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Jim Heffernan

Jim Heffernan is a former Duluth News Tribune news and opinion writer and columnist. He maintains a blog at jimheffernan.org and can be reached by email at jimheffernan@jimheffernan.org.

Smelt Parade organizer Jim Ouray
Lifestyle
Jim Heffernan column: Lake 'Superior?' More like Lake 'Duluth'
In the same spirit as the idea of the United States taking over Greenland, Minnesota should take over Isle Royale.
3d ago
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Lifestyle
Jim Heffernan column: Be happier, be healthier, in new year via TV
I have resolved to take more of the medicines they advertise on late-night television.
Jan 4
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By  Jim Heffernan
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Lifestyle
Jim Heffernan column: What to eat, and not eat, during holidays
I’m not going to visit lutefisk today. It gets so much ridicule each year I think people are getting as tired of hearing about it as they are of eating it.
Dec 7, 2024
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By  Jim Heffernan
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Lifestyle
Jim Heffernan column: Flags galore, so proudly we hail as Election Day nears
Something is disquieting to me about the proliferation of flags these days.
Nov 2, 2024
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By  Jim Heffernan
pair of large white fuzzy dice hang from rearview mirror in vintage car with white interior
Lifestyle
Jim Heffernan column: The days when we were 'car crazy'
Passing the driver’s test for me and some of my friends was considered the overarching achievement of our lives.
Oct 5, 2024
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By  Jim Heffernan
podium flanked by two U.S. flags with logo that reads "The White House"
Lifestyle
Jim Heffernan column: Veep nod eludes math-phobe, onion hater
As a youngster I never liked onions. How could an onion hater ever be elected to high office or even low office?
Sep 14, 2024
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By  Jim Heffernan
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Lifestyle
Jim Heffernan column: Facts of life more than birds, bees
As I move through the world, I encounter so many things that should be discussed with today’s young people that I sense are not being talked about.
Aug 3, 2024
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By  Jim Heffernan
man putting some cannabis on a rolling paper
Lifestyle
Jim Heffernan column: How age spared me from going to pot
I know a lot of people my age have tried it in spite of the dire warnings we received as teenagers. But not me.
Jul 6, 2024
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By  Jim Heffernan
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Lifestyle
Jim Heffernan column: Attack of a 50-foot woman and other travails
In my youth, a long time ago, around the time the 50-foot woman was first lurking about, I had a friend whose summer job at the former Elliott Meat Packing Co. in Duluth was herding sheep to their ultimate demise.
Jun 1, 2024
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By  Jim Heffernan
Florian Chmielewski laughs as he talks to his girlfriend Marilyn Kiehl during a pause between songs at a St. Patty's Day Polka Party in 2017 in Mahtowa. Jamie Lund/jlund@pinejournal.com
Lifestyle
Jim Heffernan column: Farewell to a fine musician, politician
Sad to see Florian is gone. He kept going with the music well into his 90s, always broadly smiling and seeming to be singing, “Roll out the barrel, and we’ll have a barrel of fun ..."
May 4, 2024
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By  Jim Heffernan
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