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Welcome to The Resistance
BY ED FELIEN “Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.” Jefferson, Franklin, Adams. They called it a “Hate America” rally. Mike Johnson, the leader of the Three Stooges who locked the doors to our House of Representatives to protect Donald Trump from being exposed as a pedophile, said, “I bet…
Imbalance of Power
Frey Budget Further Tips the Scale BY CAM GORDON The power struggle in city hall continues in the 2026 budget. Not only are there the usual disputes over the police budget, but now Mayor Jacob Frey’s recommendation to cut funds to the City Auditor has both staff and council members…
The race for Mayor
BY CLINT COMBS If you’re wondering why the 2025 Minneapolis mayoral race is so close — why the money’s flowing, the knives are out, and City Hall suddenly looks like a hostage situation in a low-budget Lifetime spin-off — start with Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist who beat the everliving…
Happy (maybe quirky, or sappy) holidays!
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMGE Holidays are upon us! We’re trying to pack a maximum of choices into our column inches. Full information will not be given; you’ll have to choose your events and then get details elsewhere. We give you a boost with the root url, date ranges without times,…
Gracefully – and also contentedly (with a Health Care Directive)
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE This is kinda personal This past year is the first year in my life that I really felt old. I don’t necessarily mean due to health issues, although I have had a few over the years and they do get closer together and seem to matter…
Peace in Palestine? Probably not!
BY ED FELIEN There is a Cease Fire in Gaza, but that probably doesn’t really mean much. An Israeli settler drove a bulldozer over an unexploded ordinance and set it off killing two Israelis. Netanyahu used this as an excuse to claim Hamas had re-started the war and began a…
Reflection: When Life Still Resembled Us
BY MOHAMMED SAMEER Ah… how deeply we long for those days— Days as simple as our laughter, as pure as our hearts, as warm as a mother’s embrace waiting at the doorstep. We miss a time when we chased small dreams, played behind our home as if the whole world…
War Nightmare ended, time for Peace Nightmare!
BY AHMED THARWAT “President Trump ended 7 wars in just 7 months,” The President of Peace, the State department wrote on its website, ended the wars between Cambodia and Thailand, Pakistan and India, DRC and Rwanda, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, and now is declaring victory…
Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church: One hundred Years of History & Tradition
BY KAY SCHROVEN Jan. 6, 2026 will mark one hundred years since a small, Lutheran chapel was built at 56th St. and 34th Ave. It is known today as Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church (FELC.) A celebration took place early, in October, to avoid possible inclement weather in January. Originally known…
How ranked-choice voting can change the results of the city election
BY STEPHANIE FOX The first Tuesday in November in 2025, November 4th, is Election Day in Minneapolis. On the ballot are candidates for City Council, two elected seats on the Board of Estimate and Taxation, and all the seats on the Park and Recreation Board. Early voting began on September…
BIG openings, closings, and changes, and mini-review of a NE burger joint
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Dish goes Meta: Review at the top not the end Not Meta as in the company, meta as in this is my column talking about itself. As you may or may not know, I am basically a Southside Minneapolis girl. Most of my restaurant news and…
Primary Trust: mai tais, employment and friendship
BY KAY SCHROVEN “Welcome to Wally’s!” Actress Nubia Monks delivers this line repeatedly in “Primary Trust” and gets laughs every time. This is the magic of the Pulitzer Prize winning play by author Eboni Booths. Directed by Marshall Jones III, the play focuses on a vulnerable but likable 30-something man…
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What was he thinking?
BY ED FELIEN At first I thought, like everyone else, it must have been someone from the left who killed Charlie Kirk. Kirk had said things like: Black women shouldn’t be political leaders because they don’t have the “brain processing power”; the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a “huge…
