There is a story I once heard about two Supreme Court judges having dinner together sometime in the early 20th century. I can’t remember their names but one of them may have been Oliver Wendell Holmes. They took a horse drawn taxi home and when it dropped one off he waved good night and ...

This is a delightful time of year, this slow slide from simmering summer into amiable autumn. There’s nothing like the cool crispness of a fall morning to put renewed vigor into your step. I think this is an evolutionary adaptation. Chilly nights are Nature’s way of reminding us that the ...

September is National Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month; suicide is often taboo and stigmatized. This month spreads awareness and attempts to shift the public’s perception and share information with people affected by suicide. Suicide consistently ranks in the top ten causes of death ...

The movie Oppenheimer played recently at the Marshall 6 movie theater, and I managed to catch the show on its final night. I’m glad I made it. It had an interesting historical chronicle that started in the 1930s and proceeded to 1953, when Oppenheimer was denied restoration of his security ...

Time has not been kind to the old girl. New wrinkles and sags have appeared; last year’s derecho seems to have been especially tough on her. I’m not talking about my wife. What I’m describing is our venerable 1949 John Deere “A” tractor. My dear spouse has weathered things much ...

Well an anti-cop politician has gotten a taste of life on the not-so-nice side of town. Shivanthi Sathanandan, the second vice chairwoman of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party, was the victim of an attempted carjacking outside her home in front of her terrified children aged four and ...