Whenever Thanksgiving weekend rolls around, memories of playing hockey on ponds near my house where I grew up in Eagan (then a township) come back to me. By November 1st,…
Category: <span>Reflection</span>
Washington Post columnist David Broder has a column today titled Three Words For the Next President which begins: Peter Hart, the Democratic pollster whose firm has interviewed thousands of voters…
I just saw Jim Bierman’s post on Northfield.org that Warren Ringlien died last week. I got to know Warren via his regular participation on the old Northfield.org ISSUES discussion list……
Last week, the Strib reprinted a column by Los Angeles Times’ Gregory Rodriguez titled Diversity may not be the answer: Just existing together won’t erase mistrust; instead, we should work toward…
Griff and Tracy have been hinting that my recent postings are perhaps a bit lacking in substance. In fact, on Friday night in Bridge Square, Griff actually threatened to bring…
Based on the constructive criticism offered by Chamber of Commerce President David Ludescher (“Free men in a free market environment are the best judges of what kind of development people…
One of my regular morning table visitors at GBM told me about this poem. I thought I’d end Poetry Month with it. The Woodcarver Khing, the master carver, made a…
Since it’s National Poetry Month, it occurred to me to follow my daughter’s lead (and all the rest of the Northfielders who’ve been doing poetry this month) and do something…
Iowa’s Zach Johnson won the Masters golf tournament today. The DesMoines Register reported: Johnson said with a cracking voice as he talked with CBS near the 18th green that the…