OpEd
OpEd
My first winter in Saint Paul
"Trust me; I'm not in jail yet."
by Peter Shea
Minnesota RollerGirls
by Drew Johnson
Kick off 2009 in an African way
by Nelima Kerré
1999 and other new maths
by Emilio DeGrazia
Capitol Winchester—forever
by Sasha Aslanian • My furnace was a young pup in 1936 when Saint Paul hit its all-time low temperature of –34°. Capitol Winchester sits like Santa Claus in my basement.
And that's where babies come from
by Daniel Cubias • Eventually, every kid wants to know the answer to the big question. I don’t remember when I first asked about it, but I’m sure my father supplied me with some vulgar hypothesis.
For Cousin #5 (one of the youngest of us) the question bolted out fully formed almost thirty years ago.
Don't buy bottled water
by Susu Jeffrey • Selling bottled water in Minneapolis in plastic bottles is big business. “Clean” or “pure” water in plastic bottles is an oxymoron—the liquid version of “clean coal.”
Soft plastic containers are intended for single-use and should never be frozen or heated—which makes transportation in hot or cold weather problematic. How much plastic leaches toxins into liquids is currently debated.
