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Opinion

OPINION | Anti-war groups ready to protest escalation of war in Afghanistan

By Ed Felien, Southside Pride

Twin City anti-war groups are waiting to see what President Obama will do in Afghanistan. If, as expected, he sends in more troops, then many groups are planning protest demonstrations. MORE »

OPINION | When it comes to Employee Free Choice, some don't let the truth get in the way

By Sarah Wolf, Workday Minnesota

Recently, I overheard a conversation between two ostensibly pro-union people discussing the Employee Free Choice Act. One of them kept insisting that the problem with the Free Choice Act was that it would abolish secret ballots. "You can't get rid of secret ballots!" He argued. "It's un-American!"MORE »

OPINION | The Big Rock Candy Mountain crumbles

By John Van Hecke, Minnesota 2020

The times of plenty have passed. Two weeks on, my kids' Halloween candy bags are near empty. No more M&Ms, mini-Snickers, six-to-a-box Dots or cellophane packets of candy corn. What survives to this point is whatever is least desired. The easy choices were made a long time ago.
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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK | What do we publish at TC Daily Planet?

By Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet

Is the Daily Planet part of the news media or part of the blogosphere? Where do our articles come from? Are they edited? What's the difference between blog posts and articles? How do we distinguish between reporting and opinion? Here's the inside story.MORE »

OPINION | News media strategies for survival for

By Bruce Schneier, TC Daily Planet

Those of us living through the Internet-caused revolution in journalism can't see what's going to come out the other side: how readers will interact with journalism, what the sources of journalism will be, how journalists will make money.  All we do know is that mass-market journalism is hurting, badly, and may not survive.  And that we have no idea how to thrive in this new world of MORE »

OPINION | Minnesota’s economy may be on the road to recovery, but where are the jobs?

By Michael Moore, Workday Minnesota

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has flirted with 10,000 points. U.S. manufacturing, exports and home sales are showing signs of life. The economy is growing again, but it's failing by one critical measure: jobs. It's being billed as the jobless recovery, and it isn't sparing Minnesota workers.MORE »

FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK | Citizen journalism in DC

By Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet

From New Haven Independent on one coast to Local Oakland on the other, community journalism and new media are alive and well, and well-represented at the J-Lab conference in Washington. I'm scheduled to talk about training citizen journalists.MORE »

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News Day

NEWS DAY | Homes at risk in Minnesota / Dragons, dinosaurs and Quist / Students vs. superintendent candidate

By Mary Turck, News Day

Minnesotans losing homes A record 92,500 Minnesota homes are either in foreclosure or in danger of foreclosure, reports the Star Tribune. Altogether, that's just over ten percent of the 900,000 home loan mortages in the state.  Some 62,000 mortgage holders were behind don their mortgages during the third quarter. MORE

• Minnesotans losing homes Foreclosure and delinquency rates at record levels
• Dragons, dinosaurs and Quist Allen Quist is back, as a far-right First District candidate
• SPPS superintendent candidate sees no relation between race, achievement gap

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News you can use

NEWS YOU CAN USE | Click for food shelves!

By Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet

My friend Ken writes "I know that food shelves are really hurting this year," and then passes along a painless way to send donations:MORE »

KARE 11 & Land O'Lakes are donating $1 for every person who clicks on their web site.   Go to the website listed below and on the right side of the screen (at the top) there is the green area where it says:   You Click, We Donate.   It's that easy. Please pass to all of your friends.

Thanks, Ken!

THEATER | Barbara Berlovitz's "Stories as Told in a Bed": An intimate and sublimely humorous journey

By Dwight Hobbes, TC Daily Planet

It is tricky business reviewing a work in progress, putting the writer in a barely tenable position. How can you be fair to the playwright, casting comment on a script that's still in development? Critique the weaknesses and you're a villain for kicking the play's legs out from under it before it's had a chance to actually stand on them. Praise the strengths and you're a cheerleader clapping the author on the back before the job's finished being done.MORE »

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Stories we are working on

These are some of the stories we are working on. If you would like to contribute information or opinions, please e-mail the writers!

• Emerald ash borer Ramsey and Hennepin Counties are under quarantine for Emerald Ash Borer.  Have you been affected? Email sheila@tcdailyplanet.net

• Thanksgiving recipes No - not the turkey and the pumpkin pie. We're looking for your favorite non-traditional recipe, like Aunt Harriet's vegetarian non-meat loaf. Send them to editor@tcdailyplanet.net

• What's your story? Is there a story you'd like to write? Or a story you think we should be covering? Email editor@tcdailyplanet.netMORE »