak , May 23, 2012
Column: Oh, the Places You’ll Go - Part II
Last month I reviewed some of the unconventional field trips my kids and our friends have taken. In an effort to encourage people to get out this summer, have some adventures and not spend a wad of cash, I want to continue and share some of the more adventurous and pleasing gustatory tours we have taken.
By S.E. Livingston , May 22, 2012
Column: When everyone wins, except the losers
One of my favorite new buzz words currently bouncing around the fantastically fecund right wing echo chamber is “uncertainty.”
By Michael Kooi , May 22, 2012
Column: Minor tweaks can’t fix health system
The steady drumroll of controversy regarding health care has continued locally in recent months.
By Pete Langr , May 20, 2012
Column: ‘The Fox Effect’ worth reading by both progressives and conservatives 
Earlier this month it was reported that News Corporation, the parent firm of Fox News Network, had a 47 percent increase in profit. Net income, driven largely by its cable TV properties in America — like Fox News — was $937 million in the third quarter alone.
By Ralph Doty , May 19, 2012
Column: To learn from children’s stories
As I write this, it is almost the end of spring semester at the University of Minnesota Duluth. This time of year is always very busy for college students, who know that in a short time their class performances will be graded and become part of their academic record.
By Linda LeGarde Grover , May 16, 2012
Column: Tales from an early getaway
We inaugurated the family’s camping season with an overnight trip to a state park recently on a Friday evening. With temperatures staying frigid anywhere near Lake Superior, we headed west for warmer weather.
By Eddy Gilmore , May 15, 2012
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