About once a month I like to dedicate this column in the Pioneer Press to a particular constellation. Most of the time, I stick with major constellations like Orion, Gemini or the Big Bear, but this month I want to … Continued
Words will be flying in competition Wednesday during the Five Buck Finals of BuckSlam MN’s third annual poetry slam season at Indeed Brewing, 711 NE 15th Ave., Mpls. (Courtesy of the author) The evening will be hosted by Neil Hilborn, … Continued
At the dawn of 2026, social media influencers at home and abroad proclaimed it the year of the “analog lifestyle,” a call to reduce digital connectivity as smart tech and screen time dominate a person’s attention span. Selly Tan, an … Continued
America is having a collective freakout about jobs — specifically, that soon AI will do everything and leave everyone unemployable. This concern is not necessarily misplaced, but it is better understood as part of a larger worry: that one of … Continued
The gravest power entrusted to any American president is the authority to command the armed forces. With that authority comes a constitutional tension that has defined our republic since its founding: Congress declares war. The president conducts it. When an … Continued
The St. Paul Public Schools board will interview and select a candidate to fill a vacant board seat on Tuesday. Five candidates will be interviewed to fill former board member Jim Vue’s seat on the seven-member board. Vue, who had … Continued