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A football coach takes a stand on his players' behavior.
5 x 8: Politics, strange bedfellows, and the abortion issue
Abortion issue splits same-sex marriage coalition, calculating health care, darker days for the arts, pushing back against 'teaching to the test', and why we don't fear autumn.
The decision by Minnesota officials to pay for a football stadium for one of the richest men in America certainly has sparked emotional debate over the years, especially in an era of declining economic conditions. It is, some say, a statement of Minnesota values. Others insist it’s a legitimate economic stimulant. Both points have their…
Scenes from a nightmare at the Navy Yard
The FBI this afternoon has released a video of Aaron Alexis, the man who staged the massacre at the Washington Navy Yard earlier this month in which 12 people were shot to death. It also released this timeline: 7:53 a.m. – Alexis’ rental car, a blue Toyota Prius with New York plates, entered Parking Garage…
The people who try to make a difference
A Twin Cities organization is being honored in Washington for doing what a lot of people in Washington aren't -- something.
In book censorship, Anoka County avoids bullying issue. Again.
Back in my day, it was J.D. Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye” that got some parents all atwitter over the “pornography” available in the local school library. Today, it’s Rainbow Rowell’s “Eleanor & Park,” that has stirred a couple of Anoka County parents enough to earn Rowell a disinvite from the county’s school and library…
5 x 8: Can the ‘comment section’ be saved?
The seventh ring of hell: Internet comments. Al Shabab's recruiting video. Why a sexual assault center in Saint Cloud is desperate. A study of grit. And the musical conductors who walk among us.