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Clare LaFond

Saint Paul, MN
Commenter for
4 years 4 weeks

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Posted on 10/19/10 at 10:39 am in response to Tentherism alert (I did not see this one coming)

I'm looking forward to following this case and its potential implications through your future posts, Eric.

Posted on 10/08/10 at 01:30 pm in response to Tony Jones: Once again, Holy Communion has turned political

Thank you, Bert (#3), for the clarification of the basis on which the sacrament of communion is withheld.

Posted on 09/23/10 at 12:52 pm in response to Nod to tentherism in the new GOP national plan

The first page of the document makes an explicit reference to tentherism:
"We pledge to honor the Constitution as constructed by its framers and honor the original intent of those precepts that have been consistently ignored -- particularly the Tenth Amendment, which grants that all powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respetively, or to the people."

The striking phrase here is "by its...

Posted on 09/16/10 at 12:16 am in response to Tom Emmer focuses on wide-ranging education 'redesign' in Humphrey Institute session

It's not as black-and-white as the previous posts are making it out to be. In my daughter's high school years she encountered a language teacher who was a known problem but could not be "coached into another career" because of union rules. This teacher would 'retire' every time an unfavorable review was pending, and then would apply for the next job opening, which, of course, her seniority would entitle her to have. She rotated through 3 schools that I knew of before she was successfully "...

Posted on 09/07/10 at 08:30 pm in response to Shocked, shocked, corporations find another way to give money to lawmakers

At what point does democracy become oligarchy? Sigh.

Posted on 06/07/10 at 10:53 pm in response to After 8-year battle, Minneapolis may finally gain major budget victory in controlling police overtime

Kudos to the City Council.

Posted on 04/23/10 at 09:43 am in response to Census analysis pierces stereotype: 48% of Twin Cities' immigrants hold white-collar jobs

I am proud to be living in a city that has so compassionately welcomed refugees from Laos and Somalia. They have enriched my life in ways ranging from new foods to ethnic farmer's markets to discussions on topics that I had no reason to contemplate otherwise.

Posted on 03/29/10 at 11:59 pm in response to See you later

Best wishes; I will miss you.

Posted on 03/24/10 at 12:19 am in response to Would allowing out-of-state health insurers to sell policies in Minnesota bring down costs?

"But if it's true that health insurance only contributes to 25 percent of our health — when genetics and diet have even more to do with our health — people don't necessarily have to have it."

That 25% is an average. The problem is that any one individual may be that one out of four who is 100% dependent on insurance for his health. That's why we buy insurance -- so that we can bring our odds to the average of others who buy insurance. It only works to the extent that everybody has...

Posted on 03/19/10 at 01:09 pm in response to Behind-the-scenes on health care maneuvering: how Tim Walz is deciding, how lobbying pressures mount

Our elected representatives have two hats to wear as they face this vote -- certainly, one is for the district that elected them, and the other is for the country as a whole -- rich and poor, of all faiths, color, and circumstances. On issues of nationwide impact, it is not enough to serve only the district that votes to keep them in office.