The Whanganui weeps for the St. Louis River

Fri. May. 24th, 2013  |  Carla  Arneson

This is a tale of two rivers. The Whanganui, New Zealand’s third longest river, flows with dignity, having been given personhood in 2012.

Say what?

Fri. May. 24th, 2013  |  Harry Drabik

For reasons I easily understand from my part in another forum of discussion, I was approached by someone intent on pinning my ears for being a “racist Islama

The uprising of “Learning more can’t hurt”

Fri. May. 24th, 2013  |  Forrest Johnson

It may be time for an old fashioned revolt of the masses. An uprising for a sustainable planet and an educated populace that doesn’t fear the boogeyman and doesn’t form its opinions in the vacuum of intransig

Rob Nelson: My Avatar

Fri. May. 24th, 2013  |  Paul Whyte

A lot of different styles of music found their way on to my desk, but the four song album “My Avatar” by Rob Nelson is certainly one of the more unique album

I’m on the verge of crapping up movies

Fri. May. 24th, 2013

When I was 20 years old, my friends and I went to the local multiplex to see “American Pie”. We wanted to see boobs and jokes about splooging on people, and what we received did not disappoint. T

A Little Music, a Little Hockey, a Lot of Racing

Fri. May. 24th, 2013  |  John Gilbert

As the long, long winter gave way to Monsoon Spring, and a scant few ballgames and track meets have sprouted up here and there, there hasn’t been a lot for Up North sport

The Minnesota Wild Postseason Wrap… Part 2!

Fri. May. 24th, 2013  |  Marc Elliott

LARSMONT… In early April Wild GM Chuck Fletcher, feeling the possibility of a playoff berth made a deal with the Buffalo Sabres for Forward Jason Pominville. Pominville was the teams Captain, was in th

Forced Fluoridation of Community Water Supplies An Open Letter to a Concerned Correspondent - Part Two

Fri. May. 31st, 2013  |  Gary G. Kohls, MD

Fluoride is a drug, not a nutrient Aty rate, fluoride is a drug - not a nutrient - and therefore adding fluoride in any form to community water supplies is medicating people involuntarily. Folks who may not need and don’t want to ingest the stuff are swallowing the drug ag

Teanderthals At Work With The Best Congress Money Can Buy

Fri. May. 31st, 2013  |  Ed Raymond

A news junkie, I try to watch as many Congressional hearings as I can. Much better than reality TV and almost equal to meerkats on Animal Planet. It’s great fun to watch the Academy Award-level acting as the camera-huggers and the “u

Ojibwe Lead Growing Opposition to Strip-Mining Scheme

Fri. May. 31st, 2013

As close followers of the Reader know, the mining industry has its guns aimed at Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota with projects that threaten to permanently damage Lake Superior. The proposal for Minnesota even promises t