Category: Letter

  • The Cost of Silence

    I am writing this letter as an apology to people who have migrated here from Mexico, Central America, and South America. I am Anishinabe, indigenous to what is now called Minnesota. I am also a playwright. Within the last year I was approached by a production company, OffLeash Area, to write a play with them…

  • Surdyks USED to be pleasant

    On a Saturday afternoon you can run many errands.  One great example is tasting the many cheeses at Surdyks and even sample some wine. My roommate and I did just this. After spending an hour of doing this and hunting for two nice bottles of wine, it was time to check out.  I was then…

  • The New Thirty

    Dear Mom and Dad, How two people who still use a rotary dial telephone dare claim to be the "new 30" is beyond me. And that old red Chrysler you drive is so ancient I actually saw one in the museum! You’d better behave yourselves when you’re in Paris in April. No singing in the…

  • Helen Back for Beer & Foosball

    Having a great timegoing to Helen Backfor some beer & some foosballwith the locals. Youwouldn’t believe theirselection — may behere for a while!Prosit— Author(s) and Location: Jodel & Suzey Letter Type: Red Handed

  • Thanks for All the Years

    This is easy. I read in the Pioneer Press that your magazine is going online. So, I wanted to thank you for all these years of the print version, for including the Colleen Kruse columns, and for the coverage of books and writers.  Cheers  Author(s) and Location: Stephen Borer, St. Paul Letter Type: Letter

  • It's Wages, Stupid!

    I’ve been watching this debate raging on my television screen over how America got into this economic mess. Am I the only person out there who understands why? It’s wages, stupid!!! Our nation’s No. 1 export is jobs, and every job that leaves drives wages down on a half dozen other jobs that don’t leave.…