Friday, June 17, 2011
Minnesota Public Radio Stories
If the private sector is doing it, should the government get out?
In a major address about the economy, GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty proposed the "Google test": if you can find a good or service available on the internet, the government probably doesn't need to be providing that good or service. Is this a good test? Why or why not?11:00 a.m.GuestsPeter Nelson: Policy fellow, Center of the American ExperimentDane Smith: President, Growth and JusticeMichael Caputo: Moderator, MPR's online debates "Insight Now."More from MPRThe first New Hampshire GOP presidential debate (06/14/2011)Resources
The triumph of the Soviet Jewish movement
Journalist and author Gal Beckerman discusses his book, "When They Come for Us, We'll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry." It traces the emergence of an international human rights movement that helped Jews in the Soviet Union escape that nation. He spoke at the St. Paul Jewish Community Center as part of the Twin Cities Jewish Book Festival.12:00 p.m.More from MPRJews remember the pope who reached out to them (04/30/2011)Recounting the Holocaust by podcast (10/31/2007)Life as a Jewish partisan (01/16/2009)Hanukkah Lights (12/01/2010)Resources
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