Our very own settler problem: America’s Culture-of-Gun-Deaths
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In the debate raging over gun control, one point needs to be emphasized.
Danny Klecko: Tattooed baker, rebel poet
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One of the first things you notice are the tats: 42 of them in all – and more to come for, as Danny Klecko explains, “Being Polish, I don’t always share my feelings and I guess that’s my way of doing it.””As my wife will tell you – when I’m pissed off, I head to the parlor.”Polish or no, these days Klecko, the CEO of St. Agnes Bakery in St. Paul, has found a whole new avenue of personal expression: poetry and literary publishing. He still maintains his other careers: celebrity baker — among other gigs, he’s appeared on Martha Stewart’s radio program — social entrepreneur and founder of the St. Paul Bread Club, and author (his most distinctive tattoo is the ISBN of his book of dog biscuit recipes, K-9 Nation Biscuit Book: Baking for Your Best Friend, published by the Minnesota Historical Society.)Conversation in Silenceby Danny KleckoI took you to the playground at nightSo you could have the swing set to yourselfYou said – Push me higherPush, me higherAnd I didThe chains began to creakYour body became a blurSilhouetted against the starsA tiny frame whooshing like a cometThere’s going to be hell to payWhen Grandma discovers our adventureExplanations will be pointlessYou said – Push me higherPush, me higherAnd I didBecause nothing is more beautifulThan the glowing faceOf a granddaughterWho smiles backAt the moon“I like to tease him that he embodies both humility and self-reflective qualities with being a megalomaniac,” says Alison Aten at the MHS, who met Klecko when she publicized his book and went on to become personal friends with him. Continue Reading
Batting Third: in support of independent political parties
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The other day a Facebook friend sent me a horrified inquiry asking if I had meant to “like” Mitt Romney on Facebook.
Bain Capital Meets Frankenstorm: It’s an ill wind that blows no good
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In the wake of megastorm Sandy, Bain Capital, which was co-founded by Mitt Romney and where he served as CEO until he resigned in 1999 but didn’t Continue Reading
Etch-a-Sketch: Romney campaign faces possible lawsuit
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Already under threat from the company that manufactures Etch-A-Sketch for product defamation, the Mitt Romney campaign committee is now facing a possible lawsuit for copyright infringement from The Continue Reading
Let’s Call the Whole Thing off: Romney and Ryan deny “rumor” about marriage
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Chicago, IL — Still reeling from negative reaction to his comments on the night the U.S. Continue Reading
Romney and Ryan make it official: Big date set for January 20, 2013
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Miami, September 5 — Gazing at each other with the fondness that observers report has been waxing ever since the two men first met several months ago at a policy forum, GOP Presidential candidate Continue Reading
Duck-and-cover: The ticking American time bomb
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Another mass shooting, this time outside the Empire State Building, two dead, a dozen wounded. Next week – or the week after – there will be another, then another soon after, and so on. This we know for sure.
Rope-A-Dope: It ain’t going to work for Mitt
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One of my favorite memories of the 2008 primary season was a video of Mitt Romney trying to get down with a small group of black youth.
American Checklist: The Dark Knight Rising Among Us
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This howling,
This strutting about,
This fist shaking,
This victim’s entitlement,
This juice squeezed
From the balls of violence,
This scorn of spectacles,
This impatience with speech,
This murdering of grief,
This self-cutting,
This blood weeping
From the eyes,
These monuments to us,
This camouflage,
These reflecting lenses,
This Kevlar vest, Continue Reading