Killing bees and butterflies

July 19, 2013

Accidently and on purpose

An ensemble Spotty award

July 18, 2013

Accepting pennies on the dollar from outsiders and colonizers

Perpetual Care

July 17, 2013

It’s not just for cemeteries anymore!

Mommy, what’s that noise I hear in the ground?

July 16, 2013

It’s just mining explosions, dear, go back to sleep

What lies – not very far – beneath

July 12, 2013

Discussions about the proposed new sulfide mines in northern Minnesota always talk about an open pit mine at Hoyt Lakes and and an “underground” mine near Ely. But the “underground” appellation isn’t accurate, or not entirely so, anyway. And when he gets out of Dodge to talk about it, Duluth Metals president Vern Baker (hometown […]

Protecting Brimstone Mountain 2

July 11, 2013

Mining Truth asks four simple questions

The heartbreak of Pudendum Obsession Disorder

July 11, 2013

It can strike at any time without warning

Protecting Brimstone Mountain

July 9, 2013

It’s not in the jungles of South America, either

Why bother?

July 6, 2013

The seduction and abandonment of Minnesota

Maybe a photograph will steal your soul

July 5, 2013

Or your identity anyway

Scalia, um, explained

July 3, 2013

There were two op-eds in the Star Tribune on July 3rd, purporting to unpack Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s thinking. One is by Cass Sunstein, and the other is by Noah Feldman. They’re both professors at the Harvard Law School. I am sure the professors are much more familiar with the oeuvre of the longest […]

Repealing the Civil War

June 27, 2013

One Supreme Court decision at a time