Don Heinzman column -- The ballyhooed Northstar Commuter Rail trains will roll down the Burlington Northern tracks Monday, Nov. 16, signaling another answer to motorists tiring of congested highways.
Don Heinzman editorial -- The number of children who are poor and come from poor families is increasing in Minnesota, as the recession continues.
The latest data from the Children’s Defense Fund shows that 140,000 Minnesota children lived in poverty in 2008 and that number is going up. Before the economy recovers, 44,000 to 56,000 more are projected to live in poverty. Eighty-eight thousand Minnesota children did not have health care coverage in 2008.
Read more: Poverty is damaging to our children and to the future of our state
by Howard Lestrud, ECM Online Managing Editor -- On its Web site, National Geographic says it is “Inspiring People to Care about the Planet.” Many of us have grown up with National Geographic lying on a coffee table in our living room. It is a magazine that has always impressed us with its beautiful photographs and detailed world maps.
This is one publication that always pulls jus into the inside pages because of its colorful photography on the front cover. Once inside, we are challenged to put the magazine down.
This is one publication that always pulls jus into the inside pages because of its colorful photography on the front cover. Once inside, we are challenged to put the magazine down.
Read more: National Geographic magazine inspires people to care about Planet
