When last we heard about Miles Weske, the flight paramedic had lost his job with the air ambulance company for whom he was working when the helicopter crashed in Alexandria one year ago Sunday. His goal was to get back in the air. That's not going to happen.
We laughed last spring when a baseball statistics prediction program predicted 77 wins for your Minnesota Twins. The front office had done virtually nothing to change the worst team in the American League. Last night, thanks to a walk-off home run by Byron Buxton, the Twins won their 77th game of the season.
I wasn't prepared to lose my breath, however, when I made a dash to the Post Office through the skyway this afternoon. I had read in one of the papers that there'd be an installation of stories from people who also had chosen to come here from somewhere else.
But I didn't expect it would be so downright beautiful.
Former Vice President Walter Mondale knows the law. He also knows the Senate. And he's firmly on the side of Sen. Al Franken in opposition to Minnesota Supreme Court Justice David Stras' appointment to the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
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