LOCAL VIEW
There’s no one to blame but yourself for missing class
Video games are the reason for students struggles in school as much as food is to blame for peoples weight issues. College often is a persons first taste of freedom (loads of free time) from parental ...
Posted on 12/27/11 at 1:00 AM
Local view: Duluth School Board has realistic options to avoid another tax levy
The Duluth school district has been soliciting community comments on curriculum for the future, perhaps with the thought that we taxpayers will support a levy this fall to help pay for what we suggest (“Board to decide next week about asking voters for more money,” May 14).May 15, 2013
Local view: Alcohol tax increase would cause widespread damage in Minnesota
Mark Twain, who visited Duluth in 1895, once said, “No man’s life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session.” If you are employed in Minnesota’s hospitality or tourism industries, never has Twain’s quip seemed less humorous or more ominous than today.By Jerry Spehar , May 14, 2013
An educator's view: Special education can’t be the only target to cut
There are now 128,000 special-education students in Minnesota’s K-12 public schools. The cost of working with these students is $1.8 billion per year.By Joseph Legueri , May 12, 2013
Local view: Beware the demogogue, democracy’s big enemy
In March I wrote a letter to the editor about cowardly legislators who act so as to appear to be doing something, whether good, bad or useless. In a one-room, rural schoolhouse in northern Kentucky in 1918, my father and his fellow seventh-graders were taught to recognize such politicians. Following is an excerpt from one of my father’s civics texts:By William H. Rees , May 12, 2013
Local View: Boston bombing was terrorism, not jihad
By M. Imran Hayee , May 12, 2013
Local view: Surfing Superior a special experience
By John Hatcher , May 11, 2013
Local view: Duluthians should be proud of help sent to African community 
By Crystal Taylor , May 07, 2013
Local view: Opposing gay marriage is not discriminatory 
Marriage is too important an institution to be redefined.
By Liz Hoefferle , May 05, 2013
Local view: Rural Minnesota needs reliable wireless service 
Mobile apps are a thriving industry, but we need a strong wireless broadband system to support our efforts.
By Jake Dahl , May 05, 2013
Local view: Pension surcharge is an unfair bailout 
In the decades I’ve worked in the insurance industry, I’ve been baffled at how heavily insurance policies are taxed and how little consumers know about it. Yet the Minnesota Legislature is looking at adding another new tax on our customers to bail out an underfunded pension fund for public-safety employees.
By Steve Knutson , May 03, 2013
Local view: Please ask lawmakers to support affordable housing 
While Duluth has a lot to offer residents — including a diverse economy, arts and culture and majestic views of nature — what it doesn’t seem to have enough of is housing.
By Pam Kramer and Rick Ball , May 02, 2013
DNR's view: Keep fishing a Wisconsin tradition 
Northern Wisconsin weather for the fishing opener has been notoriously fickle over the years, and some have joked that this year may be more suited to ice fishing.
By John Gozdzialski , May 01, 2013
Local view: Miranda ruling often misunderstood 
By Steven Carter , April 30, 2013
Local view: Frank Red Plan dialogue needed to heal community 
It’s time to talk about the elephant in the Duluth school district. We all know it — the Red Plan and, specifically, the process used to put it together and how the final decisions were made.
By Damien Cronin , April 26, 2013
Local view: Vaccines are safe and save lives
This week (April 20-27), we celebrate National Infant Immunization Week. Thousands of infants and children die each year, mostly in impoverished Third World countries, of vaccine-preventable diseases. We are fortunate in the U.S. to have life-saving vaccines available for infants and children.By Dr. Linda Van Etta , April 24, 2013
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