I never got to meet Joe Cool before he died in 2018. I wish I had, because besides having a cool last name, he was … just a cool guy. Well, that’s my impression after hearing his son, Brad, talk about him. I also found a 2004 MPR news story on Joe Cool and his clothing store while ...
Sept. 11, 2026, marked the 25th anniversary of four terrorist attacks by Al-Qaeda, an Islamist extremist group, against the United States. The attacks began at 8:46 a.m. EST on Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorists crashed a hijacked commercial plane into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in ...
We have been learning about Larry Van Moer, the second of five children born to Marie (Marcotte) and Herbert Van Moer. Larry and his siblings grew up on their family farm north of Amiret. Larry has fond memories of growing up around Amiret and described the community during his early ...
I often wonder about the rest of the 21st century, what the world will become as it continues to change. I experienced a good indication last weekend when I met a 1-month-old infant on Friday and another one on Saturday. I don’t get to meet newborns very often, so meeting two in two days was a special occasion. The Friday opportunity happened at Boulder Estates when I returned home from having the interior of my car cleaned. One of the activity assistants brought her firstborn baby boy for a visit. She and her husband named him Reese. On Saturday I went to my uncle’s house in ...
Republicans have few real issues to campaign on. They tend to run on bogus issues to energize their base. Consider some of them. Transgender people arguably suffer from more discrimination than any other group. More than 500,000 athletes compete in NCAA college sports; fewer than 10 are transgender. The eligibility of a few aspiring athletes is not a burning national issue. With only a handful of cases nationwide, deciding whether to allow a transgender athlete to compete is a local issue which can be decided by a team or a league without the intrusion of big government. The number ...
Well, here we go again. It's the beginning of a new school year which invites us all to learn something. For you parents with children going back to school, I can hear you taking a few deep breaths to calm yourselves. A new learning year not only has classroom teaching, but also includes sports, music, theater and speech events to name a few. Speaking from personal past experience, it got a bit hectic now and again, but it was so rewarding. We parents got to watch our children expand and develop all types of passions. Yes, at times, the family schedule got crowded, but so what? Our ...
