by Forrest Peterson | Mar 26, 2026 | Words on Paper
Temple Grandin signed her books at a recent conference. Not very often do I feel some emotion while watching a movie. Ironically, it happened recently with a movie about someone whose autism often interfered with emotion and expressions of affection in human...
by Forrest Peterson | Jan 15, 2026 | Words on Paper
It’s too bad Nick Shirley wasn’t there recording what happened Jan. 7 on Portland Avenue in Minneapolis. Instead of ambushing day care centers under false pretenses and spreading lies and misinformation, he would have to concede that the murder of Renae Nicole Good...
by Forrest Peterson | Oct 16, 2025 | Words on Paper
Left: The presses will continue to roll in western Minnesota at the Ortonville Independent. Photo credit: Ortonville Independent Facebook page. Right: Help wanted ad in Minnesota Star Tribune. Some years ago, on business travel in western Minnesota, my newspaper...
by Forrest Peterson | Oct 9, 2025 | Words on Paper
Barbara McQuade and Andy Luger talk about the disinformation epidemic at the MinnPost Festival Sept. 27 in Minneapolis Even though she was sitting on a stage in front of hundreds of people, Barbara McQuade seemed much more relaxed than when she appears on “The Last...
by Forrest Peterson | Aug 7, 2025 | Words on Paper
Walter Cronkite talks on the phone at his office, prior to his final newscast as CBS anchorman on March 6, 1981, in New York City. (AP Photo) “And that’s the way it is….” or was, when Walter Cronkite set the standard for television news reporting on CBS from 1962 to...
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