05/15/2008 12:00 AM The idea of the so-called economic stimulus checks being sent to us this month, courtesy of politicians in Washington, is almost criminal.
05/15/2008 12:00 AM Students at the University of Minnesota Duluth will pay $10,066 in tuition and required fees for the coming school year. For my first year at UMD (’56-’57), I paid $138 — yep, $46 a quarter (the system used then).
05/09/2008 12:00 AM The future of the zoo really depends on individuals. Folks like us. Not rich people — although their donations certainly help — but all of us Average Joes.
Editorial Cartoon: 'The Next Obstacle?' Artist Jim Mattson is a native Duluthian. While he has done artwork for several newspapers in the past, he wants people to know his artistic work goes beyond cartooning. However, Mattson — who majored in art at UMD — says he enjoys drawing editorial cartoons because “you can express opinions in art and it can be moving.” E-mail Mattson c/o budgeteer@duluthbudgeteer.com.
05/08/2008 12:00 AM The need and inception of a long range plan for the school district had the earmarks of excellence with top notch consultants and seemingly openness to the public. What went wrong causing thousand of taxpayers to object?
05/08/2008 12:00 AM Your articles on April 13 on sex education in schools and on home schooling are very disturbing in the one case and very encouraging in the other.
05/08/2008 12:00 AM So David Ross has decreed (“Supporting the School District,” Budgeteer News, 5/4/08) that the time for debate has passed, the Red Plan is a done deal, time to move on and redirect our energies to supporting the School Board’s decision.
05/08/2008 12:00 AM Chamber President David Ross wrote a column for the May 4 issue of the Duluth Budgeteer explaining that the Red Plan is inevitable and telling its critics to shut up.
Here is my (Harry Welty) reply to eight of his most dubious statements.
05/08/2008 12:00 AM Dear Family,
I have made an amazing discovery that I dare anyone to prove wrong: Happy children learn more easily than unhappy ones.
05/02/2008 12:00 AM Boaters who cruise the Duluth-Superior harbor beware: The Bush administration on Monday escalated its fear and deception campaign, suggesting you might be mistaken for a terrorist hell-bent on nuking Presque Isle.
05/01/2008 12:00 AM When I built bicycle-mounted buckets to haul supplies for bike-commuting around town, I decided to paint them with slogans in the hope that they would draw attention.
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