"Then I read the comments..." Uh oh. We know how this usually goes. Reading the comments of an article often ends with a face like this: 😬 It's just so easy to shoot off a knee-jerk reply in

Around 2015/16, when Minnesota began facing what would become a string of cross-ethnic, deadly police encounters culminating with George Floyd, racism was generally credited as the culprit. I questioned

Vacay!

Andrew Prekker's design for Minnesota's new state flag was selected from a pool of over 2100 public submissions. He was thrilled. He received much praise. And he was attacked. The new flag has been a

This one came as a bit of a surprise--yet it was also was very fitting given the setting for the inspiration. A dear friend's family offered me their cabin in northern Minnesota last weekend to work on

Time is of the essence here, had a long morning of working AND some big news personally that needed my attention so yeah, this is gonna be short and sweet. The Phils play their third and final game in

A month back, I asked a question on Facebook: "Hey fellow Minnesotans, what do you think of the new Minnesota flag?' The replies were so strong and swift, it motivated this new video on the

Look who I met up with Friday night! Back in January 2018, I first interviewed Juan in Havana, Cuba about the realities of life there. A few months later back home in Minnesota, I got a Facebook message

No se trata del prócer venezolano precursor de nuestra independencia, no. Se trata del antesalista puertorriqueño José Miranda, titular de la tercera base y ocasional bateador designado de los Mellizos

"The new flag is the DFL flag." I'm covering the issue of the new Minnesota state flag. Like the wolf issue I covered last winter, I see the matter over the flag as representing (and symbolizing)

I'm working on my next longform commentary on whether Minnesota, as a state, is in trouble. This scandal below indicates some of what's challenging the state. More general, though, this gets to the larger

I don’t normally write about sports, but sometimes a game represents something much more… With the Timberwolves facing Denver tonight, something unusual might be brewing in the world of Minnesota pro sports.

Las ciudades de Minneapolis y Saint Paul (ésta última capital del estado de Minnesota), están separadas por el río Mississippi y otorgan como gemelas que son, el nombre del equipo asentado en el Target

"Radical politics runs downstream from a public that is radically divided." My deep-dive story about the wolf issue in Minnesota was recently published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. But it's

A great session today with students at UW-Eau Claire College of Education and Human Sciences. Following their viewing of my homelessness documentary "The Wall," Prof. Meinen had me join her students

Yesterday I drove by the Planned Parenthood in St. Paul. While a man kneeling on the corner prayed for the unborn, a woman on the sidewalk in front stood next to her brightly-colored sign reading:

I returned last night from my annual 3-day silent retreat. No talking, no electronics, at an old countryside estate in suburban Minneapolis/St. Paul. It is spiritual in nature. It is also spirituality

Here's a follow-up to that story I shared a couple of weeks ago about Romeo, the Bernese Mountain Dog killed by wolves in northern Minnesota. In a recent interview with Hunters for Hunters, owners Michael

(And the wolf debate is symbolic of our fragmenting society.) ** This was Romeo. Just days ago, this Bernese Mountain Dog was killed by a pack of wolves up in northeast Minnesota. The details of his death

Last night, unincorporated Morrill, MN—30 minutes northeast of St. Cloud—saw its event center jam-packed with people gathered to voice their concerns about wolves. I attended for my story about the wolf