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By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Where in the name of Edward R. Murrow has eight years gone?
That’s how long it’s been since we brought the Reader back from the …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Where in the name of Edward R. Murrow has eight years gone?
That’s how long it’s been since we brought the Reader back from the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
If I want to remember when something happened, I scroll through the photos on my phone.
I last cleaned out the folder in late 2019, …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It has taken 10 years, many miles and more car barfs, backseat brawls and emergency roadside pit stops than I care to recall (including an …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Every once in a while, as life stacks up a bit too high, the river calls. I dream of long days in the canoe, drifting …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
I’ve found no greater sense of kinship in this world than while sitting at a restaurant bar on a Saturday night in summer, surrounded by …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Any halfway diligent reader of the Reader since December 2004 is familiar with my coverage of city decisions, trends and politics. They may also have …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
In Shakey, Jimmy McDonough’s massive 750-page biography of Neil Young, he described the moment when Young bailed on Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young midway …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
I very rarely indulge in extravagances, but when I bought an almost-new car in 2020, I decided that I wanted a sunroof. There was no …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It’s a singular feeling watching the proceedings of the House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the United States Capitol. After years …
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