You seem hoarse, Frank

April 6, 2016

In recent days, mining flack Frank Ongaro, the executive director of Mining Minnesota, had an overheated commentary in the Strib, complaining bitterly that, well, let’s let Frank tell it: In “Fighting to save the soul of Minnesota” (March 14) former Vice President Walter Mondale endorsed an extremist proposal, calling on the U.S. Department of the […]

If people don’t want to come out to the ballpark

January 11, 2016

How are you going to stop them?

Twinkies for Ammon

January 7, 2016

Apparently, they really need toilet paper, too. And please read about the gun-wielding outpatients.

Comment on the PolyMet FEIS

December 10, 2015

Do it now

Marshall Helmberger on Minnesota’s dystopian future

November 20, 2015

Marshall Helmberger is — bar none — the best editorialist on the Range. Marshall is the publisher of the Timberjay newspapers. He is the best example of a courageous small-town newspaperman that I know of. In a piece that was published on November 18th, Helmberger writes: [O]fficials from the Bureau of Land Management received a crash course in two […]

Brad Moore: We are not a shell! a reprise

October 31, 2015

The PolyMet exec delivers the valedictory remarks

“Leave no nest unshitted!”

October 24, 2015

Kurt Daudt, 2015

Stop PolyMet! – the rally

October 20, 2015

There was a sizable rally last week in St. Paul to deliver a simple message to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources: Stop PolyMet’s sulfide mine. It started on what is known as Railroad Island with music and speakers and then the attendees marched to the DNR Headquarters. The event was headlined by activist and […]

Hiring more dingoes as babysitters – a reprise

August 7, 2015

When “catastrophe” is putting it charitably

Another abandoned sulfide rock mine spill

August 6, 2015

But not to worry, all the aquatic life was already killed a long time ago

You want Dill on that Tomassoni?

May 20, 2015

[I’ve been indisposed and haven’t written much for a while. Sorry.] The close of the recent legislative session will probably set the bar for skullduggery on a number of fronts, not the least of which is the environment. HF 846, the odious Agriculture and Environment Omnibus Budget Bill contains a lot of policy in it — bad policy — […]

It’s beginning to look a lot like Thugmas!

October 25, 2014

Yeah, nice lil’ county ya got dere. Shame if sumptin’ happin ta it. So wacher moufs.