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Editorial/Opinion ArticlesSTAFF EDITORIAL: Alternative sentencing OK for certain cases, but not allMinnesota judge wrong for giving multiple chances to former gang memberByThere is a time and a place for everything, but giving alternative sentencing to a former gang member after numerous criminal acts does not fall into that category. And neither does giving the criminal yet another chance. A Minnesota judge gave 21-year-old Angel Hernandez an alternative to going to jail in the spring of 2000. Rewording Bible to include women unnecessaryChanges not needed for spiritual reassuranceBy"America's best-selling modern Bible is about to be updated. Don't expect an entirely peaceful response," the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported last week. I first would like to say that I am not writing this in protest, yet I am not writing in agreeance either. Media too quick to connect Bush to Enron'guilt by association' makes no senseByIn the game of politics and media, it's fun to play "connect the dots." It's a lot like the game, "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon," but the stakes are higher and the risk greater. Take me for example. My cousin Bob Ziegelbauer (D-Manitowoc) the state's Assemblyman for the 25th District voted "no" on the Miller Park sales tax, though the legislature passed overwhelmingly. |
