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Susan Lesch

San Diego, Minneapolis, CA
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5 years 17 weeks

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Posted on 04/22/13 at 11:09 am in response to Boston bombings: Understanding Tsarnaev brothers and their intended audience

Tamerlan's change in direction to violence could have been simply as his father explained, or simply as 60 Minutes explained on CBS (either the result of assaulting his girlfriend, or as a result of the FBI inquiry found on his record). In both cases, his loss of U.S. citizenship at the time he wished to join the U.S. Olympic team had to hit him very hard. His younger brother eventually got citizenship no problem, and Tamerlan was, after all, a first class, New England Golden Gloves athlete...

Posted on 05/23/12 at 09:39 am in response to Feeding the poor: But is it healthy food?

Cynthia, thank you. Apparently international food aid includes boxes of "soybean oil" which I saw on television last week. Is that not a good source for omega-6s (which Western people don't need more of)?

Posted on 05/23/12 at 09:46 am in response to 'Flour power' art project pays tribute to Minneapolis' milling history

Re: "it was flour that put Minneapolis on the map". Do you happen to know if the flour oligarchy here produced white or whole wheat flour?

Posted on 05/24/12 at 04:53 pm in response to 'Flour power' art project pays tribute to Minneapolis' milling history

Alex and Andy, thank you very much. Sorry I can't make it on the 27th. Here's hoping that maybe the author will publish the lecture on the Web.

Posted on 05/14/12 at 01:11 pm in response to Prejudice is impeding anti-obesity efforts, experts say

You are right, Begley did write "It may be the nation's last, accepted form of prejudice." Which is really something considering that a year ago the U.S. said women earn 75 cents for every dollar earned by a man.

Posted on 10/25/11 at 10:53 am in response to Team Bachmann: Ex-staffers didn't write angry press release

Regarding: "'Shortages were not as severe for jobs in low-skilled production, management and administration, and customer service.' 'Low skilled' and 'management.' Heh."

Dear Mr. Lambert, thank you for reminding me why I come to MinnPost to read your column every day.

Posted on 09/15/11 at 02:07 pm in response to A manufacturing comeback as iconic Faribault Woolen Mill set to reopen

Nice article and good news. Mr. Beal, perhaps you could clear up my confusion over whose "icon" the picture is. My only experience with those are point blankets manufactured by Hudson's Bay Company. I did find one blanket in a similar pattern in Google attributed to Faribo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson%27s_Bay_point_blanket

Posted on 08/18/11 at 11:10 am in response to Turning off your TV may help you live longer, study suggests

How does reading a good book compare to watching television? We are having trouble taking this one seriously.

Posted on 06/08/11 at 10:41 am in response to The negative evidence about positive thinking and health

Ms. Perry thank you for writing this article. This topic was on my mind this week and led me to look up Dale Carnegie yesterday. He only lived 66 years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Carnegie

Posted on 06/08/11 at 11:32 am in response to The negative evidence about positive thinking and health

Heh. I looked up the wrong guy yesterday. This man lived 95 years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Vincent_Peale