You might remember that I revoked Clinton Collins’ “Brother Card” a few months ago [Letters, September 2002]. Clinton, after reading your most recent column, my knees buckled. I don’t think I have ever read or heard a more balanced position to the reparations/affirmative action issues that face this nation. Your article was so strong in … Read more
Yes, Sid Hartman works hard at his job and does it well [“Celebrating Sid!,” January], providing inside dope for that noisy, pushy minority who think pro sports are important. Many of us have meaningful lives and don’t need to identify with the staged battles between millionaires. Sid is also a tireless crusader against women’s athletics, … Read more
The sign said, “All life on Earth, including human beings, was originally created scientifically in laboratories by the Elohim—an advanced people from space!” “Tell me more!” I said to the sexy French Canadian woman boasting ample cleavage. She was running the Raelian booth at “A Gathering of Light,” a new age convention. “The only person … Read more
As a former Twin Citizen now working for Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program, I was delighted to see some of our recommendations in January’s Gastronomer (“Go Fish,” by Dan Gilchrist). Sushi is no longer a coastal phenomenon. Gilchrist got it right with our “bad news” about the bluefin tuna and farmed salmon: we suggest … Read more
I read “Life in a Northern Town,” [January] and sat and thought about the many good times I’ve had in Duluth. The town is so filled with memories. And the beauty of the old houses. If they could only get a museum together for all the history of that old place, and the people who … Read more
I was very glad to read “Patriot Act” [Good Intentions, January]. I’m so sick of seeing the American flag plastered all over the place like a cheap advertisement, as if that proves anything except a person’s paranoia about being seen as un-American. True patriots would be doing something for the country, whatever that might be—working … Read more
I am responding to Dianne Rowe’s letter in the December 2002 issue. I too am offended by cigarette smoke, but I disagree that there are no entertainment options for nonsmokers. Here are a few places which welcome nonsmokers: The Guthrie, Hopkins Center for the Arts, the Ordway, Chanhassen Dinner Theaters, Old Log Theater. If she … Read more
Acrid smoke billows from the open loading doorways as I adjust my face mask and move tentatively into the smelting room. Above, a muscle-powered crane is lifting a small pile of stainless steel scrap over the dirt floor, toward two men standing over the white-orange burn of a smelting furnace. As they reach out for … Read more
Eric Dregni should be congratulated on his new fedora [“Put a Lid on It,” December]. I think he’s right, too, in locating the decline of the fedora (and the homburg) from about the time of JFK’s inauguration. I think lower car headroom played a part. I remember my father always wore a hat, and so … Read more
Just a short note to let you know you failed to write about the amalgams in most of your readers’ teeth [“Grin and Bear It,” December]. Yes, I know that my health is better without the mercury in my body. Jesse Ventura was the first governor to appoint a mercury-free advocate to the Minnesota Dental … Read more