Columns by Al Batt
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At the cemetery, you can see the circle of life
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008
I spent a lot of time at cemeteries this past summer.
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Be thankful that you don’t have an evil twin
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008
A couple weeks before Halloween, I saw something scary in the window of a store.
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How do you know when you’re a grownup?
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008
Sooner than later, we reach that point in life where no one says to us, “My, how you have grown.”
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'See a penny, pick it up and all the day you’ll have good luck.'
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008
I came out of a convenience store the other day and saw a penny lying on the pavement. Read story
More Columns by Al Batt
- What goes from zero to 60 mph eventually?
- What are you dressing up as for Halloween?
- What, me worry? Finding keys to happiness
- Ah, the days of shop class and woodworking
- September is not winter and is not autumn
- Winning the lottery is all it’s cracked up to be
- Fall is a good time to appreciate the trees
- A probably, usually, normally, general election
- Looking back on August’s Olympic dreams
- If only my car could make it past Pemberton
- Husband, wife celebrate 273rd anniversary
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Today's Column
Editorial: Time to rethink U of M salaries
When the salaries of many Minnesota residents have been frozen, and tuition at Minnesota’s No. 1 college is rising, the University of Minnesota ought to reconsider what it pays its president and head basketball coach.
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Letters to the Editor
Point of purchase is OK for donating to charities
I am writing in response to Tim Engstrom’s column on Nov. 25, undermining large companies and their point of sale contributions to various charities.
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