Get It On With Samuel Smith’s India Ale

Thu. Sep. 25th, 2014  |  Jim Lundstrom

Staring at the wall of beer, I am befuddled. The usual siren call is silent. Nothing beckons…

Hairy-Eyed Crane Flies

Thu. Sep. 25th, 2014  |  Emily Stone

The windows in my kitchen stay open throughout most of the summer. Various insects come and go, with dark fishing spiders – the largest spiders in the Northwoods

Triple-threat Bulldogs Run in the Rain

Thu. Sep. 25th, 2014  |  John Gilbert

The tandem rushing attack of Logan Lauters and Austin Sikorski flashed its full form last Saturday night, and quarterback Drew Bauer joined them in a three-pronged 100-yard rushing attack that led UMD to its impressive 38-7 football victory

Football is the New Politics

Thu. Sep. 25th, 2014  |  Jane Hoffman

I know the names of the President elect in Afghanistan and the lead caliphate from ISIS but until this week, I did not know Al Franken’s Republican’s opponents name.

I’m really regretting only having one good player

Thu. Sep. 25th, 2014

With our star running back Adrian Peterson suffering a season ending “beat a kindergartner with a tree branch” injury, all of us here at the Minnesota Vikings are scrambling to find another player who can compete at the professional level.

Three out of four

Thu. Sep. 25th, 2014  |  Harry Drabik

I can’t say whether it is ironic or a simple example of natural justice that going south is not a natural option for me.

Wolf Blood Brings Out the Dark and Heavy: Head Out on Tour

Thu. Sep. 25th, 2014  |  Paul Whyte

If you don’t like Black Sabbath or The Misfits, just quit reading this right now. I’m not saying Wolf Blood is exactly just like these bands, but it’s fair enough to say that if you’re not down with horror obsessed old school feeling stoner metal

“Snow Job”

Thu. Oct. 2nd, 2014

How Duluth was sold on Spirit Mountain

Constitution á la Carte

Thu. Oct. 2nd, 2014  |  Melvyn Magree

Á la carte” is French for “from the menu.”  It means that one chooses various items from the menu rather than being offered a complete meal chosen by the chef. 

Church Food

Thu. Oct. 2nd, 2014  |  Harry Drabik

A spiritual diet may not put on the pounds, but consumed to excess it has a known history of making people fat-headed or obese with fanaticism.