Category: Nokomis
POWDERHORN BIRDWATCH: Powderhorn birds reach Florida
Victory at Standing Rock
BY ED FELIEN We won a tremendous victory at Standing Rock. Probably because of tremendous popular pressure, Obama ordered the Corps of Engineers not to approve the permit to allow the pipeline to cross the Missouri River at the location they intended. The pipeline company is confident that Trump will…
Our Revolution continues to move forward
BY CHRISTINE, OUR REV MN VOLUNTEER Our Revolution Minnesota (ORMN) will definitely be involved in the Minneapolis city elections next year. We will be endorsing and volunteering for candidates, including mayor, park board, City Council and more. We’re still growing rapidly with new members at every meeting, and new chapters…
History and traditions of New Year’s Eve and Day
CONFESSIONS OF AN UNREPENTANT MAOIST: Hundred Flowers, 1970
BY ED FELIEN When I got back to Minneapolis I heard about some people around the University who were thinking about starting a newspaper. I met with some of them. They were much younger than me. One of them, though, had actual experience working on a newspaper in college. This was invaluable because I…
Did they violate the city’s Code of Ethics?
‘The Lion in Winter’ at the Guthrie
Drones assassinate enemies
BY POLLY MANN It’s called the “Disposition Matrix” or “PPG,’’ a guide released in May 2013, describing the U.S. government’s use of drones to assassinate undesirables. It contains the names of terrorism suspects, including sealed indictments and clandestine operations; when strikes may be used against terrorist targets; where there is…
Staff recipes for the holidays
BRIDGIT This recipe is from my grandmother Betsy Jean Kendrick. She was known for having huge, unruly dogs—the last two dogs she owned were a Samoyed and a Newfoundland. So while she liked her real dogs big, hairy and slobbery, she liked her dog cookies delicate and delicious. Chocolate Dogs…
The Night of the Dead, the Day of the Living
Midwinter traditions
Queen of Cuisine: Going to the dogs
BY CARLA WALDEMAR Prairie Dog 610 W. Lake St. 612-223-8984 www.prairiedogssausage.com ‘Tis the season to pig out at tables sinking under the weight of Granny’s turkey, pot luck eccentricities, more sugar and carbs than even a Sumo wrestler could comfortably inhale, and other dietary overloads. So, when it’s time to…
‘Arrival’ unravels problems of communication
BY ADAM M. SCHENCK Denis Villeneuve is quickly showing himself as one of Hollywood’s masters of mood and film craft (he also directed “Sicario”). “Arrival” covers well-worn sci-fi tropes like flashbacks to a dead daughter and the aliens’ gift to a humanity too foolhardy to accept it. Amy Adams illustrates…
