The Ravenna Volunteer Fire Department could have, possibly, saved my life.

Last week, I headed off to camp! I would love to say that my duffle bag was filled with my swim trunks, a flashlight, and all the fixings necessary to make some killer s’mores, but that might paint more of a rosy picture of camp than the one I experienced.

None of us like paying taxes. But even the Bible says we’re supposed to (“Give unto Caesar what is Caesar’s” is how I remember it).

I have been to Wilber, Nebraska once in my life, and it was a trip—or more like a pitstop— that I will never forget. Several years ago, while traveling from St.

A state senator—who will remain unnamed— once told me that “We’re all mammals” in reference to a sex scandal at the state capitol. Another senator had been caught using a state computer to, shall we say, do something naughty while watching a woman do something naughty online.

It had been a minute since I had browsed the candy aisle at the local gas station, so a couple of weeks ago, I decided to peruse and see just what exactly was being sold these days.

We live in a world where having adequate high-speed internet service is not just a luxury, but a necessity. With proper broadband, you can use a computer to run a business, manage a good website, work remotely, and operate the new generation of precision agriculture equipment.

“Where is the best place in town to eat?” That was the question that I heard multiple times late last week, as I hung around the storage bay of my office in downtown St. Paul.

“You should be allowed to say outrageous things.” “There’s ugly speech. There’s gross speech.

For a lot of people, if you were asked to think about the year 2010, there is a good chance that a litany of headline-making events would come to the forefront of your mind.