JANE AHLIN
NASCAR DAD Abortion Is Killing ?
Martin Wishnatsky and Jane Ahlin debate. Abortion is the killing of an unborn child. And since they do it for profit and intentionally, should they be convicted of murder ? The problem is not the lang...
Posted on 6/16/09 at 6:21 PM
Ahlin: Trends in modern marriage harbingers of renaissance? 
The analysis of marriage statistics released last week by the Pew Center doesn’t say much for the ongoing health of the institution. In fact, “marriage rates have hit a historic low.”
By Jane Ahlin , December 17, 2011
Ahlin: Stay-at-home spouse rule on credit cards outrageous
While checking Facebook, a story copied from MomsRising.org catches my eye.
By Jane Ahlin , December 10, 2011
Ahlin: A tale of talk-show hosts and the phantom toll booth
Two letters to the editor in The Forum recently caught my eye.
By Jane Ahlin , December 03, 2011
Ahlin: Started slow, but ‘Occupy’ is serious social movement
The pepper spray incident at University of California, Davis, fundamentally changed something about the way the Occupy Wall Street movement is perceived across the country.
By Jane Ahlin , November 26, 2011
Ahlin: Modern Thanksgiving date a partisan turkey early on
Ah, Thanksgiving, that perfect national holiday on which we all agree.
Forget political partisanship, forget the great divide between tea party folks and those camping out with Occupy Wall Street; forget gun control, gay marriage, abortion, racism, the widening income gap between rich and poor and who should be taxed more or less; forget health care reform.
By Jane Ahlin , November 19, 2011
Ahlin: Even in heart of Bible belt, ‘personhood’ is a tough sell
What happens when the state criminalizes birth control methods? What happens when the state forces a 13-year-old incest victim to carry a pregnancy to term? What happens when the state stands between young couples with infertility problems and their ability to conceive?
By Jane Ahlin , November 12, 2011
Ahlin: It’s happiness and sadness in our bittersweet autumn
My brother and I sit on the end of his dock on a quiet Saturday morning early in October, a morning of reprieve following big winds that roared for two days straight.
By Jane Ahlin , November 05, 2011
Ahlin: Considering the economic factor in domestic violence
Nationally, Domestic Violence Awareness Month got off to quite a start this year with news from Topeka, Kan., that the county district attorney had quit prosecuting domestic violence cases.
By Jane Ahlin , October 29, 2011
Ahlin: Male anchors age gracefully; female anchors out the door
Robin Huebner’s unceremonious exit from KVLY certainly has the Fargo-Moorhead community abuzz.
By Jane Ahlin , October 22, 2011
Ahlin: A reminder from our Mary: Rev. Wright and Dixie Chicks
There I was, halfway through putting an apple pie together and no cinnamon.
By Jane Ahlin , October 15, 2011
Ahlin: We love go-go technology, but yawn at good science
With the death of Steve Jobs about the same time the names of this year’s Nobel Prize recipients in the sciences were announced, America’s contradictory attitudes toward technology and science came into focus.
By Jane Ahlin , October 08, 2011
Ahlin: Fat-kid stereotypes no help in checking obesity epidemic
In a “Good Morning America” interview, author Paul Kramer insisted he didn’t understand why his new children’s book, “Maggie Goes on a Diet,” has caused an uproar even before it’s been released.
By Jane Ahlin , October 02, 2011
Ahlin: A doggoned funny essay about ‘major cultural event’
Delicious essays are too good not to share. An example is in the October issue of The Atlantic magazine. Written by Sandra Tsing Loh, the essay is titled “The _itch Is Back.”
By Jane Ahlin , September 25, 2011
Ahlin: Bachmann’s over-the-top tutti-frutti feeds ignorance
Let’s hear it for Michele Bachmann. Every time the pundits dismiss her presidential aspirations, she gets herself back into the spotlight.
By Jane Ahlin , September 18, 2011
Ahlin: Bureaucracy bred out of fear, hatred, greed must be exposed
As the nation ruminates on what America has gained or lost over the decade since Sept. 11, 2001, Brenda Leigh Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick) comes to mind.
By Jane Ahlin , September 11, 2011
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