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MIDDLE AGED PLAGUESomething Different: A Community of Independent Thinkers
I know it's frustrating when people say this to you, but it's actually a good sign: "No one else has ever had a problem with this." This tiresome phrase, calculated to squash you down and ...
5/3/12 at 2:56 PM Dirty Talk, or, Compost Conversation 3/22/12 at 3:03 PM
Sex, Religion, Politics -- Conversation, Anyone? 2/29/12 at 3:52 PM
STAFF BLOGTHE AREAVOICES COMMUNITYAreavoices Digest #67 - More than just Marilyn Hagerty
That title you see above is my cheap ploy to get you to click on my blog. I'm not beneath trickery. But the fact is: Marilyn Hagerty is hot. Stories about her and now her Areavoices blog are generatin...
3/14/12 at 4:39 PM Areavoices Digest #72 - Spinach Bacon Mac and Cheese and Black Russian Cake 12/14/11 at 1:26 PM
STAFF BLOGCAPITOL CHATTERJudges tweak Minnesota congressional districts
Minnesotas best-known U.S. House member will seek re-election in a district where she does not live and its top-ranking federal representative will run in slightly less friendly territory after a five...
2/21/12 at 11:29 PM Republicans hope to get noticed in precinct caucuses 2/6/12 at 5:18 AM
Timeline of Minnesota legislative-related events this year 1/20/12 at 1:35 PM
RURAL REFLECTIONSFive shiny new bullets for 2012
This week I bring back my bullet format to string together unrelated events into one column. It is the equivalent of a television program airing a clip show of highlights from past programs an...
2/5/12 at 1:09 PM The Politics of Parking 7/1/11 at 6:08 AM
STAFF BLOGJIMMY JABBERDeath isn't funny, but Twitter and Kim Jong Il changed that
North Korean leader Kim Jong Ils death wasnt violent like the ones experienced earlier this year by fellow world-famous bad guys Osama bin Laden and Moammar Gadhafi. The 69-year-old communist wasnt ov...
12/20/11 at 1:00 AM Gadhafi: Pop culture meets reality 8/24/11 at 12:00 AM
NEW PLATEAUSThe Divisive Creative
On one hand, we all like a creative person. We like their music and art and books and movies. We like their sense of humor and marvel at "how they came up with that" so-and-so invention or idea. But ...
10/28/11 at 10:03 AM
ROVING REPORTER#OccupyWallSt Has Arrived. So Where's #OccupyLima?
A lot has changed since I've left the States. The nation flirted with economic catastrophe during the debt ceiling debacle. The Detroit Lions became a force in the NFL (with a passionate-bordering-on-...
10/17/11 at 12:30 PM Your Smog Is Our Smog 9/5/11 at 5:14 PM
PAR-VENT-INGCongrats to Goldie, and thanks for the abortion talk
Goldieis the winner of two DEM-NPL tickets I gave away yesterday as part of a discussion centered around government's role in abortion. Congrats to him. Unlike my promised random.org means of selecti...
10/14/11 at 7:55 AM GIVEAWAY! Two pork-roast dinner tickets 10/13/11 at 2:58 PM
HORSE SHOESThanks for nothing shutdown...
Thanks to the Minnesota shutdown, there were no races at Canterbury Park over the Fourth of July. Lucky for us, training hours and the backside is still open. No races meant no spectacular fireworks ...
7/6/11 at 10:48 PM
A NICE RING TO ITLyrically Awesome: Updated
I know a lot of people don't share my wordy-weirdness, but the deciding factor on whether I love a song or not is usually how good its lyrics are. I'm definitely one of those people who almost always ...
7/1/11 at 4:58 PM
STAFF BLOGNEWS TRIBUNE ATTICVideo of President Clinton's 1994 Duluth visit
A few weeks back a video was posted to YouTube showing a WDIO-TV live shot from President Clinton's visit to Duluth on November 4, 1994. Apparently this is from right after his jog on Skyline Parkway,...
3/10/11 at 1:36 PM DFL convention in Duluth, 1970 2/8/11 at 1:58 AM
Duluth's Don Ness: player before mayor 3/25/10 at 1:47 PM
POWERFUL PERSPECTIVESSeeking Balance Upside Down
When I was young, I spent as much of my time upside down as I did right side up. My family would often find me standing on my head, legs propped against the kitchen refrigerator, or leaning against t...
2/22/11 at 10:56 PM
THE GAY AGENDAI just don't understand . . .
I just don't understand why the same people who support smaller and less intrusive government, and insist that government stay out of our lives and let people choose what is right for them are often t...
11/30/10 at 8:07 AM
NASCAR DADEd Schultz For Senate ?
Ed can't run in ND. He lives in Minn. Nice photo of Joel H ?...
1/6/10 at 4:24 PM
STAFF BLOGTWIN PORTS BUSINESSBuilding Obama's brand
Steve Hildebrand will talk locally about his role in helping to build Barack Obama's name and image as the candidate's deputy national campaign manager. Hildebrand will be the featured speaker at...
9/10/09 at 6:08 AM
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