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BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE March 1, 2016, is Caucus Night in Minnesota. When it comes to presidential elections, Minnesota is not a “primary” state, so there won’t be a Democratic primary for you to vote in. The only way you can register your preference as to the nominee of the…

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BY ED FELIEN Former Mayor R T Rybak started a lively discussion in South Minneapolis by saying, “Sad to admit this, but until I saw this mural in South Minneapolis I didn’t know that what we now call Lake Hiawatha was once a wetland where wild rice grew. So if…

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BY TONY BOUZA It’s 3 a.m. and a black motorist, slightly tipsy, is pulled over by a white cop.  The driver is obstreperous.  This is a challenge to the officer’s manhood.  The cop wants to meet the challenge to his authority: “The asshole needs a lesson.”  That is the usual…

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BY ED FELIEN Why do poverty pimps push the myth of gentrification? According to Myron Orfield, “Brighton Development made at least a $10 million profit building 3,000 units of low income housing.  We only know this because Peggy Lucas had to disclose her assets when she was on the Sport…

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BY CARLA WALDEMAR Milkjam Creamery 2743 Lyndale Ave. S., Mpls. 55408 612-424-4668 milkjamcreamery.com Monello in Hotel Ivy 1115 2nd Ave. S., Mpls. 55403 612-353-6207 monellompls.com Complimentary Valet Parking Two new specialty spots offer treats for your sweetie on his/her special day. One is cheap and cheerful (not to mention, ultra-inventive);…

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BY ELAINE KLAASSEN St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church— on Franklin Avenue in Prospect Park—welcomes parishioners, friends and neighbors to walk the labyrinth in their sanctuary twice a year—during Advent and Lent. If you’ve never heard of labyrinth prayer or labyrinth meditation you might be confused by what those steeped in…

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BY KARI ANDRADE More than 40 years before Will Smith’s son shocked the fashion world by modeling women’s wear for a Louis Vitton, there was Ziggy Stardust and David Bowie.  Jaden Smith has been called the “gender queer fashion icon of 2016” by pride.com.  Did David Bowie, a perennial fashion, music and art…

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BY ED FELIEN Former Mayor R T Rybak started a lively discussion in South Minneapolis by saying, “Sad to admit this, but until I saw this mural in South Minneapolis I didn’t know that what we now call Lake Hiawatha was once a wetland where wild rice grew. So if…

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BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE If you have ever been around domesticated birds, or really closely watched wild birds, you may know that one of the most common mating rituals across many species is feeding the prospective mate. I don’t know if many other animals do this, except of course for…

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BY ED FELIEN Up until the middle of 2014 the price of oil had been relatively stable at around $110 a barrel.  But then the Saudis started over producing and flooding the market with cheap oil.  The price of oil fell to under $50 a barrel. What has been good…

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Editor’s note: It is disgraceful that a city that can afford to subsidize billionaire sports promoters (half a billion for a baseball stadium; $155 million for renovating a basketball arena; almost a billion for the city share of the new Vikings stadium over 30 years) can’t afford to house homeless…

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BY ED FELIEN But before I could write my dissertation, I had to pass my written prelim’s, a three- day ordeal that was more like a madcap game of Trivial Pursuit: What is a Dutch brush? (a six-inch wide paint brush).  Frustrated at the banality of the questions, I perked…

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