How come Britt Robson is not listed on the main page of the website? He’s all I read from The Rake—that is the sentiment of a few of my friends as well (all Wolves fans). He’s always amongst the most popular/e-mail articles as well. Let’s get Britt up at the top of the page! Author(s) … Read more
I cannot tell you how happy I am to see Jeremy Iggers’s byline in your magazine. I have missed his informed, careful criticism. He is a class act every time, and I truly appreciate his thoughtfulness. I’ll be thrilled to continue to read him in The Rake. How about reviving his column on ethics? Author(s) … Read more
Imagine my surprise that another Twin Cities left-wing rag has a year-end list that is strictly to bash conservatives — which, of course, always focuses on Michele Bachmann, the only true conservative this state has sent to congress. By the way, Bachmann’s bridge bill was a stand-alone bill to pay only for the 35W bridge … Read more
“Who doesn’t love Sam and Sylvia Kaplan?” [January] Well, I guess I don’t. Nothing personal; it’s just that they stand for everything I dislike about politics and “progressives.” Secretive meetings held behind closed doors; politicians groveling for the Kaplans’ approval; the Twin Cities’ elite hobnobbing at invitation-only soirees. It reeks of the cronyism the Kaplans … Read more
Somehow, the September Rake still lays around, and I re-read “The Roman Arch” [Good Intentions] every few days. It must be good writing. Author(s) and Location: Bill Kinghorn, St. Michael Letter Type: Letter
As dead-on as Colleen Kruse always is [“Satan in the Litter Box,” January], James Boswell may have said it best in his couplet: The only problem with a kitten is that / Eventually it becomes a cat! On the QT to Ms. Kruse: A helium balloon tied to an unsuspecting tail can yield hours of … Read more
The Hart family (Brooke and Sean, along with sons Rio and Kai) of Minneapolis stumbled into an unusual situation while visiting Tanzania: A meeting with members of the Hadzabe, a nomadic hunter-gatherer tribe situated in the Yaeda Valley, was followed by a barbed exchange of sorts. The Hadzabes’s arrows won out against The Rake, Brooke … Read more
Hello to all at the Rake! We are just back from holiday in Budapest and wanted to tell you what a great job you do with this rag! So packed with articles and stories of quality it not only kept me reading at the Szechenyi baths but for muchof the long plane ride also! Photo … Read more
The Minnesota heat waves had passed in September when, visiting hersister, Anna Lefebvre, in Minneapolis Theresa Gumbleton and hersidekick, the shaded Sheila Sheils from Derry and Carndonagh, Irelandtook a few days Up North lake lounging on Lower South Long Lake. Author(s) and Location: Theresa Gumbleton and Sheila Sheils, Lower South Long Lake Letter Type: Red … Read more
Reading The Rake in a hand-pulled rickshaw is not recommended for a weak stomach. Tim Leone-Getten and Leslie Olmen visited Calcutta, India with other area teachers on a South Asia teacher exchange program with Hamline University and Relief International. Author(s) and Location: Tim Leone-Getten and Leslie Olmen, Calcutta Letter Type: Red Handed