Almost as quickly as the phrase “fake news” popped up into our vocabulary four years ago, in the last month it has seemed to have disappeared. The snarky comeback to any news story one doesn’t agree with may have faded away, but actual “fake news” is still making headlines. Social media has given a soapbox…
Minnesota is Failing Kids
Last week, the Minnesota House Representative for Blaine, Minnesota, Nolan West, shared a series of tweets made by Minneapolis-based writer, Ann Bauer. Ann had observed a Zoom meeting between parents in an unnamed, well-off Minnesota school district and their DFL MN Senator. The screenshots of the tweets can be seen below, but the gist is…
Dealing with Pandemic Pain
There is a proverb that says “The road to hell is paved with good intentions”, and some days it seems as if we’ve arrived at our destination. For decades we’ve seen innovations and recommendations to protect us and our children from physical pain, from seatbelts and bike helmets to mouthguards and knee pads to crib…
A Day in the Life of a Downtown Property Owner
A local commercial property owner, frustrated and ignored by the City of Duluth, reached out to share their story. The property owner owns and manages several properties in Duluth, as well as throughout the Midwest. Again and again, it’s the properties in their hometown of Duluth that create the most issues. As the sunrises, so…
If We Don’t Look for Fraud…
Some time ago I received the following short commentary and it struck a chord with me. Perhaps you haven’t seen it. It came with the note ‘author is unknown’: “I never cared if you were “gay” or whatever acronym you chose to call yourself, until you started shoving it down my throat. I never cared…
Stauber Just Doing His Job
This submission is a response to a DNT Letter to the Editor found here:https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/opinion/letters/6831112-Readers-View-Stauber-has-blood-on-his-hands-too Did you hear the one about the congressman who actually represented his constituents, introduced bills supporting district issues that benefited everyone, and stood by his party in Congress? No? Neither did we! But we should have. I have lived in Duluth…
You Can’t Win the Blame Game
It’s an all too familiar story. A new child at school is ruthlessly harassed by bullies time and again. No matter who the child tells, no action is taken – no discipline doled out. No one in an authority position cares. Of course, the new kid isn’t perfect: they call names, exaggerate, get loud, but…
Lessons from 2020
2020. The year opened with such potential – the first year in a new decade… the country on an economic high… even 20-20 is synonymous with “perfect vision” – how could anything go wrong? You know how they say “Make plans and God laughs”? He must have really been rolling on the floor with this…
How Minnesota Tried to Approve Voter Fraud
Webster defines ‘fraud’ as intentional perversion of the truth in order to induce another to part with something of value or to surrender a legal right, an act of deceiving. Webster also defines ‘Fix’ as an act or instance of obtaining special privilege or immunity from the law or of exerting improper or illegal influence…
Dear Santa: All Duluth Wants for Christmas
2020 has been rough on everyone and Duluth is certainly feeling the effects. If the big man in red could find Duluth on the “good list” this is what we’d ask for: A reprieve from COVID from those who have lived and breathed it for the last 9 months – the doctors, nurses, long-term care…