Gail Rosenblum
Columnist | Metro
Phone: 612-673-7350
E-mail: gail.rosenblum@startribune.com
Gail Rosenblum is a metro section columnist.
Recent content from Gail Rosenblum
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Troops' kids have their own struggles
They're facing extra stress, an author says. At Hastings Middle School, they're getting some extra attention.
Nov 7, 2009 -
Iranian dancer reclaims her identity
Leili Tajadod Pritschet has a story to tell. It is a universal story of loss, healing and forgiveness, recounted countless times across years and the world. But it is also hers alone.
Nov 5, 2009 -
A tipped-over Biff isn't that funny in the light of day
Gail Rosenblum: I was heading to my car in a parking lot near a Minneapolis lake when I noticed the big portable toilet lying on its side like a felled tree.
Nov 2, 2009 -
A creative counter to Wi-Fi 'freeloading'
Wi-Fi 'freeloader' update: a potential win-win called co-working.
Oct 28, 2009 -
Negligence can kill, but how does cash heal the pain?
Diane Willert had just finished lunch at the Owatonna window manufacturing company where she worked when she looked up and felt dread. A police officer was approaching. Her husband of 32 years, Dale Willert, had been killed an hour earlier in a construction accident, hit from behind by a 3,000-pound barn door that had been improperly installed.
Oct 26, 2009 -
Bipolar Saul? Anxious Moses? Mental woes are nothing new
Alana Riss Fine was sitting in a Minneapolis coffee shop one recent Friday, when she noticed a theme brewing around her. One patron was lost in a book titled: "Understanding Job." Three others were sitting nearby, discussing Biblical texts.
Oct 21, 2009 -
One textbook case of mother issues found in grammar lesson
Class, today's grammar lesson is about, well, apparently it's about unresolved childhood wounds.
Oct 14, 2009 -
Hecker soap opera has a missing piece
In a week of irresistible dish -- Letterman and his girlfriends, Levi posing for Playgirl -- the Denny and Tamitha Hecker divorce still rocks in the you-can't-make-this-stuff-up category.
Oct 11, 2009 -
This group can attest: It feels good to give
I do know that it's October, but I'm starting with a Christmas story anyway.
Oct 7, 2009 -
Pulling men from brink of abuse: Group offers hope
The Blueprint program, to be implemented by St. Paul police next year, offers new hope to women trying to escape domestic abuse. Tragically, as the Star Tribune pointed out Sunday, the innovative program, which assesses offenders' potential lethality, didn't come soon enough to save Pam Taschuk. Taschuk, 48, of Lino Lakes, was fatally shot last week by her estranged husband, who then killed himself, police say.
Oct 6, 2009
