By The Hack In somewhat big news for restaurant industry insiders, Hospitality Minnesota President and CEO Dave Siegel announced minutes ago that the organization's board of directors voted to cancel the Upper Midwest Foodservice & Lodging Show. The event had…
Category: Current Affairs
St. Paul without Russo? That’s crazy talk.
By The Hack The Hack has semi-regular conversations with Lenny Russo at Heartland, and knows him to be funny, extremely smart, and extremely passionate about professional path he’s chosen. His rants are rarely without a succinct point. This issue is…
Yep. Smart governing. Thanks, T-Paw.
Had another post worked up, but thought this was also good reading. Kinda explains, through this issue, the total short-sightedness of our current guv. Labeling himself a conservative, his budget acts (which lack any foresight) through his tenure have only…
Newspaper survival: Collusion?
By The New Guy Well, collusion might be too strong a word these days. But not long ago, the thought of a meeting between the heads of media giants was viewed with immeasurable suspicion among journalism practitioners. Now, not so…
Quick link…
Nice, quick read in the New York Times. A bit of a retread of what Michael Pollan has written about extensively, but a nice, short primer for the uninitiated. Discuss.
An ode to culture
By Harold In addition to the toll it takes on one’s pocketbook, liver and rectum, the principal downside of being a first-rate boozehound, at least for those of us inclined to write about it, must be the persistent lack of…