March 2019 print edition
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Commentary: The kindness of strangers
I get approached frequently by panhandlers, and I used to wonder why. After all, I’m a large male, and one would think that I’d be... Read More
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Opinion
Commentary: Fathers and sons
Parents are our first and most influential coaches. Their most important coaching has nothing to do with sports, but some parents—in addition to more essential... Read More
Letter: Update from Sen. John Marty
Thank you to residents of Senate District 66 for the opportunity to represent you in the Minnesota Senate. I have appreciated hearing from many of... Read More
Commentary: Collecting consciousness
I often ask people if they collect anything. At first they say no, but then, upon reflection, they say, “Well, I do collect ____,” and... Read More
Commentary: The red house on the hill
Thousands of veterans were still returning home from the war in the Pacific in 1946. The first hour-long entertainment program premiered on TV, and future... Read More
Letters: Tying up loose ends
Rita Dove once wrote, “Life, friends, is ragged. Loose ends are the rule.” Your “Lives Lived” section ties these ends. Elizabeth Ellis, St. Paul
Letters: Art or garbage?
The following comment was posted at www.parkbugle.org in response to Marie Williams’ letter last month. This letter is complete garbage. You’re taking blind guesses at... Read More
Letters: Graffiti was rampant in the ’60s
In reference to the letter, “SLOG: This neighborhood is not your enemy,” printed in the June 2013 Park Bugle, thanks to Marie Williams for her... Read More
Editorial: More art, less testing
We can’t let another school year end without railing a little on the relentless amount of resources and time spent on standardized testing. If we... Read More
Letter: Dear SLOG, We aren’t your enemy
Dear SLOG: I first noticed your tag, small and innocuously scrawled on an electrical box on Blake Avenue. And then, during a morning walk in... Read More
Editorial
Our one-word response to the reluctant spring: Uncle.
Letters: Como Golf Course and the history of St. Paul’s district councils
Golf club opposes re-use of Como Golf Course This communication is intended for the City Council of St. Paul, district councils and anyone involved with... Read More
Commentary: It’s all in the delivery
The U.N. General Assembly has declared May 3 World Press Freedom Day. To commemorate, I’ll relate my four experiences selling and delivering newspapers. The first... Read More
Letters: Minnesota Reading Corps helps her give back to her community
“What are you doing after graduation?” This one question kept bothering me during my senior year of college, mainly since I couldn’t give my friends... Read More
Editorial: Transition: Everybody’s doing it
Snow becomes our familiar.” That line from the poem “Knowing,” written by Falcon Heights poet Marilynn Thomas Walton, sums up the feelings here at the... Read More