Reading is more than something we learn in school — it shapes how we live our lives. Knowing how to read is key to thinking critically and communicating effectively. For students, …
Rabbits are the most frequent pests to cause problems in gardens in winter. They have a harder time finding food and often attack young tree and shrub trunks, chewing on the inner bark. …
Have you ever met that one person who has a cutting statement so poignant that it stops you in your tracks and you almost have more respect for them as a result? One could look at this …
Have you ever thought about who said the first spoken word? Or every new word since that first utterance? I am neither a linguist nor a historian, but I talk a lot and I wonder about …
The Elf on the Shelf phenomenon has been a favorite (or not-so-favorite) holiday occurrence since its debut in 2005. “Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition” by Carol Aebersold and …
We are one quarter of the way through the 2023-24 NBA season, and the 16-4 Minnesota Timberwolves have the best record in the league. They’ve won five straight games, 15 of their last 17, and …
Rabbits are the most frequent pests to cause problems in gardens in winter. They have a harder time finding food and often attack young tree and shrub trunks, chewing on the inner bark.
Have you ever met that one person who has a cutting statement so poignant that it stops you in your tracks and you almost have more respect for them as a result? One could look at this person as a scrooge or a poor representation of Jesus, but to the keen observer, they might see that this person has something real and raw they can share for wisdom you can practically use.
The Elf on the Shelf phenomenon has been a favorite (or not-so-favorite) holiday occurrence since its debut in 2005. “Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition” by Carol Aebersold and her daughter, Chanda Bell, explains how Santa Claus knows who is naughty and who is nice.
Have you ever thought about who said the first spoken word? Or every new word since that first utterance? I am neither a linguist nor a historian, but I talk a lot and I wonder about …
We are one quarter of the way through the 2023-24 NBA season, and the 16-4 Minnesota Timberwolves have the best record in the league. They’ve won five straight games, 15 of their last 17, and the main driver behind their success is they play the best defense in the NBA. This is exactly what team president Tim Connelly had in mind when he traded a bundle of rotation players and first-round picks to the Utah Jazz for three-time defensive player of the year Rudy Gobert.
I’m not going to sugarcoat things. Josh Dobbs’ quarterbacking performance in Monday night’s awful 12-10 loss to the Chicago Bears was unacceptably bad. That was an eminently winnable game for a Minnesota Vikings team that is still firmly in the NFC playoff picture, and bad decisions and inaccurate throws by Dobbs were the biggest on-field reason for why the Vikings lost to an offensively inept Bears team.