Once you're a subscriber to the Star Tribune, the annual subscription is more expensive than buying the Pioneer Press daily at a convenience store. In my opinion, neither paper has a clear advantage over the other.

Some very good points in the earlier submissions.

Unfortunately, some children, especially in lower socio-economic areas, come to kindergarten never having had a book read to them at home. Studies have shown that these students have a higher probability of seldom enjoying academic success in their school years and having behavioral problems.

It's very difficult to improve parenting skills, since many of these parents or guardians are reluctant to accept any help or...

After the assault on the middle class that began in the Reagan administration, we heard nothing about class warfare. Can you imagine the cries of the reactionaries if taxes on them were to be at the same level as half a century ago.
As for socialism, international studies rate the socialistic democracies ahead of us in health care, honesty of business and government, education, care of the environment, etc. Of course, we hear nothing of these studies in the "liberal" media.

In next year's presidential elections our choices will be a third party candidate or one of two Republicans. As of now it doesn't appear that anybody will challenge Obama in primaries.