COMMUNITY VOICES | Progress for women?
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Carter’s, Inc., has for sale a T-shirt for baby boys bearing the words “BOY GENIUS”. When I went into the store and asked for the “GIRL GENIUS” shirt I was told the store didn’t have one. Continue Reading
COMMUNITY VOICES | Gasoline Tax
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I think we ought to tax our use of gasoline. My dad agreed and thought the extra two or three dollars could be used to maintain our infrastructure. Really, gas could cost about $10 per gallon. Continue Reading
COMMUNITY VOICES | Rename the Target Commons
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The corner builiding on the Nicollet Mall says outside “Commons”. But it is not a commons because it’s for Target employees. This “commons” is closed to the general public. Target needs to find a new name for the place. The word Commons means that it is accessible by our whole society.I will try to send a copy of this note to a real person at Target Corporation. Continue Reading
Mother Was Right
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Just came from seeing The Gatekeepers directed by Dror Moreh. Why are there no women in the film? Continue Reading
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Fifty years?
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A Chicago Tribune article says whole grain bread outsold white bread in the U.S. for the first time. Why did it take us consumers fifty years to catch up with the hippies? Continue Reading
FREE SPEECH ZONE | The End of Google?
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Since the 1990s, search engine comings and goings were the main news of the Internet. Google came to stay in 1998 and lived on for more than 10 years. In the late 1990s, it was fantastic. I passed my networking class with straight “A”s because of Google’s excellence in finding the right answers on Cisco’s website. Continue Reading
Mental illness and possible conflicts of interest
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Why would the future of people with mental illness be placed in the hands of physicians who have ties to the drug industry? About one in four adults (or 57.7 million people) in America suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder each year. Continue Reading
Safety and Wikipedia
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Some say shared reference works like Wikipedia may have the power to transform civilization. Egalitarian ideals or an anarchistic vision may guide a work produced free, by anybody. Continue Reading