Riverside
Myths, shibboleths and dogma
Other December holidays share Christmas traits
BY STEPHANIE FOX In December, Christmas takes over everything. Christmas music is everywhere, dozens of TV specials and shows have Christmas themes, decorations with Christmas themes fill homes, stores and the streets. Anything winter related becomes a symbol of Christmas, from toy soldiers to snowflakes to bells to stars to…
FROM WHERE I STAND: Notes from the desk of peace activist Polly Mann (b. Nov.19,1919)
A wrongfully-convicted man’s vision During these depressing “Days of Trump” a little positive news is helpful. Therefore with anticipation I began to read the Oct. 6 New York Times article entitled “An Innocent Man Who Imagined the World as It Should Be.” His name was John Thompson, a resident of New…
THE DISH: Where to get brunch quick and cheap (Weekend Edition)
Let’s put the less fortunate to work
BY JOE SELVAGGIO Upon reading the amazing book “Amazing MN” by Lee Lynch, I found myself smug and proud of my adoptive state, Minnesota. Fact after fact, picture after picture evoked, “Wow, I’m lucky to live here.” We have invested wisely in literacy and education, recreational sites, arts, sports teams…
We need a new city attorney
Congratulations!
Fantasy potato dishes turn into Thanksgiving reality
Bravo, Trump
Remembering Bruce Bacon, Dec. 28, 1940 – Sept. 30, 2017
THE DISH: Where to get breakfast quick and cheap (Weekday Edition)
How to be jolly
CONFESSIONS OF AN UNREPENTANT MAOIST: Taking Power
BY ED FELIEN Before the Open Meeting Law, politicians decided destinies in smoke-filled rooms. Of course, that was also before the laws against smoking indoors. After the election, I was invited by Louis DeMars to a meeting at the Leamington Hotel to organize city government: free food, free booze, lots…