Opinion
Al Batt: If I only had a brain in my head with more bran in it
We didn’t have The Weather Channel. But we still had weather during my formative years. Things have changed. We ...
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Al Batt: An answer to every woman’s eternal question about men
“Are all men idiots?” That was a challenging question and one with epic consequences. It was my wife who ...
Opinion
Al Batt: It’s the dances with birds or the jays of our lives
My wife got me a nifty bird feeder for Christmas. Film rights are available.
Opinion
April Jeppson: Goals, a new year and finding inspiration
It’s that time of year again. Out with the old, in with the new, New Year’s Resolutions and ...
Opinion
Al Batt: Swami is always wrong but never in doubt in predictions
My doorbell didn’t ring. It had voluntarily chosen to leave the labor force.
Columnists
My Point of View: The energy challenge and ways Minnesota can help
We are experiencing the impacts of human-caused climate change and global warming. The extreme weather this produces includes ...
Opinion
April Jeppson: Much to be thankful for even without snow
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas… Actually I’m not. Don’t get me wrong, it would be nice to ...
Opinion
Al Batt: Einar’s Hardware had everything I’d be getting
The weather was up to something. It always is.
Opinion
April Jeppson: Watch out world, there’s nothing to stop her
It’s my daughter’s birthday today. Genevieve is 8 years old, and she’s the youngest of my three children. ...
Columnists
Al Batt: The wooden pencil and an orange weren’t in a bag
When my father was a boy, he got a wooden pencil and an orange for Christmas one year.
Columnists
April Jeppson: Do you buy your Christmas presents early?
There’s this game I play with myself every year. It’s not my favorite game, but yet somehow, I ...
Columnists
Al Batt: From mud pies to oatmeal within a simple eyeblink
It must have been the oatmeal that kept him going.
Columnists
Al Batt: The snows of November came earlier this year
“When does winter start in Minnesota?”
Opinion
April Jeppson: Preparing, excited for a change in seasons
It snowed. The roads are a little slick. Although my feet want to continue to put on sandals, ...
Opinion
Al Batt: Knowledge is power and Francis is Bacon I hear
I could have waited but I couldn’t wait.
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