OPINION
Reader's view: Bring back more online comments
March 20, 2010
Reader's view: Solar powered snow removal?
March 20, 2010
Reader's view: Law enforcement by tape measure
March 20, 2010
Reader's view: Fedora should give Santa a break
March 20, 2010
Our view: Duluth needs final flurry to woo Google
We’re winning! Or so it would seem from a “Share of Voice” report shared Thursday by Duluth Mayor Don Ness, whose leadership in wooing Google fiber remains commendably impressive.March 19, 2010
Local view: Nukes not safe at any speed
Boosters of nuclear power often claim reactors “operate safely.” It’s easy to prove this false. Every government agency that regulates radiation exposure agrees that no matter how small, there is no safe dose. This “linear no threshold” standard declares that any and all radiation poses some risk of causing cancer.By John LaForge , March 19, 2010
Reader's view: Comedian’s routine inspires bullying
March 19, 2010
Reader's view: Spell check, please
March 19, 2010
Pro-life view: Will vote on health care have consequences? You bet
One of the groups that is under the most intense pressure from party leaders are pro-life democrats. While many of these pro-life members support health-care reform, they have fought to keep abortion out of the final bill.
By Marjorie Dannenfelser , March 18, 2010
Our view: GAMC compromise no compromise — or fix
Compromise? In trying to find a way to continue providing health care for the poorest of Minnesota’s poor, the Minnesota Legislature drafted a bill to designate 17 hospitals around the state, including Duluth’s St. Mary’s Medical Center, for indigent care. No one is arguing the need to care for 32,000 patients who earn $8,000 or less a year and who have been covered under the state’s pricey and getting unsustainably pricier General Assistance Medical Care program, or GAMC. But how is the bill a compromise, as it’s being touted?March 18, 2010
To learn more about RCV ...
To learn more about ranked-choice voting and how it works, and to read the list of organizations and leaders endorsing it, go to:March 18, 2010
Local view: The time has come for ranked-choice voting
Advocates of an interesting new way to hold an election might as well use the lingo of the film industry, because the 2009 Best Picture award was chosen by 5,777 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences members who ranked their choices from 1 to 10. Duluth’s Ranked-Choice Voting Steering Committee welcomed the academy’s new procedure. It added weight to a growing recognition of ranked-choice voting — or RCV, sometimes also known as instant-runoff voting, or IRV — as a more fair and efficient way of conducting elections.By Donn Larson , March 18, 2010
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