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Too few Metro Transit police officers means risks for bus riders

April 2, 2019 April 2, 2019

BY STEPHANIE FOX Unlike many American cities, bus shelters in Minneapolis are not privately owned. They are owned and operated by Metropolitan Transit Authority, a division of the Metropolitan Council. Buses carry nearly 70% of public transit riders on 123 bus routes, with thousands of passengers waiting every day at…

World-class commerce graces Lake Street

April 2, 2019 April 2, 2019

BY STEPHANIE FOX Schatzlein Saddle Shop 413 W. Lake St. Monday – Friday, 9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. Thursday, 9:30 a.m. – 8 p.m. Saturday, 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Everyone who regularly travels down Lake Street has seen the Schatzlein Saddle Shop. But, for many, what’s inside remains a…

Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church hit with hateful graffiti in March; May be part of a deeper problem

April 2, 2019 April 15, 2019

BY STEPHANIE FOX Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church in South Minneapolis, with a membership of 12,000, is the largest Lutheran Church in the country, perhaps in the world according to some accounts. It’s not the kind of church that actively courts controversy. Located on 50th Street in a liberal section of…

The 2020 Plan to stop funding neighborhood organizations

April 2, 2019 April 2, 2019

BY ED FELIEN Funding for neighborhood organizations has come mostly from the increased property taxes on downtown development. In 1989 the city gave developers a huge tax break to encourage development. Tax Increment Financing meant they would only have to pay property taxes on the value of the buildings they…

‘The Hobbit’ at the Children’s Theatre Company

March 19, 2019 April 3, 2019

J.R.R. Tolkien’s masterpiece “The Hobbit” will be playing at the Children’s Theatre Company until April 14. Go and see two hours of excitement in this adaptation written and directed by Greg Banks. Altogether the show is two hours, counting the 20-minute intermission, but I count it all as excitement.…

The 2020 Plan to stop funding neighborhood organizations

March 18, 2019 March 21, 2019

Young changemakers

March 11, 2019 March 18, 2019

BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Janaan Ahmed, a junior at Patrick Henry High School (PHHS) in Minneapolis, is the 2019 student at-large director on the Minneapolis School Board. The activism for which Ahmed became known, almost a full year before her selection as student representative, was as one of the point…

FROM WHERE I STAND Notes from the desk of peace activist Polly Mann (b. Nov. 19, 1919)

March 11, 2019 March 18, 2019

The rich get richer A great deal of what I do when I write is to reduce word usage. For example, a small newsletter that I receive monthly contains so much information about the corporations that run this country. (No, they don’t govern it; they simply control those who do…

Letter to Amy

March 4, 2019 March 18, 2019

BY TONY BOUZA (Publisher’s Note: I vigorously disagree with Tony Bouza’s analysis and my rebuttal follows.) The election for President begins in 2019—and that ain’t an optic. Trump—if he can survive to run (which I doubt) has no chance. Zilch. So, who should the Dems nominate? My secret choice is…

Letter to Amy, Part Two

March 4, 2019 March 18, 2019

BY ED FELIEN Amy, you stand with the old guard, establishment wing of the Democratic Party. You are a deliberate centrist. You believe in bi-partisan cooperation. You went on the goodwill tour of Neo-Nazi battalions in Eastern Ukraine with John McCain and Lindsay Graham a couple of years ago just…

Offering (gratefulness)

March 4, 2019 March 18, 2019

BY ELAINE KLAASSEN “The Scramble for Africa” is a very long book about Europe’s takeover of the continent of Africa at the end of the 19th century. The story is appalling, mostly because of the confidence of European rulers to just take and control whatever they found there, as though…

FROM WHERE I STAND: Notes from the desk of peace activist Polly Mann (b. Nov. 19, 1919)

March 4, 2019 March 18, 2019

Hope for the Earth, our home The New York Times of Jan. 7 carried a full half-page ad signed by Michael Kurtyka of the Polish National Foundation and president of the environmental group COP24, describing the most recent U.N. climate policy conference, the Katowice Rulebook. Negotiators from 196 countries and…

Summer camps and programs, Twin Cities and beyond

March 4, 2019 March 18, 2019

BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE It’s hard to believe but summer is not that far away if you have a kid who needs enrichment, extra tutelage or a grand new experience. The Twin Cities offers a dizzying array of offerings and if you expand your search to outstate camps and events,…

THE DISH: A review of Tiny Diner and a Kale Salad Recipe

March 4, 2019 March 18, 2019

BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Tiny Diner 1024 E. 38th St. Minneapolis This is my relationship with the restaurant “empire” of Kim Bartmann—it started way before I had ever heard of her. In 1992, my teenage daughter came back to live with me for her last year of high school. That…

Spirit and Conscience Love for the Earth

March 4, 2019 March 18, 2019

Love for the Earth BY ELAINE KLAASSEN Since all the great romantic loves of my life are now either married, dead, or sainted hermits, I decided on Valentine’s Day that my last great love affair will be with the Earth. As my good luck would have it, there was a…

Columnists

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Ed Felien • Elaine Klaassen • Polly Mann • Tony Bouza • David Tilsen • Debra Keefer Ramage • Stephanie Fox • Johnny Hazard

Too few Metro Transit police officers means risks for bus riders

World-class commerce graces Lake Street

Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church hit with hateful graffiti in March; May be part of a deeper problem

The 2020 Plan to stop funding neighborhood organizations

‘The Hobbit’ at the Children’s Theatre Company

The 2020 Plan to stop funding neighborhood organizations

Young changemakers

FROM WHERE I STAND Notes from the desk of peace activist Polly Mann (b. Nov. 19, 1919)

Letter to Amy

Letter to Amy, Part Two

Offering (gratefulness)

FROM WHERE I STAND: Notes from the desk of peace activist Polly Mann (b. Nov. 19, 1919)

Summer camps and programs, Twin Cities and beyond

THE DISH: A review of Tiny Diner and a Kale Salad Recipe

Spirit and Conscience Love for the Earth

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