Living green is an acceptable lifestyle today, but its advocates do not rest easy on past victories. Nowhere is this more true than at the level of state and local politics, where environmental issues are often as contentious as any.
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In the gritty boxer-producing town of Bayonne, N.J., Frank Kroncke was born into a popular Irish-American myth: The first-born son carries out the family name, the second son is disobedient and the third enters the Catholic priesthood.
Although a few congressional Democrats have tried to push a bill to reinstate the military draft, no change in the current volunteer armed services is in sight for 2008.
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J.W. Hulme national sales manager Dwane Carlin once sold a custom Russet leather satchel to Virginia Sen. John Warner. Being a self-described “political nut,” Carlin was naturally ecstatic about his brush with a big shot.
It’s been seven years since the rise and fall of local rap hero Lil Buddy reverberated throughout downtown Minneapolis’ hip-hop scene. Perhaps Minneapolis’ first real hope for mainstream hip-hop success, Buddy was at the threshold of national stardom before finding trouble in his personal life and robbing a Rosemount bank.