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…
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 …
Over the last several years, our state government has operated under one-party Democrat control where we saw party-line votes spending the ent…
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…
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…
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 …
Over the last several years, our state government has operated under one-party Democrat control where we saw party-line votes spending the ent…
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.
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.
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…
We are tired, weary, bruised and bloody from covering election night, but we must trudge on and publish the results. The injuries are metaphor…
A recent conversation with colleagues moved to the topic of voting. One person asked, “Why is voting so important to many of us, but not for others?”
Hey you! Ya, you!
What prevents an undocumented immigrant with a “Driver’s License for All” from registering to vote? A person will only be registered to vote t…
By most standards, we are not very healthy in the United States. And that is odd since we are among the wealthiest nations in the world. But l…
A random selection of precincts are drawn by the canvassing board after every statewide general election for the Post Election Review . For th…
Fall is a great time to add more color to your garden by planting bulbs. While bulbs require careful digging and placement now, your efforts w…
When I reached my 17th birthday and graduated high school, I packed a duffel bag with my version of college essentials: toothbrush, jeans, T-s…
If you ask me to name three perfect movies and only gave me 10 seconds to think about it, here’s what I’d blurt out at you in a panicked fervo…
Star Wars episode 4, “A New Hope,” debuted in 1977. The last thing in the world I wanted to see was a silly kids’ movie about some land far, f…
When it comes to Green Day, to quote the opening line of their track “Horseshoes and Handgrenades,” “I’M NOT (MESSING) AROUND.”
Many Minnesotans are lucky enough to have a cabin or home near water, but we don’t always think about the effect these properties have on our …
I wasn’t alive when John F. Kennedy completed and recited his now famous inaugural address that inspired a nation to be more involved and conn…
Be honest, you’ve done it.
After more than 20 years, I learned that I am still able to successfully complete a front roll somersault.
The skies parted like scrolls, rolling back and crumbling to all the trembling mortals below. Flashes of lightning percolate the space-scorche…
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.
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…
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 …
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…
For many, this may be the most difficult Thanksgiving in years.
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.
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…
We are tired, weary, bruised and bloody from covering election night, but we must trudge on and publish the results. The injuries are metaphor…
A recent conversation with colleagues moved to the topic of voting. One person asked, “Why is voting so important to many of us, but not for others?”
Hey you! Ya, you!
What prevents an undocumented immigrant with a “Driver’s License for All” from registering to vote? A person will only be registered to vote t…
By most standards, we are not very healthy in the United States. And that is odd since we are among the wealthiest nations in the world. But l…
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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…
For many, this may be the most difficult Thanksgiving in years.
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.
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…
We are tired, weary, bruised and bloody from covering election night, but we must trudge on and publish the results. The injuries are metaphor…
A recent conversation with colleagues moved to the topic of voting. One person asked, “Why is voting so important to many of us, but not for others?”
Hey you! Ya, you!
What prevents an undocumented immigrant with a “Driver’s License for All” from registering to vote? A person will only be registered to vote t…
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