Columns

My wife and I developed a terrible habit during the last presidential election. We spent countless hours watching the news channels — Fox News,...

Many years ago when I was a college student trying to decide what I wanted to be when I grew up, I was originally...

“When old Rocky Nelson shuffles up to the plate the ball comes in and the sound of wood, and the ball rises up like...

Back in 1931, historian James Truslow Adams endowed us with our first definition of what we call “the American Dream.” He wrote: “The American...

There are many tools educators have at their disposal to effectively educate, and in the days when I attended school one of them was...

“Why don’t we get something to eat and then stop over at the Country Palace? It will give us an opportunity to chill and...

Back when I was a kid following my father to “old men’s” basketball games, and approaching the age of playing organized hoops myself, I...

“Florian and Myrtle Krebsbach left for Minneapolis and the clinic because Myrtle was pretty sure she had cancer,” wrote Garrison Keillor.Florian got on Interstate...

Some parting thoughts…My final day here is Friday, having taken on a new challenge in county government.I’m glad I was able to be here...

“The road of life is never without trials and tribulations,” a fellow with a man-bun shouted one time from the middle of a crowd...