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Gail Rosenblum

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Phone: 612-673-7350

Email: gail.rosenblum@startribune.com

Gail Rosenblum writes two to three columns a week on people, social issues, trends, and the complexities of human relationships.
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Rosenblum: No grudges, just hope for an apology

Keo and Phouxay Phanthavong have built a shrine to their deceased son, Anousone, to which Keo adds fresh flowers every day. Keo keeps in her freezer the lychee and star fruit her son gave her the day before he died.

Updated: July 08, 2012, - 07:48 AM

Rosenblum: Generations of Rices transform Hill City parade into family affair

Tiny Hill City's July 4th parade takes up just four blocks. This year, the Rice family has it covered.

Updated: July 05, 2012, - 10:29 AM

Rosenblum: Despite Danish study, it's not OK for pregnant women to drink

A just-released Danish study on drinking during pregnancy had a sobering effect on Emily Gunderson, spokeswoman for the Minnesota Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (MOFAS).

Updated: July 04, 2012, - 08:35 PM

Rosenblum: Court's wise ruling balances public safety, redemption

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling this week striking down life sentences for juvenile offenders was historic and wise.

Updated: June 27, 2012, - 08:20 PM

Rosenblum: Loving families pitted against each other in adoption case

Dorothy Dunning arrives in Minneapolis on Monday, her 15th visit in three years. It's a trip Dunning can ill-afford to make, but the 52-year-old Mississippi grandmother would spend her last dime to win custody of her two biological granddaughters.

Updated: June 23, 2012, - 09:23 PM

Rosenblum: PCs for People helps the needy join the world of the wired

The success story called PCs for People began because Andy Elofson saw things differently. Or, more precisely, saw one teenager differently.

Updated: June 20, 2012, - 09:03 PM

Want to donate your computer?

Thanks, but please do it smartly. Half of the computers donated by individuals are unusable and will be recycled. Businesses do much better; only 15 percent of theirs can't be used.

Updated: June 20, 2012, - 07:36 PM

Rosenblum: To save his life, heart patient must leave Minnesota

Goffrey Duevel's luck finally was changing when I wrote about him in 2011. After surviving childhood cancer, polio and two open-heart surgeries, Duevel, 33, got a new heart in 2008.

Updated: June 18, 2012, - 08:09 PM

Rosenblum: Cellphone photo prank offers chance to instruct, not punish

I was happy to see typically tough-on-crime Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom take an evenhanded approach to four Lakeville middle-schoolers charged Tuesday in a locker-room photo prank.

Updated: June 13, 2012, - 07:14 PM

Rosenblum: From homes demolished, a community garden grows

Robin Russell planted her first garden at age 7, carrying crocus bulbs gifted by her mother into the alley behind their south Minneapolis home. Russell's latest garden is easier to spot, and it's also a gift.

Updated: June 11, 2012, - 02:55 PM