Nick Coleman
Columnist | Local News
Phone: 612-673-4400
E-mail: ncoleman@startribune.com
Nick Coleman is a columnist whose work appears on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday or Monday in the local news sections.
Recent content from Nick Coleman
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They're along for more than the ride
Since 1990, the Minnesota Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society has raised $13 million and taken 23,000 riders through the heart of the state.
Jul 24, 2008 -
After 13,000 miles on bike, rider walked down the aisle
It took Heather Tietje 13,000 miles of bike riding and 11 years of raising money for the Minnesota Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, but it all paid off:
Jul 22, 2008 -
Tribal fishing video spawns bigotry, attack on news site
Somebody tried to kill the Messenger last week. It didn't work.
Jul 21, 2008 -
So much for that new ballpark smell
The new Twins ballpark is only a soggy pizza box's throw away from Hennepin County's Energy From Waste Facility.
Jul 17, 2008 -
Straight Talk Express hits a bump when talk turns to Viagra
Let us begin today's screed with a parental advisory:
Jul 13, 2008 -
An oil-drilling myth repeated by politicians is just plain oily
We think we could solve our troubles if we started drilling on the outer continental shelf. Then we might be able to lower the price of gas to $3.98 gallon. Twenty years from now.
Jul 10, 2008 -
As new bridge takes shape, let's not forget fate of the old
The new Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi in Minneapolis has begun to look like a real bridge -- big and boring but built to last. The only people to have "crossed" it so far have been wearing hard hats, but they have all made it across safely.
Jul 8, 2008 -
Saluting a hero of yesterday -- and today
It took 145 years, but Civil War hero John Densmore finally got his due Wednesday.
Jul 3, 2008 -
Metro bus fares rising at the worst time
What's a poor Metro Transit authority to do when the public starts taking the bus in serious numbers? Raise fares. Maybe that'll make 'em stop.
Jul 1, 2008 -
An old stack fell in St. Paul, and a hole opened
As homely as it was, the old stack was loved by many people on the West End and the West Side of St. Paul.
Jun 29, 2008
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