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  • Counterpoint Home care workers in Minnesota deserve a union vote

    Shaquonica Johnson was comforted by fellow home-care worker Rochelle Turan while testifying at a hearing on the possible unionization of home-based care ...

  • A northern Minnesota tale The orchid and the otter

    One late Minnesota afternoon, as summer sanctified the northern latitudes, Secret Lake was inspirited with relentless light. Eleven days before the summer solstice - our seasonal pentecost - my wife, Pam, and I hiked down to the water, paddles in hand. It was 8:30 p.m., but the forest path was warm and enriched, sunlight still penetrating the canopy of leaves and needles at the edge of the bog. ...

  • Sturdevant Tax reform in Minnesota Some other year perhaps

    Mark Dayton signed the bill that makes same-sex marriage legal in Minnesota after Aug. 1. But this was supposed to be the tax reform session - or so I thought in January. Back then, DFLer Dayton cast himself as a tax-policy modernizer, willing to expend some personal political capital to retrofit the state tax code for today’s economy. In today’s economy, the rich get richer while ...

  • Minneapolis schools chief deserves support in driving change

    When groups representing educators discuss the achievement gap, they often say, "We know what works.’’ Far too often, though, that knowledge fails to produce results. Minnesota schools in general - ...

  • Vikings stadium design Dog days are over. Darth days ahead

    This handout released by the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority and the Minnesota Vikings shows the new Minnesota Vikings stadium in this rendering done by HKS Sports and Entertainment Group and released Monday, May 13, 2013. The yet-to-be-named facility, which will open in 2016 and replace the Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis, will have a translucent roof and louvered front windows to let ...


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Kinsey [DVD]

Kinsey [DVD]

One of the greatest misnomers about American cultural is that sex was nonexistent in the 1950s. Based largely on collective memories of unrealistic, squeaky-clean television shows like Leave it to Beaver and Father Knows Best and women's magazines that were much ... ...

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  • With Democrats Minnesotans will feel the pain

    Best Buy and other stores could be more expensive in the Twin Cities because of an additional sales tax. And the list goes on. Democrats promised that they were going to "tax the rich." But in the final few days of session, we're finding out that what they actually intend to do is tax nearly everybody and everything. Democrats have announced a plan to raise taxes and fees by ...

  • Minnesota Legislature Well theres always 2014

    Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton delivered his State of the State address before a joint session of the Minnesota Legislature in the House Chambers at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. on ...

  • Exercise or religion Yoga is for everyone Column

    But many scholars of yoga and religion say it is a non-sectarian practice. Millions of people of varying religious beliefs practice yoga and find that it enhances their spiritual life. Millions of others view it strictly as physical exercise and an aid to mindfulness.Most of them would be baffled at the notion that yoga has anything to do with religion. "People come to our studios to get ...

  • Dangers of tanning beds

    Beverly Fauvelle, owner of Sun Times tanning salon in West Seattle, says she rarely lets teens use her tanning beds and supports a bill to impose an age limit of 18. (Steven Ringman / The Seattle Times) May, our first sunny warm weather month, is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. People begin spending more time outdoors under sunny skies. Teens look forward to school recesses and summer breaks. In ...

  • Author Elliott Holt says Go West Young Woman

    , the protagonist, an American in her 20s, moves to Moscow shortly after the Cold War. After a few months, she returns to the U.S. a changed woman. Holt, who is 39, also lived in Moscow where she worked as a copywriter at an advertising agency as well as in London and New York. Currently, she resides in Washington, D.C. and writes full time. I asked Holt to make a list of her favorite books ...

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