BUDGE OPINION
Brian Matuszak column: How to stay married 50 years, most of it with the same person
So it’s my aunt and uncle’s 50th wedding anniversary this weekend, and before I wish them the happiest of days, I need to talk to my Uncle Ronnie a minute.
By Brian Matuszak , May 23, 2012
Column: Oh, the Places You’ll Go - Part II
Last month I reviewed some of the unconventional field trips my kids and our friends have taken. In an effort to encourage people to get out this summer, have some adventures and not spend a wad of cash, I want to continue and share some of the more adventurous and pleasing gustatory tours we have taken.
By S.E. Livingston , May 22, 2012
Column: When everyone wins, except the losers
One of my favorite new buzz words currently bouncing around the fantastically fecund right wing echo chamber is “uncertainty.”
By Michael Kooi , May 22, 2012
Column: Minor tweaks can’t fix health system
The steady drumroll of controversy regarding health care has continued locally in recent months.
By Pete Langr , May 20, 2012
Column: ‘The Fox Effect’ worth reading by both progressives and conservatives
Earlier this month it was reported that News Corporation, the parent firm of Fox News Network, had a 47 percent increase in profit. Net income, driven largely by its cable TV properties in America — like Fox News — was $937 million in the third quarter alone.
By Ralph Doty , May 19, 2012
Column: To learn from children’s stories 
As I write this, it is almost the end of spring semester at the University of Minnesota Duluth. This time of year is always very busy for college students, who know that in a short time their class performances will be graded and become part of their academic record.
By Linda LeGarde Grover , May 16, 2012
Column: Tales from an early getaway
We inaugurated the family’s camping season with an overnight trip to a state park recently on a Friday evening. With temperatures staying frigid anywhere near Lake Superior, we headed west for warmer weather.
By Eddy Gilmore , May 15, 2012
Column: Woes of higher education grow
Public higher education in America is in deep trouble, yet top University of Minnesota officials are doing the academic version of rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
By Virgil Swing , May 14, 2012
Column: Running world spotlight set to shine on Duluth
It’s nearly here — that one weekend each year when virtually everyone in the area has had their plans mapped out for months.
By Terry Mattson , May 14, 2012
Column: Brian Matuszak’s Mother’s Day message: Listen to mom or else ….
So it’s Mother’s Day weekend and you know what that means: Unsolicited advice from the world’s greatest advice-giver. Only this time you HAVE to listen — mostly because it’s Mother’s Day, but also because you forgot to buy something and a hand-drawn crayon card works only until you’re six. After that, it’s just sad.
By Brian Matuszak , May 12, 2012
Column: Start a citizen patrol group or neighborhood watch
Help prevent crime in your neighborhood by starting a citizen patrol group or neighborhood watch. The police cannot prevent and solve crime without your help.
By Gordon Ramsay , May 11, 2012
Column: 'Women hold up half the sky'
The phrase “war on women” has become part of the national lexicon recently, but this is not a new battle. What we are seeing now is just a new brazenness in tactics.
By Tammy François , May 10, 2012
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