November 16, 1990 - A Morning Edition interview with Francis Carroll, co-author of The Fires of Autumn: The Cloquet-Moose Lake Disaster of 1918. The history book is based upon the Cloquet Moose Lake Fire.
November 17, 1990 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder interviews Minnesota author Wayne Johnson about his book, The Snake Game. The novel chronicles the lives and fates of a group of Native Americans along the Minnesota/Canada border and the young white man drawn into their world
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November 19, 1990 - General John Vessey, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff speaking at a recent World Affairs Luncheon at the Minnesota International Center. Vessey’s address was on the topic "Defense Needs of the 90s." Following speech, Vessey answered listener questions. General Vessey began his 46 years of military service as a private in the Minnesota National Guard, and he ended his military service in 1985 with a second term as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was honored with numerous distinguished service medals and the purple heart, worked as the President's Special Emissary to Hanoi on POW/MIA matters.
November 20, 1990 - John Chubb, senior fellow in government studies at the Brookings Institution; Robert Maddox, the executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State; Nelson Smith of the U.S. Department of Education; and Ray Marshall, former Secretary of Labor in the Carter Administration and now a Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, speaking at an education reform conference sponsored by The Center of the American Experiment. The group provide varying views about education reform. Chubb has written a new book called "Politics, Markets and American Schools", and argued that our system of public education is so dysfunctional that we need to start all over again. Maddox is part of group that opposes using vouchers as a tool for school reform, and that taxpayers should not be required to support specific religious values and beliefs as they are conveyed through parochial schools. Marshall stated the future of our country depends on what we do to improve education for minority students and argued that the U.S. will only be able to compete internationally if we make sure that all our children are well educated. Smith discussed social problems such as fatherless households, drugs and poverty that some people think prevent the public-school system from meeting the educational needs of all children.
November 22, 1990 - MPR’s Garrison Keillor presents "A Minnesota Thanksgiving." Program contains numerous musical segments and readings to highlight the holiday season. Program was originally broadcast in 1977.
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November 27, 1990 - Martin Sampson, of the University of Minnesota Political Science Department and International Relations Program; and Noha Ismail, member of Middle East Peace Now and Women Against Military Madness; discuss the events in the Persian Gulf. Topics include the U.N. resolution regarding Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, and chemical weapons. Sampson and Ismail also answer listener questions.
November 28, 1990 - MPR’s Loren Omoto interviews Ingrid Erickson, of St. Paul’s Hungry Mind bookstore and member of Midwest Booksellers for Social Responsibility. Erickson shares concerns over potential cuts to government funding to literary arts programs and small business.
November 28, 1990 - Minnesota Governor Al Quie talks about the state budget woes and how that impacted his 1990 election gubernatorial loss.