One Democrat, One Republican: A debate on economic fairness, the OWS movement, and more.

Alexander De Marco is an Owatonna attorney, and a committed Democrat. Othelmo da Silva is an academic advisor at Rochester Community & Technical College, and a committed Republican. The goal was to let them debate issues that often draw strong opinions from people from the 2 opposing parties. Surprisingly, they agree on a lot. We […]

Former Homeless Woman Tells Her Story

Beth Nelson lived a traditional American life. She had a husband, house, children, and a job. But addiction led her and her husband into a dark place, and after her husband’s suicide, she became homeless. Now, years later she’s working, has good relationships with her family, and says she hopes her story will help others […]

Posted at 7:30 pm on January 20, 2012 | 1 comment | Filed Under: Education, Homelessness, Minnesota, Personal Story, Uncategorized | Continue reading

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Hey! Let’s talk…on Fridays is a project by Rochester, Minnesota journalist Donny Rowles, who was a local television reporter and producer at the Rochester, MN ABC affiliate (KAAL-TV) for 5+ years.

The goal is to bring smart people in and share their knowledge, perspectives and views; to discover solutions to problems and issues that directly impact Minnesotans and people across the country.

Insight is a valuable thing.

Hopefully we’ll be able to find some of it, on Fridays (usually) and then post it here.

More to come later…please stop back!

(You may find a fictional story on here from time to time, too.)