Inside the Daily Planet, 08/14/08
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NEWS YOU CAN USE | Wanted: Your thoughts on Jabba the Huttby Jay Gabler, TC Daily PlanetA pair of St. Paul conceptual artists who go by the name tectonic industries (small t and small i, please) are preparing a new work, and they are looking for volunteers to sit in their studio this weekend and be filmed for up to an hour recounting the plots of the Star Wars trilogy.Views and ReviewsMusic note: Making babies on the patio with Dance Bandby Melissa Slachetka, TC Daily PlanetIf you haven’t yet been to Patio Nights at the Minnesota Museum of American Art in St. Paul, you are missing out on one of the summer’s hottest concert series. Last Thursday’s concert, with Mel Gibson and the Pants and headliner Dance Band, was no exception.Film note: Secrecy revealedby Cyn Collins, TC Daily PlanetHow much secrecy is necessary for our national security, and to what extent is secrecy detrimental to our national security? How much information do we as citizens have the right to know, and how much endangers our lives as we know them? Continue Reading
Congress bans toxic chemicals, Pawlenty vetoed same legislation
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At the end of July, Congress passed the Consumer Product Safety Commission Reform Act which, if signed by President Bush, will create first-ever national standards for the toxic chemicals lead and phthalates in children’s products. Phthalates are compounds used in making plastics and are found in many baby bottles, toys and teethers. The additive has been cited in a number of scientific studies as an agent in disrupting normal reproduction and development when ingested by humans. The bill specifies phthalates as “a banned hazardous substance under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act” and “prohibits certain alternatives to those phthalates,” according to the Congressional Record. A bill passed in May by the Minnesota Legislature would have put a similar ban state wide on the use of phthalates in products manufactured for infants and small children, but was vetoed by Governor Pawlenty. Continue Reading
Falling short on racial equity
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The legislature is still not doing enough to address racial equity in the state of Minnesota, staff members of the Organizing Apprenticeship Project told more than 50 community members and non-profit Continue Reading