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May 4, 2013 Other bills will wait SIDEWAYS THUMB: The Minnesota Legislature is racing to the wire, as usual, to get its most important work done, passing a balanced state budget for the next couple of years. more »»
School Talk: School parking lot needs rebuilding
May 4, 2013 As the current school year draws to a close, plans for 2013-14 are progressing rapidl. more »»
NEA should pony up for Buckles film
May 3, 2013 One might suppose a documentary film about the last American veteran of World War I would arouse enormous interest from those in government with the financial power to support such a project. more »»
Guantanamo serves an important purpose
May 2, 2013 Once again, President Barack Obama has voiced his desire to shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison, saying the prison that holds enemy combatants and terrorists is “not sustainable.” We disagree. more »»
Weeds: Hard to make sense of tragedies
May 2, 2013 In the center of the campus at St. John’s University is the stately, old Quadrangle. It is four buildings connected in a traditional monastic arrangement. The Quad at St. more »»
Raising taxes not all that easy
May 1, 2013 The Minnesota Senate, even with a DFL majority, had a tough time passing its tax hike bill on Monday. The package of $1. more »»
Thanks, but no tanks
April 30, 2013 No nation on earth has an armored vehicle capable of standing up to the U.S. Abrams tank. On conventional battlefields, it is virtually unbeatable. more »»
Get over the ‘too big to fail’ idea
April 29, 2013 Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, has the right idea but the wrong strategy. Brown has introduced a bill intended to safeguard taxpayers from having to bail out more "too big to fail" banks in the future. more »»
$100 bill delay another gov’t fiasco
April 28, 2013 Printers, especially those doing high-volume jobs requiring special paper and techniques, sometimes encounter challenges that delay production. We're in the printing business. We understand tha. more »»
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April 27, 2013 Fair weather THUMBS UP: It was nice to turn to the Friday sports page and see pictures of sports being played — outdoors! This spring has been more like the winter of the Bard’s discontent — it has... more »»
Senate DFL reaching deeper for taxes
April 25, 2013 So much for the idea of raising taxes only on the wealthy. The Senate DFL is proposing tax increases on the middle class as well. more »»
Should we have known about Boston bombers?
April 23, 2013 Did U.S. more »»
What makes a mass killer?
April 22, 2013 While President Barack Obama and most members of Congress have seemed preoccupied with proposals for new limits on gun ownership since the school massacre in Newtown, Conn. more »»
Remarkable in Boston
April 21, 2013 Procedural crime dramas have been dominating the Nielsen ratings for years, but none of them could compete with the compelling real life coverage late Thursday and Friday of the manhunt for the... more »»
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April 20, 2013 Big happenings on the hill THUMBS UP: The Diocese of New Ulm broke ground on Friday at the site of its new diocesan Pastoral Center. more »»
A stirring anthem
April 19, 2013 We sometimes wish they would do away with singing the National Anthem at all sporting events, especially when some famous pop singer tries to see how many extra notes he or she can toss in ther. more »»
Senators dealt with their own threat
April 18, 2013 The slaughter of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., was a horrible thing, but not horrible enough to shake enough votes loose in the U.S. more »»
A cowardly act of terrorism
April 17, 2013 The bombing at the Boston Marathon on Monday was a cowardly, despicable act of terrorism. more »»
Weeds: Looking ahead to the Later Years
April 17, 2013 I was having a beer with a younger friend. A fellow walked by who I wanted to compliment for something. “Hey, good job!” My right hand went up to make a clenched fist salute, a power fis. more »»
Property tax relief needs to be part of overall tax reform
April 15, 2013 Minnesota House Democrats are working on a bill to provide $250 million in property tax relief for state property owners and renters. more »» |
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