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Chicago makes Mpls.-St. Paul look small

Just how big is Chicago anyway?

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English is not thankful for lay and lie rules

Happy week of Thanksgiving. Today is Tuesday, and you most likely have half of your mind thinking about ...

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‘Hyperbole and a Half’ does alot for humor

One morning during a family gathering at Fillenwarth Beach Resort on the shore of West Lake Okoboji in ...

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Don’t confuse science fiction with fantasy

Too often people categorize science fiction as merely movies that happen in space or the future or both, ...

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How to figure out what town names mean

Doesn’t it seem like many town names have a familiar ring to them? Many end in -ville, -wich, ...

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Why does conventional TV lack originality?

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Are Scandinavians offended by NFL logo?

I am part Swedish, and my last name is Swedish in origin. I likely had ancestors who were ...

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Start Matt Cassel, end the QB controversy

On Feb. 12 of this year, I began my column with this sentence: “I still believe Christian Ponder ...

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U.S. spacecraft reaches interstellar space

While we Americans were worried about Miley Cyrus twerking at an awards show, chemical weapons in Syria and ...

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Teaching a child to ride a bike is great joy

It seems to me that if a father cannot get anything else right, if he screws up a ...

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Reality TV show hooks a reluctant viewer

Normally, I don’t watch reality TV shows. They are so fake, fake, fake.

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The keys to keeping sentences trim, tight

What’s the most important word of a sentence?

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Who needs to leave Minn. to see the world?

There is a saying about Minnesota weather. We don’t have to travel to see the world because weather ...

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Disc golf tourney took years of preparation

Column: Pothole Prairie, by Tim Engstrom It was good to see the Minnesota State Disc Golf Championships in ...

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Football is heading in the right direction

Last August, I wrote a column where I was concerned about the future of the game of football. ...

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