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BY TONY BOUZA Reader’s Digest used to have a feature called “The Most Unforgettable Character I Ever Met.”  Set me to thinking. Malcolm X ranks high, but my No. 1 choice would be Fidel Castro. I first met him in 1959 when he attended the U.N. session in the fall and,…

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BY JOHN KARRIGAN One American Robin—near the lake, northeast corner. That was my park bird for Jan. 31. I also saw three American Crows fly over the park. I was considering the above paragraph for my complete February column, but I know Editor Ed would not accept that, so I…

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BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE I wasn’t going to go originally. I didn’t want to go to DC because I think it’s hypocritical to protest pipelines and not even think about your own fuel consumption, so I think about fuel consumption all the damned time. I thought there will probably be…

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BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE What do you usually give or receive for Valentine’s Day? Chocolates, jewelry, Valentine cards?  Maybe, if you or they are lucky, a hot date. Or if you or they are both lucky and rich, a trip to Paris or somewhere in Thailand or Hawaii. Boring. Unthematic.…

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BY ADAM M. SCHENCK In a Jan. 14 New York Times article entitled “Women Who Voted for Trump, in Their Own Words,” a woman says,“I went to Minnesota, and I had a Somali cabdriver who lectured me for 35 minutes to the airport about how women in America have too…

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BY ED FELIEN The city DFL will be holding precinct caucuses on April 4.  Anyone who cares about this city and their community should attend.  The caucuses will elect delegates who will endorse a candidate to represent their community on the City Council at a ward endorsing convention on either…

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BY ED FELIEN What happened? Clinton lost Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania.  She almost lost Minnesota. Why? When people were interviewed they said she and the Democratic Party were not speaking to them.  Trump talked to the people who were hurting from lack of jobs and from small town economic…

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BY CHRISTINE CARRAGEE At this time of year when many Americans have just been writing lists of gifts, goals or resolutions, I remember back on March 1 of 2016 when Minnesotans were collectively making lists of resolutions for our precinct caucuses. At our precinct caucus in SD 62, Ward 8,…

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BY POLLY MANN On Jan.18, diplomats from 65 countries at the U.N. Conference on Disarmament in Geneva will meet to begin talks on a treaty that would stop the production of plutonium and highly enriched uranium for nuclear weapons. Cutting off production of fissile materials for weapons could provide the…

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BY CARLA WALDEMAR The past year brought us our share of new restaurants (Hi-Lo at the top of that list), but the ones that promise to be even more exciting debuted in the final few weeks of 2016. I’ve paid each a quick visit, so here’s a run-down of the…

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BY ED FELIEN The cover on our next issue was a cartoon of James Binger wringing dollars out of an anti-personnel bomb with pennies dropping down to a worker in the Honeywell plant.  It was a promotion for a demonstration against Honeywell.  That was what we did best, led cheers…

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BY ED FELIEN The city DFL will be holding precinct caucuses on April 4. Anyone who cares about this city and their community should attend.  The caucuses will elect delegates who will endorse a candidate to represent their community on the City Council at a ward endorsing convention on either…

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BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Adrian’s Tavern, beloved institution of Chicago Avenue in South Minneapolis, closes forever on Jan.10. Adrian’s was tucked into a small slot between the Parkway Theatre and, most recently, Town Hall Tap. There has been a business in that space since the 1930s, and a place called…

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BY ED FELIEN What happened? Clinton lost Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania.  She almost lost Minnesota. Why? When people were interviewed they said she and the Democratic Party were not speaking to them.  Trump talked to the people who were hurting from lack of jobs and from small town economic…

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BY ED FELIEN If Keith Ellison gets elected chair of the Democratic National Committee in February, the DFL will endorse a candidate to replace him.  Five and a half years ago we ran the above photo and caption of Senator Patricia Torres Ray on the cover of Southside Pride. In…

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