It has been a while since we looked at the statistics involving the coronavirus, and, more importantly, what should have been done from the outset.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and his crew of cop prosecutors are proving that they know how to win a trial. Their latest trophy is…
In the aftermath of the Nov. 2 off-off-year election, largely because of what happened elsewhere in the nation, Democrats were in shock over t…
The polarization of U.S. politics is far beyond what you may believe. It’s not just Uncle Harry or Aunt Sue who have gone off the deep end, ma…
Recently, while going through old files, I came across a 40-year-old column from a Chicago newspaper listing the dumbest songs of all time. Nu…
A retired law-enforcement friend says we should be asking our county commissioners how much they plan to pay for law enforcement five years fr…
For the third year now, my husband and I have embarked on a three-week road trip across the South, searching for sunshine and warmth, and spen…
I hesitated to write about the coronavirus this week because so much remains unknown and conditions change rapidly. Nevertheless, the news thi…
These are unusual times politically in America, what with the rise of populism and socialism as cures for all that ail U.S. society.
Minnesotans will finally get to vote Tuesday in their first presidential primary in 28 years. Those going to the polls will first have to decl…
Almost a half century ago, I spent a couple of years living in Minneapolis near the University of Minnesota. I even took some journalism class…
Someday, historians will look back at Jan. 31, 2020, as one of the most pivotal days in history, ranking up there with Dec. 7, 1941, and Sept.…
Football season ended last weekend with the Super Bowl, and, at least for those of us who cheer hardest for the Minnesota Gophers, it was fun.
Let it never be said that one bad idea doesn’t deserve another.
Minnesota has a love affair with debt. According to Gobankingrates.com, Minnesotans carry the seventh highest debt per capita of any state’s r…
For at least the last quarter century, the inequality of educational outcomes in Minnesota has been a concern. The state has one of the larges…
To quote the late baseball icon Yogi Berra, “It’s getting late early.” For a host of Democratic presidential candidates that’s been the case f…
I went to my optometrist last week, Dr. A. Styg Matism, for my annual checkup. Styg put some drops in my eye. I assumed he was checking for gl…
We’ve come to the end of not only the year, but the decade. Before we review the predictions of my cracked, duct-taped crystal ball at the beg…
Apparently, gold, frankincense and myrrh can take you a long way.
In the aftermath of the Nov. 2 off-off-year election, largely because of what happened elsewhere in the nation, Democrats were in shock over t…
The polarization of U.S. politics is far beyond what you may believe. It’s not just Uncle Harry or Aunt Sue who have gone off the deep end, ma…
Recently, while going through old files, I came across a 40-year-old column from a Chicago newspaper listing the dumbest songs of all time. Nu…
A retired law-enforcement friend says we should be asking our county commissioners how much they plan to pay for law enforcement five years fr…
For the third year now, my husband and I have embarked on a three-week road trip across the South, searching for sunshine and warmth, and spen…
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I hesitated to write about the coronavirus this week because so much remains unknown and conditions change rapidly. Nevertheless, the news thi…
These are unusual times politically in America, what with the rise of populism and socialism as cures for all that ail U.S. society.
Minnesotans will finally get to vote Tuesday in their first presidential primary in 28 years. Those going to the polls will first have to decl…
Almost a half century ago, I spent a couple of years living in Minneapolis near the University of Minnesota. I even took some journalism class…
Someday, historians will look back at Jan. 31, 2020, as one of the most pivotal days in history, ranking up there with Dec. 7, 1941, and Sept.…
Football season ended last weekend with the Super Bowl, and, at least for those of us who cheer hardest for the Minnesota Gophers, it was fun.
Let it never be said that one bad idea doesn’t deserve another.
Minnesota has a love affair with debt. According to Gobankingrates.com, Minnesotans carry the seventh highest debt per capita of any state’s r…
For at least the last quarter century, the inequality of educational outcomes in Minnesota has been a concern. The state has one of the larges…
To quote the late baseball icon Yogi Berra, “It’s getting late early.” For a host of Democratic presidential candidates that’s been the case f…
I went to my optometrist last week, Dr. A. Styg Matism, for my annual checkup. Styg put some drops in my eye. I assumed he was checking for gl…
We’ve come to the end of not only the year, but the decade. Before we review the predictions of my cracked, duct-taped crystal ball at the beg…
Apparently, gold, frankincense and myrrh can take you a long way.
In my recent quest to draw crossfire from those who believe Donald Trump is the Second Coming and those who view him as the devil incarnate, h…
The Term “deep state,” referring to the federal bureaucracy, has gained usage in recent years, but “deep state” is not exclusive to the feds. …
One thing that has come out of the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment hearings is that Democrats and liberals remain befuddled as to w…
Everyone knows that we live in a time of exceptional political polarization. Thus, I was a bit taken aback to hear what 3rd District Rep. Dean…
I’ve just finished reading the most emotionally wrenching book I’ve ever read. “The Only Plane in the Sky” by Garrett M. Graff is subtitled “A…
Five or more years ago, Camp Ripley held a program to honor veterans of the Vietnam War. By bureaucratic definition, I am officially a Vietnam…
Let’s be clear. The primary reason President Trump is likely to be impeached is because he mostly acts like a jerk.
Next March 13-14, every household in the nation is supposed to receive either a postcard or a paper form from the U.S. Census Bureau. About a …
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