Now is not the time for silence
During the last few weeks, we have gone through some truly dark days for our country. The horrific death of...
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We’ve failed to imagine the pandemic victims
How old are you? How much do you weigh? How tall are you? Almost from birth, we’re obsessed with numbers...
Much to honor, to mourn, on these dark days
These days, my neighbors and I sit on the lawn and yell at one another. No, we’re not arguing. We’re...
40 years later, wind replaces giant power plant
The announcement last week that Great River Energy plans to shut down a huge coal-fired electricity-generating plant in the middle...
Flyovers, sports provide distraction, connection during pandemic
While it feels like everything has been at a standstill with the quarantine measures in place, life continues to go...
With no sports, community spirit, shared emotions are quarantined too
With friends and family out of work, sick or even dying, writing about something as seemingly trivial as the loss...
Virus rabble-rousers should be ashamed
Who but a nasty grinch would not want the American economy to re-open and thrive like gangbusters? We all want...
Pandemic exposes society’s weaknesses
Have you watched the National Geographic series “Drain the Oceans”? Using sophisticated mapping and computer animation, the series shows what...