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FREE SPEECH ZONE | Can the city of Arden Hills rise to the big-time?

By Forrester Pack, Free Speech Zone

With around 9600 residents, the city of Arden Hills is relatively small compared to its immediate neighbors. New Brighton contains approximately 21,000 individuals, Shoreview nearly 25,000, and to the south, commercial hub Roseville holds almost 34,000 citizens.MORE »

FREE SPEECH ZONE | How we can control government from our desks

By Loran Dean, Free Speech Zone

The easy way to change your country and dispel corruption and save nature.MORE »

The sad decline of the Star Tribune

By Tom Heuerman, Ph.D., Free Speech Zone
“The survival of the company is at stake.” Chris Harte, Star Tribune Publisher, asking unions on December 2, 2008 to cut pay by $20 million by mid-January, 2009.

"The Star Tribune has agreed to pay more than $300,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit bought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission." Editor & Publisher, November 25, 2008MORE »

VOICES | Something spectacular is going to happen

By Tom Heuerman, Ph.D., Special to the TC Daily Planet
New York Time columnist Thomas Friedman wrote, “We don’t have a ‘gasoline price problem.’ We have an addiction problem. We are addicted to dirty fossil fuels, and this addiction is driving a whole set of toxic trends that are harming our nation and world in many different ways.MORE »

VOICES | Angry at Obama

By Tom Heuerman, Ph.D., Special to the TC Daily Planet
In a recent column, New York Times columnist Bob Herbert wrote, “I’ll say this about Senator Obama. He sure raises people’s hackles.” Leaders who represent change tend to do that.

Herbert continued, “I’ve never seen anyone so roundly criticized for such grievous offenses as giving excellent speeches and urging people of different backgrounds to take a chance on working together. How dare he?MORE »

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• Ice House Plaza opening marks a new era on Eat Street. Things are hopping at Nicollet and 26th.
• Feeding the poor: But is it healthy food? Cynthia Boyd reports.

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The Free Speech Zone offers a space for contributions from readers, without editing by the TC Daily Planet. This is an open forum for articles that otherwise might not find a place for publication, including news articles, opinion columns, and announcements. The opinions expressed in the Free Speech Zone and Neighborhood Notes, as well as the opinions of bloggers, are their own and not necessarily the opinion of the TC Daily Planet.
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Michael Cavlan For US Senate 2012 Update
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Will the MPCA "Citizens' Board" side with citizens and the environment?
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Hmong students at Henry High collect 530 postcards to save school buses
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Continental Congress 2.0 This July 4th!
Keith Ellison-Muslim in Congress

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