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Governor starves public defender program, gets appointed to a case

Governor starves public defender program, gets appointed to a case

Of those who defend freedom and protect our civil rights, no group is less appreciated than the public defender, a fact which allows governors to starve the system, denying rightful legal representation to the poor who are charged with crimes.
by Bob Collins

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Pinky the Dancing Flamingo killed

I can assure you that I've spent much of the day today looking for some uplifting news story, as is the wont of NewsCut. Unfortunately, there isn't any. Quite the opposite in fact.
by Bob Collins

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Presidential campaign goes nuclear

Perhaps you've noticed that in the last few days, the election of 2016 is no longer a contest between Republicans and Democrats. In the last few days, the developing civil war within the GOP has spilled further out into the open and, to a degree, it was fascinating to watch.
by Bob Collins

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The American freak show

Particularly in an election year, we're always looking for things that define who we are. It's an effort doomed to failure from the start -- we can't be defined -- but we persist anyway.
by Bob Collins

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The worst excuses of the speeding crackdown

There should be an extra citation for bad excuses. Or a reward for the effort.
by Bob Collins

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Is rural Internet a ‘public good’?

I often wish that Star Tribune columnist Lee Schafer's work could find its way off the business pages and closer to the paper's front page because his work is too stimulating to be relegated to one of the most ignored parts of the newspaper.
by Bob Collins

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Behind a suicide attempt, a bigger story we won’t ever know

We won't ever know what prompted a woman to let go of the fence. We won't ever know what led her to crawl through the hole and to decide that the world she lives in offers no hope. We won't determine whether the society that saved her, also failed her. We think the story is over.
by Bob Collins

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Jack Rajala, savior of white pine, dead at 77

He was surrounded by family and white pine, Aaron J. Brown writes this afternoon in a wonderfully touching memorial.
by Bob Collins

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