Mary Jane LaVigne

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Mary Jane LaVigne is a winner of the Loft Mentor Series in creative non-fiction. 

 

Personal Web site: 
MaryJaneLaVigne.com
Column: 
Apocalypse Wow! Upside of the Downturn

On International Women's Day an Iraqi leader has hope for her country's future

By Mary Jane LaVigne, TC Daily Planet

Suaad Allami has a shy smile.  A silk scarf frames her face, and is tucked around the thick coil of hair at her neck.  Even wearing high heels, she looks short.

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | Navigating the Aftermath

By Mary Jane LaVigne, Free Speech Zone

"Navigating the Aftermath" an exhibit of work by Iraqi and American artists winds up a successful two-week show with a panel discussion tonight, Friday March 4.  Titled, "Effects of the Ongoin

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | College Republicans at the Dayton rally

By Mary Jane LaVigne

The College Republicans looked a little cold.

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Guilty plea from one of RNC8

By Mary Jane LaVigne, TC Daily Planet

On August 27, Erik Oseland, one of the RNC 8 protestors charged for activities surrounding the 2008 Republican Convention, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit damage to property in the 3rd degree, a gross misdemeanor. He will serve his 91-day sentence in the Ramsey County Workhouse beginning on October 20. With credit for time served, and good behavior, it's likely he'll complete the sentence in 58 days. 

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Time to Sell Target

By Mary Jane LaVigne

I've owned this stock since it was Dayton Hudson Corporation. I've added to my holdings over the years and, what with splits and dividend reinvestment, it's gotten to be a tidy little nugget. I think I'll sell.

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New Pilanthrophy in D.C.

By Mary Jane LaVigne

My daughter Maggie wants to see the tough parts of D.C. I drive the Prius down toward the Navy Yard. In front of us, a young black man enters the crosswalk. We lock our doors. He plucks a crushed plastic bottle from the pavement, tosses the trash in a can and a glance our way. He has smart eyes and an oval face. You could imagine him as the President of the United States.

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RNC8: The saga continues

By Mary Jane LaVigne, TC Daily Planet

Photo from "We're Getting Ready for Court" video by RNC8

Wearing the uniform of the Ramsey County Sheriff 's Department, Chris Dugger looks every inch a deputy, close-cropped hair, jaw cop square. A cord runs from an earpiece to the walkie-talkie he has clipped to his left epaulette. If an important call comes while he is on the witness stand, he looks ready to go. It's Friday, May 14 in Courtroom 1080 of the Ramsey County courthouse in downtown St. Paul. Dugger is testifying on the fifth day of evidentiary hearings preliminary to the trial of the RNC 8. 

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OPINION | With Republicans in the Heart of the Beast

By Mary Jane LaVigne, TC Daily Planet

I saw the Emmer for Governor signs as I walked up Eighteenth Avenue to the south edge of the park, three, or maybe five of them, leaning against a picnic table.  Nearby stood a guy in a hockey jersey with Emmer in three-inch letters.  Atop the table a woman in a pink Emmer t-shirt surveyed the scene with all the sobriety of General Robert E. Lee before Pickett's charge. 

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