Editor’s Note: This excerpt is adapted from Loose of Earth: A Memoir (April 2024) with permission from University of Texas Press. The Environmental Protection Agency announced limits on PFAS in drinking water earlier this month. A blade of light glances … Continued
Iran’s missile and drone attack on Israel over the weekend was a game-changing escalation that requires some game-changing rethinking on the part of Israel and its most important ally, the United States. I call it “the three-state solution.” It begins … Continued
A new Minnesota proposal stands poised to follow Texas and Florida in violating centuries of First Amendment protections against government compelling or blocking speech. The proposed legislation raises similar concerns to cases the Supreme Court heard last month to block Texas and Florida social … Continued
Food myths come from many sources, and American cooks (including me) have swallowed lots of them. Some of them used to be truths, like the notion that you should eat oysters only in “R” months (before refrigeration, shellfish were safer … Continued
Nearly all of the water wells serving Hastings and South St. Paul have PFAS chemical levels exceeding the new limits for drinking water announced last week by the Environmental Protection Agency. The cities are among several in the east metro … Continued
Take a step off Dawn Keller’s curb and you’ll soon be standing in the parking lot drop-off of the Etna Station, the Clarence Street entranceway to the Gold Line corridor. Keller’s front-door view once consisted of a woodsy tree lot … Continued