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A round table in St. Paul
It’s an amazing feat, turning the party of rectitude and personal liberty into a unified body of citizens totally devoted to one man, obedient to his…
1 year, 5 months ago
Don't name a library after me, please, I'm still writing
George Latimer, the chatty New York lawyer who moved to St. Paul in the 1960s and went on to rejuvenate and transform the capital city in 13-1/2 year…
1 year, 5 months ago
Open the doors, let the young mingle among the treasures
Some of these kids at the Met will wind up in law school and get a serious education in civil procedure and come away with due respect for our system…
1 year, 5 months ago
How I survived the solar flares
We live in an Age of Disgruntlement and when I dine with grumpy people, I listen to their gripes and when they stop to take a breath I talk about the…
1 year, 5 months ago
The beautiful winding road
This is one of the happiest summers of my very long life. My wife installed WhatsApp on my phone and it dings and I pick up and she talks to me from …
1 year, 5 months ago
Standing on the sidewalk shaking hands
What remains powerful is love. My parents loved each other dearly and I witnessed this and it remains large in my life. When I was six, I was a slow …
1 year, 6 months ago
Looking ahead down the road
History is a complicated business. There are high plateaus and also a good deal of swamp. The Little Bighorn battlefield in Montana was preserved in …
1 year, 6 months ago
It's never too late to learn
like hamburgers. I went into a McDonald’s the other day and ordered a Double Quarter Pounder and thought it was good. At McDonald’s you do not have t…
1 year, 6 months ago
News from September 18, 1982
09.18..82 This week in Lake Wobegon, the Whippets had a big celebration at the Sons of Knute lodge to celebrate a final game win against the Avon Bar…
1 year, 6 months ago
A perfect summer night in Manhattan
I was brought up by Midwestern stoics who drummed the lesson into us: Don’t think you’re somebody because you’re not. You’re not so smart as you thin…
1 year, 6 months ago