This year, I noticed I was spending a lot of time on screens. I tried to do some little things in order to shift my habits away from reaching …
A warning, dear readers: This opinion piece deals head on with death, so you would be better off reading another, more pleasant, column instead.
Wow was I wrong. I thought perhaps a few hundred Minnesota youngsters participated in the state’s Math League, and maybe 15-20 high schools. Way off.
Winter can be a struggle for Minnesota gardeners as we long to get our shovels back in the dirt. A great way to stay in touch with your green …
There is much in this world that is beyond our control, like natural disasters. In 2024, 27 major climate-related disasters battered our natio…
There is much in this world that is beyond our control, like natural disasters. In 2024, 27 major climate-related disasters battered our natio…
Anoka-Hennepin School District Board member Matt Audette does not support accepting $41,000 in state art funds because he believes “numerous t…
Whenever I can, I try to incorporate sports into my kids’ education. Sure, I want them to know who wrote the Declaration of Independence, but …
Last summer I reread the 88-year-old speech of Minnesota Gov. Floyd Olson, given at the 1936 Convention of his Farmer-Labor Party, during the …
I am writing to express my heartfelt appreciation for the incredible services and resources provided by our local library system. As a frequen…
Wow was I wrong. I thought perhaps a few hundred Minnesota youngsters participated in the state’s Math League, and maybe 15-20 high schools. Way off.
Winter can be a struggle for Minnesota gardeners as we long to get our shovels back in the dirt. A great way to stay in touch with your green …
There is much in this world that is beyond our control, like natural disasters. In 2024, 27 major climate-related disasters battered our natio…
There is much in this world that is beyond our control, like natural disasters. In 2024, 27 major climate-related disasters battered our natio…
Anoka-Hennepin School District Board member Matt Audette does not support accepting $41,000 in state art funds because he believes “numerous t…
Whenever I can, I try to incorporate sports into my kids’ education. Sure, I want them to know who wrote the Declaration of Independence, but …
Last summer I reread the 88-year-old speech of Minnesota Gov. Floyd Olson, given at the 1936 Convention of his Farmer-Labor Party, during the …
I am writing to express my heartfelt appreciation for the incredible services and resources provided by our local library system. As a frequen…
I would like to take a moment to highlight the outstanding contributions of school board members Matt Audette, Linda Hoekman, and Zach Arco, w…
Over the last several years, our state government has operated under one-party Democrat control where we saw party-line votes spending the ent…
That is the question, and the answer is: it depends. Tillage, or tilling, is the agitation of soil by digging, stirring, and turning over the …
A recent ABC Newspapers article, discussing book bans in the St. Francis School District, contains an interesting quote from School Board memb…
I am glad I do not have children in the St. Francis School district. I would not want my kids’ educational instruction material to be decided …
Remember when a data breach seemed like a pretty big deal?
Back when I was working in Stillwater I thanked the owner of the newly opened Wild Hare restaurant profusely for creating a kids’ menu that wa…
Let’s get this out of the way: Yes, awards shows suck.
President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, is almost certainly the first to slap her daughter in a World…
Regarding Anoka County Union Herald’s and the Life's Nov. 22, 2024, article “County Doubles Post-Election Reviews.
This is regards to the political cartoon in the Anoka County Union Herald issue on Nov. 15. The cartoon shows Frankenstein as Project 2025, b…
Now that the election is over, legislators are ready to get back to St. Paul to complete their unfulfilled promises to Minnesotans. Among the …
For many, this may be the most difficult Thanksgiving in years.
So this last week was an interesting one, as I received my first ever surgery! Truly a spectacular occasion.
I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to the voters of Ward 1 in Blaine for placing their trust in me to serve on the City Council. Your suppor…
Keith Anderson states "At the end of our lives it will matter to no one that we were a Democrat or Republican. What will matter is what we hav…
As we move toward Thanksgiving, I want to thank you — feisty, insightful readers. Some of you write to me each week. Here are four examples of…
Man, November was a great month … for music.
At my recently purchased home in Ham Lake, I have 2.5 acres primarily wooded with a small patch of lawn. I was looking for a ground cover that…
The fall of 1985 was life altering.
Decision-making.
In seventh-grade math class, I sat across from a kid who could make smoke filter out of his ears. It was no magic trick, he’d mastered getting…
I am writing to express my heartfelt appreciation for the incredible services and resources provided by our local library system. As a frequen…
I would like to take a moment to highlight the outstanding contributions of school board members Matt Audette, Linda Hoekman, and Zach Arco, w…
Over the last several years, our state government has operated under one-party Democrat control where we saw party-line votes spending the ent…
You’d think that the news about a gift of several millions in unsolicited philanthropic money appearing on the doorstep of a Minnesota nonprof…
The 2024 election made it clear that Minnesota is a closely divided state, and voters chose a tied Minnesota House of Representatives. While t…
The worst part about growing up is learning that nothing can last forever. That lesson was taught to me once again on Christmas Eve, when Coon…
It’s my turn this week for Writer’s Block and I usually write about my kids, but I’m going to take a break from that to write about the passin…
So my editor Matt DeBow made a remark to me when I told him my next band was Radiohead that they were just a one-hit wonder.
Your front page story titled “School board tightens book ban” published on Friday, Dec. 6 could have been approached quite differently. Your l…
Went to the mall last weekend and watched parents create a chaotic line past Starbucks and Kay Jewelers so their kids could experience the won…
Read a book to your children, and you will open the doors to worlds of adventure.
That is the question, and the answer is: it depends. Tillage, or tilling, is the agitation of soil by digging, stirring, and turning over the …
A recent ABC Newspapers article, discussing book bans in the St. Francis School District, contains an interesting quote from School Board memb…
I am glad I do not have children in the St. Francis School district. I would not want my kids’ educational instruction material to be decided …
Remember when a data breach seemed like a pretty big deal?
Back when I was working in Stillwater I thanked the owner of the newly opened Wild Hare restaurant profusely for creating a kids’ menu that wa…
Let’s get this out of the way: Yes, awards shows suck.
President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, is almost certainly the first to slap her daughter in a World…
Regarding Anoka County Union Herald’s and the Life's Nov. 22, 2024, article “County Doubles Post-Election Reviews.
This is regards to the political cartoon in the Anoka County Union Herald issue on Nov. 15. The cartoon shows Frankenstein as Project 2025, b…
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The worst part about growing up is learning that nothing can last forever. That lesson was taught to me once again on Christmas Eve, when Coon…
It’s my turn this week for Writer’s Block and I usually write about my kids, but I’m going to take a break from that to write about the passin…
So my editor Matt DeBow made a remark to me when I told him my next band was Radiohead that they were just a one-hit wonder.
Your front page story titled “School board tightens book ban” published on Friday, Dec. 6 could have been approached quite differently. Your l…
Went to the mall last weekend and watched parents create a chaotic line past Starbucks and Kay Jewelers so their kids could experience the won…
Read a book to your children, and you will open the doors to worlds of adventure.
That is the question, and the answer is: it depends. Tillage, or tilling, is the agitation of soil by digging, stirring, and turning over the …
A recent ABC Newspapers article, discussing book bans in the St. Francis School District, contains an interesting quote from School Board memb…
I am glad I do not have children in the St. Francis School district. I would not want my kids’ educational instruction material to be decided …
Remember when a data breach seemed like a pretty big deal?
Back when I was working in Stillwater I thanked the owner of the newly opened Wild Hare restaurant profusely for creating a kids’ menu that wa…
Let’s get this out of the way: Yes, awards shows suck.
President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, is almost certainly the first to slap her daughter in a World…
Regarding Anoka County Union Herald’s and the Life's Nov. 22, 2024, article “County Doubles Post-Election Reviews.
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