Thursday In Depth: August 9, 2012
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Why aren't Obama and Romney talking poverty on campaign trail?
Poverty in America is rising to levels not seen since the 1960s. But instead of offering solutions for America's poor, President Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney are focusing their campaign efforts on the middle class.
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When doctors order too many tests
Choosing Wisely, a national campaign that debuted back in April, asked nine medical specialty organizations to choose five tests that doctors and patients should question because they are often unnecessary or ineffective. Are you being over tested?
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Stuart Firestein on 'Ignorance: How it Drives Science'
In Stuart Firestein's new book, he argues that ignorance is the engine of science. Should we really think of ideas like the scientific method as something set in stone?
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Other features
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Minn. lake closed after boy's death from amoeba infection
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Should pilots be armed?
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The Daily Circuit Blog
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Three perspectives on bridging the marriage opinion gap
May 17, 2013, 09:05 AM in Politics & Government Now that Gov. Mark Dayton has signed the same-sex marriage bill into law, we asked the participants on this week's Roundtable for advice on how to bridge gaps between Minnesotans who support same-sex marriage and those who oppose it. Jim Wallis, author of "On God's Side," thinks we are on the cusp of a nationwide Read more → -
Temple Grandin helps explain the autistic brain and inspire those who have one
May 9, 2013, 12:05 PM in Arts & Culture Kerri Miller offers a look inside the thoughts of an autism pioneer. Read more → -
Op-ed pick: Is 'The Great Gatsby' all that great?
May 7, 2013, 09:05 AM in Arts & Culture "Gatsby as a literary creation leaves me cold. Like one of those manicured European parks patrolled on all sides by officious gendarmes, it is pleasant to look at, but you will not find any people inside." Read more → -
Five great thinkers about race
May 3, 2013, 09:05 AM in Arts & Culture James Baldwin is "still ahead of us by 10 years in terms of understanding and thinking about and talking about race." Read more →
Spotlight topics on The Daily Circuit
News & Trends
- When journalists get the story wrong
- Justice Department leak case prompts backlash from watchdog groups
- Gun-control efforts failed at the Legislature, despite Newtown
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Politics & Government
- Millennials may be growing fed up with politics, period
- The clock counts down to the Legislature's close
- Cluster of scandals cited as threat to president's credibility
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Science
- Monkeys or humans, it's the young who go first
- BBC: Discovery: A Trip Around Mars
- U professor appointed to National Academy of Sciences
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Arts & Culture
- In 'The Yellow Birds,' veteran highlights emotional hardships of Iraq war
- Are blockbusters hurting the art of movies?
- Did you see 'Saw'? Horror films and why we like them
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Health & Medicine
- Listeners, readers tell the breast cancer story
- U of M set to enact smoking ban for Twin Cities campus
- Accessing new health exchanges in Minnesota's tribal nations
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Education
- Let's learn the lessons of education reform at last, author says
- Legislature approves investment in all-day kindergarten
- More and more, faculty work for less pay and no security
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Economy, Business & Jobs
- NY attorney general threatens to sue Wells Fargo, Bank of America
- US auto industry is no longer all about the Big 3
- In North Dakota, oil boom brings growing pains
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The on-air team
Kerri Miller, Host
Kerri Miller joined MPR News in June 2004 as host of MPR's News' Midmorning and Talking Volumes. Before that she was an award-winning television reporter for KARE 11. She has been a radio and television news reporter since 1981.
Tom Weber, Co-Host
Tom Weber has reported on K12 education and served as a general assignment reporter since joining MPR News in 2008. He was a news anchor and reporter for KWMU in St. Louis for more than five years. His reporting has aired on national radio programs, including "Morning Edition" and "Marketplace."
Stephanie Curtis, Social media host
Stephanie Curtis has produced events, daily news shows, documentaries, conferences and call-ins for MPR News. She also was among the pioneering producers who launched The Current. You can hear her discuss movies every Thursday on The Cube Critics.
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