I guess you could call this my semi-annual diatribe about shopping at home and supporting local businesses. Maybe it is, and maybe it isn’t. I know I have written about this issue before, but it is certainly worth repeating. Especially with the new ways of shopping we have in this world ...
OK, shocking might not be the right word to use. Perhaps the headline should have read ‘Five things this week that surprised me.’ Maybe I used the word shocking just to lure you into reading this week’s bunch of random thoughts from ye olde editor. After all, headlines are supposed to ...
Did you vote in last Tuesday’s Presidential Primary Election? The story on the front page of this week’s Faribault County Register reports that only 20 percent of registered voters in the county did vote. Not the whole population of the county, only those who are registered to vote. And ...
Well, it is close to time to have another Cheers and Jeers column since there has not been one for a while, and there certainly is at least one big Cheer that deserves to be given out, so here we go. I am pretty sure you can guess what that one big thing that gets our first Cheer is. Yes, you ...
Peg Meier, an award-winning writer/reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, once published a book entitled ‘Bring Warm Clothes.’ It was a book about the history of the state of Minnesota, with lots of quotes from people from years gone by. Not necessarily quotes from famous people, but ...
In the words of Yogi Berra, “It’s like deja vu all over again.” I think it must have been about four years ago that I lamented in this space about politics in general and the presidential primaries in particular. Without looking back for sure, I think I wrote something like how I was ...
Well, another Minnesota Newspaper Association (MNA) annual convention is in the books. And, once again, it was a dandy. Minnesota’s convention has long been touted as one of the best state newspaper conventions in the whole country. Part of that is due to the fact that Minnesota always ...
I had promised myself that I would not write about the Super Bowl this year. But, now I am going to break that promise, just like I have broken all of my good intentions for New Years Resolutions. My decision to write about the Super Bowl came about when the big game was the hot topic of ...
It was around a year ago that I was shocked a couple of times. Maybe you remember reading about it. It was in all the papers. Well, I guess it was just in one newspaper, this one, the Faribault County Register. I was shocked when some former Blue Earth Chamber of Commerce Community Service ...
You can blame this week’s column on staff writer Kevin Mertens. He mentioned me in his column, so now I can mention him in mine. He is right about me, of course. I am not a big fan of electronic devices, and I do like visiting with people in person much, much more than over the phone or ...