Tag: Columns

  • ICE Out Anxiety

    ICE Out Anxiety

    With Minnesota being the center of federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, many people are having increased anxiety. Sometimes this is a feeling that has…

  • Help The Friends Of The St. Paul Public Library Buy More Books For All

    Help The Friends Of The St. Paul Public Library Buy More Books For All

    The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library, a nonprofit organization that raises money for our libraries, has launched Books for All St. Paul, a…

  • West 7th / Fort Road Federation March 2026

    West 7th / Fort Road Federation March 2026

    Fort Road Happy Hour Mar. 19th | 4:00–6:00 p.m. | Joe & Stan’s Pub & Grill. Enjoy a casual gathering with neighbors, business owners, and…

  • Highland District Council March 2026

    Highland District Council March 2026

    Home improvement workshops Join us for Home Improvement Workshop Day on Saturday, March 7 at Cretin-Derham Hall. We’ll have 15 workshops presented by local businesses…

  • A United Defense Against ICE

    A United Defense Against ICE

    District Perspectives, District 65B Operation Metro Surge and the recent deployment of 2,000 additional federal agents to the Twin Cities area have triggered an organized…

  • What Is Truth?

    What Is Truth?

    Where was my notebook? My first reaction was confusion. It was that feeling one gets when you are certain where you left the car parked,…

  • 50 years in West 7th, Part Three

    50 years in West 7th, Part Three

    There is a certain amount of conceit necessary to record one’s life story! Let alone in three parts!! (you need room for all the!!!!) I…

  • Community Voices: The Virus Within Us

    Community Voices: The Virus Within Us

    Here we go again. Some people in the community hunkering down in their homes waiting for it to be safe to go outside. Schools providing…

  • “Train Dreams” is a Meditative, Generation-Spanning Tale

    “Train Dreams” is a Meditative, Generation-Spanning Tale

    Have you ever stopped to think about the train laborers who helped build America’s railways? Here’s a film that you won’t soon forget. Chris Bentley’s…