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After ruling, health care still will need reform

Saturday’s (Rochester) Post-Bulletin featured another update in the amazing saga of Army Staff Sgt. Patrick Zeigler, who continues to recover after being shot in the ... Read more | 23 comments

Paid leaves outdated

Every budget session the University of Minnesota cries poor, laments the declining levels of state support for the institution, and suggests darkly that as financial ... Read more | 7 comments

Consistency in their hypocrisy

We are pleased to see that those on the sled dog journey to St. Paul from Ely and other points north to deliver petitions against ... Read more | 26 comments

The only ‘failure’ is NCLB itself

Goodbye for now, and good riddance, No Child Left Behind. Minnesota was one of 10 states to get the go-ahead last week to scrap easily ... Read more | 3 comments

Commemorating our soon-to-be lost vernacular

By far, the laziest, most vapid articles annually published during this post-holiday season are lists of the past year’s top 10 words and aphorisms. Admittedly, ... Read more