Nick Coleman
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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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McCarthy gaffe is like calling Kenneth Starr 'Ringo Starr'
A photograph of former Minnesota Sen. Eugene McCarthy was shown during a roll call of the honored dead at the DNC. It would have made a nice moment. But they called him "Joseph McCarthy."
Aug 28, 2008 -
Poor have seat in front row for RNC: Will they be seen?
The Republican National Convention doesn't start until next Monday, but the first sign that we are living in troubled times went up across from the Xcel Energy Center two weeks ago:
Aug 26, 2008 -
Barber's perspective: Election a coin toss
Barack Obama will win Minnesota for the Democrats on Nov. 4. Richard Moynihan's lucky silver dollar says so.
Aug 21, 2008 -
Nothingburger celebration will go down easy with State Fair spice
Summer is almost over, and Minnesota still is sleepwalking through the observance of our sesquicentennial, which as I have noted before, is a Latin word meaning "nothingburger." Luckily, Warren Nelson will be at the State Fair.
Aug 19, 2008 -
Boxmeyer's mirror showed St. Paul in its best light
A lot of nice things have been written about my friend Don Boxmeyer, who died last week. But it hasn't been enough, if you ask me, and there is room for more.
Aug 17, 2008 -
'Cranky' lady tangled with 'Mr. Nasty’
Christina Brown said she wanted a $30 refund from the SuperTarget in Plymouth. The cops said she must be crazy.
Aug 14, 2008 -
A canoe trip to Hudson Bay? Tall order fits brothers to a tee
You might see more bears than boats if you paddle a canoe from Minnesota to Hudson Bay. But you are even more likely to bump into kids from Minnesota.
Aug 12, 2008 -
Crippling disease, and bureaucracy, can't stand in the way of true love
When they heard of her engagement, lots of people tried to talk Joan Kennedy out of marrying Dickie Steele.
Aug 11, 2008 -
Nick Coleman, columnist: From street, Obama event had GOP feel
As the Democratic presidential candidate broke bread at a fund-raiser, folks outside were worrying about jobs and the economy.
Aug 7, 2008 -
Justice may be blind, but it's also deaf or very hard of hearing
Some people can't hear. Others don't want to.
Aug 5, 2008
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