Opinion

Property Taxes: We’re all in the same boat

By John Fitzgerald, Minnesota 2020
Gov. Pawlenty doesn’t pay his bills. School district levies will be decided on Tuesday, but a victory at the polls doesn’t mean the problem is solved.MORE »

A bridge too far

By John Van Hecke, Minnesota 2020
I don’t normally fear for my life. Minnesota bridges have changed my mind.

I work two and a half miles from my home, a commute that should take five or six minutes.

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50 is a half-century

By Mary Hirsch, Minnesota Women's Press
Let's face it, if 50 is the new 30, and 40 is the new 20, then your rusty 1987 Honda is a new Lexus.

The last time I wrote for the Minnesota Women's Press was in the fall of 2002, right befo

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Princess/feminist

By Michele St. Martin, Minnesota Women's Press
Summer, 2000. My friend Lisa and I were shopping for clothes for the baby girls we were waiting to adopt. Lisa was looking at frilly pastel dresses.MORE »

Time of my own

By Tami Mohamed Brown, Minnesota Women's Press
I've found that as much of an advocate as I am for a place to go and do and think, in reality, sometimes you have to get creative in order to make the time to create.MORE »

The ugly truth

By John Fitzgerald, Minnesota 2020
The contrast is stark: Progressives want to help children get the education they deserve while conservatives would throw students overboard to save a few pennies on their taxes.

Phil Krinkie

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Public service

By Dave Healy, Park Bugle
When was the last time you heard someone described as a “public servant”?MORE »

This Is What Democracy Looks Like?

By Steve Clemens, Special to the TC Daily Planet
The chants rang out: “Who is a terrorist?” with the reply echoing, “Bush is a terrorist!” “This is what democracy looks like” – with the reply “Bush is what hypocrisy looks like!” Bless their heartMORE »

Aging: What’s the plan?

By Kari Thurlow, Minnesota Health and Housing Alliance, Minnesota 2020
My three-year old daughter is a bit precocious, and perhaps a little 'type-A.' Since the child could string words together in a sentence, she has started most days asking me, 'Mommy, what’s the plMORE »

Paul Wellstone spoke to me from the grave

By Eric Black, Minnesota Monitor
That's a sensational headline for a strange but not really occult occurrence.MORE »
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