September 25, 2025
As the 2025 college football season begins in the new pay-the-players era, I am following two historic teams that have captured my attention for decades: the Minnesota Gophers and the University of Southern California Trojans.
April 16, 2025
The 29th WNBA season is around the corner, building on the women’s sports boom, promising more growth and change.
March 8, 2025
A vibrant economy for Minnesota’s future will require an educated workforce. Thanks to its historic commitment to higher education, Minnesota has a variety of quality public and private colleges available to educate its residents.
March 2, 2025
One measure of a person’s true character is how they treat people; do they treat people with respect, listen, and make them feel welcome?
February 1, 2025
My lifelong love of books continued in 2024. I read several outstanding books in several categories: politics and history, media, sports, other nonfiction, and fiction.
July 6, 2024
In February 2023, the Minnesota Legislature passed and Governor Tim Walz signed a law to make Juneteenth a state holiday. Public business cannot be conducted on June 19 in observance of the holiday.
May 19, 2024
More than 50 years ago, I began working for the Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Commission, a state agency charged with planning for and coordinating postsecondary education. It was an exciting time as the state was pursuing and implementing its goal of providing access to and choice of opportunities for students and families.
May 5, 2024
Paul Tough, who has written several books on education, inequality, and success, explores what changed in the last decade to make a college education—and higher education as an institution—so unappealing to so many Americans (“Americans Are Losing Faith in the Value of College. Whose Fault is That?” September 5, 2023, The New York Times Magazine).
March 1, 2024
The last weekend in January is one of the most exciting times on the sports calendar, culminating in the National Football League (NFC) championship games on Sunday to determine the Super Bowl participants from the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).
February 20, 2024
I enjoyed reading several informative and entertaining books in 2023, covering sports, politics, a variety of general nonfiction, and fiction.