High-Level Radioactive Waste Producer Accused of Falsifying Weld Tests on Storage Casks

Wed. Aug. 26th, 2015

Northern States Power/Xcel (NSP/Xcel), the Minnesota company that operates the Monticello nuclear reactor, was accused in July of faking federal quality control records in order to cover up inadequate tests of welding quality.

Whatever Happened To Wendell Berry’s Adage About Being Downstream Or Upstream?

Wed. Aug. 26th, 2015  |  Ed Raymond

Our Student Debt Is At $1.2 Trillion—And One-Third Of Our Student Debtors Are In Default—Welcome To Higher Education In The Richest Country In The World

You, too, can be part of Scott Walker’s inner circle

Wed. Aug. 26th, 2015

If you think that none of today’s presidential candidates care about people like you, check out Republican Scott Walker.

Seems like an inferiority complex is at work

Wed. Aug. 26th, 2015  |  Forrest Johnson

Just like that. Drill, baby drill and the jobs come back! Why haven’t we thought of that one before? Cripes, let’s get at it.

Clawing out of the Abyss

Wed. Aug. 26th, 2015  |  Melvyn Magree

As of this writing, we are into week two without cellular access on our iPhones (See “Cutting the cord and falling into the abyss” in last week’s Reader).

The Lynchburg Lemonade

Wed. Aug. 26th, 2015  |  Paul Whyte

Falling for a new fall beer

Wed. Aug. 26th, 2015  |  Jim Lundstrom

It hits all the right notes of a fall beer, yet it’s unlike any fall seasonal in my memory save Capital’s Autumnal Fire, which I once described as liquid candy.

The Corn Belt Tightens the Belt on Monarchs

Wed. Aug. 26th, 2015  |  Emily Stone

One of my most vivid childhood memories from Iowa’s corn country is watching clouds of monarch butterflies dance around the milkweed patch by our back steps and finding caterpillars on the leaves. My brother and I raised them, as many kids do.

Raymond Takes Control of Just Take Action

Wed. Aug. 26th, 2015  |  Robert Boone

Tim Nelson to sell his share of Fitger's Brewhouse and other restaurants.

Sports, Taxpayers And The Power Elite…

Wed. Aug. 26th, 2015  |  Marc Elliott

For some reason I keep thinking that someday, somewhere, a major municipality is going to tell one of these major league sport teams when they come begging for a new stadium or arena with hat in hand