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May 24, 2013
Unfit for Print seeks to further the Editorial Board’s thoughts on news with editorial ideas that might not make it in the paper. Also expect random missives on local, national, international or plain odd news.
Sat, 5/11, 8:55am (2 weeks ago)
In present day America, we tend to categorize problems in one of two ways: either it’s a problem the state should take care of, or it should be up to the individual to solve (or avoid) it on his own.
Take the problem of binge drinking, for example. Last year, Milwaukee…
Fri, 4/19, 10:46am (1 month ago)
Several states are debating whether or not to connect public school attendance for children and to their parents receiving welfare benefits from the state.
For example, Steve Cookson, a Republican legislator in Missouri who is a chairman for the Elementary and Secondary Education Committee, proposed a one-sentence bill that would disqualify…
Mon, 4/15, 1:34pm (1 month ago)
The pinnacle of American exploration came in 1969 when Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. landed on the surface of the moon. This was not only a watershed moment, it also marked the last time America set a truly ambitious goal and achieved it.
Mon, 4/8, 8:36pm (2 months ago)
With dejection, I read about the passing of famed film critic and writer, Roger Ebert. I wish I could say I knew him, but I didn't. I only knew him through Twitter. I haven't been to the movies in ages, and I haven't read film reviews in twice as long.…
Wed, 4/3, 2:17pm (2 months ago)
For the past few months, we have seen the tax plan of Gov. Mark Dayton go about interesting reforms. It began with speculation over the specifics of a reform to the sales tax, followed by staunch opposition, and some praise, to the general blueprint that Dayton presented. Finally, Dayton dropped…
Tue, 4/2, 8:59am (2 months ago)
You’re out to dinner with your new beau, trying to impress them with a nice dinner out on the town. Your waiter is nowhere to be found because he is fawning over another guest and the incessant photography flash from a person’s iPhone is enough to lose your appetite.
We have…
Thu, 3/21, 1:46pm (2 months ago)
Since 2005, Jammie Thomas-Rasset, a Minnesota environmental rehabilitation coordinator for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, has been battling the music industry in court for the sharing of 22 songs. With several mouths to feed at home, and a husband that is unemployed, Thomas-Rasset will have a difficult time paying…
Sun, 3/3, 8:33pm (3 months ago)
You learn to write by writing.--William Zinsser, from On Writing Well
Spring Break is upon us, and it’s time to revisit some writing advice. Given it’s the middle point of the semester, there’s still time for you to affect significant changes to your writing knowledge and processes. Or, at the very…
Sun, 2/24, 6:23pm (3 months ago)
“Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday he would resign Feb. 28, the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years” read an article published by the Associated Press early Feb. 11.
Few other institutions still in existence today can boast such lengthy records, which make the French Revolution or American Civil…
Tue, 2/19, 10:05pm (3 months ago)
By now everyone is familiar with the horrific incident out of a Minneapolis Delta Airlines flight that occurred earlier this week. An Idaho man allegedly slapped and hurled a racial slur at a toddler sitting right next to him, whose mother couldn’t keep the baby quiet.
The man got arrested, received…
Wed, 2/13, 5:40am (3 months ago)
It has been almost two months since one of the most heart-breaking morning of my life. I had woken up lazily, late afternoon on Dec. 14, 2012 after finishing my semester early and checked CNN. What I saw that day made me sad, and for the first time a tear…
Thu, 2/7, 7:23pm (3 months ago)
If anyone remembers Anwar Al-Awlaki , the U.S.-born Muslim cleric who is said to have inspired many Islamic militants, including Major Nidal Hasan who shot fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas. Well, the Central Intelligence Agency put Awlaki on a “Kill-list,” an assortment of names including many U.S. citizens that were…
Mon, 2/4, 7:02pm (4 months ago)
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is the federal law enforcement agency staffing about 2,500 agents tasked with regulating national-scale offenses relating to the three materials that comprise its name.
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms! No, I’m not describing my shopping list around the 4th of July. I speak of The…
Mon, 2/4, 12:54pm (4 months ago)
President Barack Obama’s second inaugural address gave the pundits what they wanted; a passionate, unapologetic, philosophical argument for progressivism in the 21st century that would reenergize a century-long debate. As E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post pointed out in a recent column, the framework of the speech was comparable to…
Sat, 1/26, 12:59pm (4 months ago)
This week the Twittersphere was all abuzz with the affirmation that Beyoncé did indeed lip-sync at the 54th inauguration for President Barack Obama.
“Yikes,” was my initial reaction after reading the article in the Chicago Tribune on Tuesday evening, which confirmed the lip-syncing suspicions and repealed the accolades she received for…
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