Monday Morning Check-In: Snowed In
Reading Time: 3 minutes. All our snow had melted away and we were excited Spring arrived a little early. But some year we’ll learn that is a false spring, a…
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Monday Check-In: Pinewood Derby Champion
Reading Time: 9 minutes. This past weekend was one of the busiest of the year: the Cub Scout Pinewood Derby. I’ve run about five or six of these—setting up the…
Monday Morning Check-In: Survived Snow Tubing
Reading Time: 4 minutes. This past Friday I went downhill snow tubing with our Cub Scout pack, which was a fun reminder that my brain still thinks I’m 12, while…
Are you listening?
Reading Time: 3 minutes. I want to remind people about Kyle Rittenhouse, who was acquitted of all charges in November 2021, when a jury agreed to his case of self-defense.…
Heartbreaking Day/Week in Minneapolis
Reading Time: 5 minutes. After getting through another heartbreaking day yesterday of watching videos, listening to speeches, learning about a woman who was murdered in the street by a reckless,…
Bullying Works!
Reading Time: 4 minutes. Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, isn’t running for a third term. And honestly? I don’t blame him one bit. This is the guy who: – Steered…
Minnesota hit with first major snowfall of Winter 2025-26
Reading Time: 2 minutes. It’s always a good reminder during the first major Minnesota snowfall that half the state doesn’t know how to drive and the other half has a…
Slurs Republicans Use Repetitively to Change Their Meaning and Program People
Reading Time: 8 minutes. There's a handful of words that get tossed around like emotional hand grenades, meant to make things sound worse than they are, or to make something…