Blogs

Below is a list of all the blogs currently on the Twin Cities Daily Planet:

All Learning, All the Time - This multi-author Daily Planet blog includes writing by community members about education issues.

Arts Orbit is a multisource blog about the local arts scene, featuring both original contributions by Daily Planet writers and entries reprinted from partner blogs and online publications.

Blandin on Broadband Blandin on Broadband offers information on broadband use, access, and trends especially in rural Minnesota. Sponsored by the Blandin Foundation and their Broadband Initiative.

Blog of the Moderate Left - Jeff Fecke is a freelance writer who lives in Eagan, Minnesota. In addition to his own blog, Blog of the Moderate Left, he contributes to Alas, a Blog. He has also written for Minnesota Monitor, Shakesville and Alternet. Fecke has appeared as a guest on the “Today” show, the Alan Colmes radio show, and the Mark Heaney Show. Fecke is divorced, and the father of one really terrific daughter.

By the People - By the People is a weblog on civic engagement produced by the Center for Democracy and Citizenship at the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.

Cabbages and Kings - Cabbages and Kings is a multi-author TC Daily Planet blog that offers space to interesting but hard-to-categorize blog submissions, in the sole discretion of the editors.

Cinna.mn - A blog by Erica Mauter: “A place where I (and others) can talk about the sometimes strange experience of being a person of color in Minnesota.”

Downstream - Emilio DeGrazia has authored four books of fiction, including Seventeen Grams of Soul, winner of a Minnesota Book Award, and Enemy Country, winner of a Writer’s Choice Award. A founding editor of Great River Review, he has co-edited (with his wife Monica) 26 Minnesota Writers and 33 Minnesota Poets. His most recent book is a collection of essays entitled Burying the Tree, from which “A Place for the Perplexed” is taken. He lives downstream in Winona.

Engage Minnesota - Posts on this multi-author blog are re-published with permission from Engage Minnesota, a blog by and about Muslims in Minnesota, which tries to "give voice to a community that is being attacked and defined from a position of ignorance. Engage Minnesota will work, specifically, to create new opportunities to provide regular opinions in local media outlets. This will benefit all Minnesotans as it will expand our understanding of a large portion of our world, and will create a real dialogue instead of a one-way stream."

Eyeteeth - Paul Schmelzer is a writer, editor, and journalist, and the managing editor of Minnesota Monitor. Occasional posts from his blog, Eyeteeth, are re-published with his permission.

Facts and Fictions - Eleanor Arnason writes science fiction and fantasy. Occasional posts are republished with permission from her blog.

The Fifth Column - Stephen B. Young, Global Executive Director of the Caux Round Table, is a lawyer and writer. He has served as Dean of the Hamline University School of Law and as an Assistant Dean at Harvard Law School.

Flyover Land Amy Rea writes about the best of Minnesota, and why you shouldn't just fly over. amycrea@comcast.net The best of Minnesota, and why you shouldn’t just fly over.

Fresh.mn - A blog by Erica Mauter: “It’s about living in the Twin Cities. That’s all. That’s a lot, actually.”

From the Soapbox - In the wake of the 2008 election, TCDP is receiving many thoughtful opinion columns about candidates and issues. The Soapbox blog offers a space for local opinion on (mostly) national and world issues, including elections.

Front Row Seat - A blog by Jay Gabler, the Daily Planet's arts editor.

Full Frontal Fringe - Kate Hoff is one of five bloggers covering the Minnesota Fringe Festival for the Daily Planet.

Going Through the Movements - John Munger is one of five bloggers covering the Minnesota Fringe Festival for the Daily Planet.

Ground Zero - Rich Broderick teaches journalism, serves on the board of the Twin Cities Media Alliance, and sometimes still finds time to write for the TC Daily Planet.

Good To Momma - Wendy Gennaula is one of five bloggers covering the Minnesota Fringe Festival for the Daily Planet.

Hispanic Fanatic - The Hispanic Fanatic blogger "has an IQ of 380, the strength of twelve men, and can change the seasons just by waving his hand." Despite his superpowers, he remains a struggling writer in the Twin Cities metro area, where he works as a business writer and lives with his wife in "a house where two cats and a dog call the shots."

Keeping the Faith - Mary Turck edits the TC Daily Planet.

Kolet ink is the blog of Colette Davidson, a freelance writer for the TC Daily Planet and a former assistant editor of the Uptown Neighborhood News. She recently moved to Perigueux, France to work as an assistant editor for the monthly English newspaper French News.

Life of Cyn, an advice column on sex, romance, and life generally, is published each Thursday as part of the Arts Orbit Weekly newsletter.

MinneAfrica
MinneAfrica offers a way to connect, reconnect and stay connected with Africans and friends of Africans in Minnesota.

New Minnesotans Speak This multi-author Daily Planet blog features voices of new Minnesotans. Many of them participate as part of English Language Learning classes, either in high school or in adult literacy programs.

Politics from the Precincts includes blogs about the 2008 political process from a variety of participants.

Rachel Says - Thoughts, from the political to the personal, by Rachel Dykoski.

Rosemary Writes - Rosemary Ruffenach is a teacher who occasionally finds time to write for the TC Daily Planet.

School Talk - Joe Nathan, jnathan@umn.edu, is a former public school educator who directs the Center for School Change at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute.

Single White Fringe Geek (and Mom) - Matthew A. Everett is one of five bloggers covering the Minnesota Fringe Festival for the Daily Planet.

Think Forward is a blog written by staff of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy covering sustainability as it intersects with food, rural development, international trade, the environment and public health. The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy promotes resilient family farms, rural communities and ecosystems around the world through research and education, science and technology, and advocacy.

Womb With a View - Phillip Andrew Bennett Low is one of five bloggers covering the Minnesota Fringe Festival for the Daily Planet.

World Views - World Views is a multi-author Daily Planet blog that publishes stories, reflection and analysis with an international perspective and a Minnesota connection.

Former blogs:

Abdi's Blog - Abdi Aynte is a Minnesota journalist, originally from Somalia, who wrote for the Minnesota Monitor before moving on to the BBC in 2008. He is also the chair of the board of the Twin Cities Media Alliance.
Ballot Box - Craig Cox
Building Minnesota - Todd Melby is a journalist who writes about architecture and other subjects. The Daily Planet re-publishes some posts from his Building Minnesota blog.
The Head Fake - Jay Kelly
Rants and Ruminations - James Clay Fuller is a sort-of retired journalist who has worked in newspapers and magazines for more than 45 years. Occasional posts are republished with permission from Rants and Ruminations.
Vox Verax - Leigh Pomeroy
A journey across our America - Louis Mendoza
Mombo - Nancy Oleson