DOWN ON THE FARM
Down on the Farm: Hitting a gusher
Budget problems? Unemployment? Solved. All you have to do is find billions of barrels of oil. Just win the lottery and your state will prosper.
By Eric Bergeson , February 04, 2012
Down on the Farm: Hahn-bin
Provocative Korean-born violinist Hahn-bin pranced and preened his way across the wood floor of the North Dakota Museum of Art in Grand Forks last Sunday as a part of the NDMA's annual concert series.
By Eric Bergeson , January 28, 2012
Down on the Farm: Creating whiners
The last thing a kid needs when he gets in a little trouble or doesn't get as much playing time as might seem right is to have his parents turn into his free defense lawyers.
By Eric Bergeson , January 14, 2012
Down on the Farm: Counting the Rings
There stood a big dead ash tree about 100 yards from the house that's been bugging me for a couple of years, so I decided to go after it.
By Eric Bergeson , January 07, 2012
Down on the Farm: Forming new habits
The use of the New Year's holiday as a chance to get one's behavior under control by making resolutions just shows how firmly habit holds us in its iron grip.
By Eric Bergeson , December 31, 2011
Down on the Farm: Recording the stories
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Most wanna-be documentarians never get around to recording the storytellers and the old-timers.
By Eric Bergeson , December 23, 2011
Down on the Farm: Creating contentment
As bizarre as it sounds, research shows that the more affluent a society, the less content its people.
By Eric Bergeson , December 17, 2011
An open winter?
An open winter, if I understand the phrase right, means you can move about outdoors without attaching boards or tennis racquets to your feet.
By Eric Bergeson , December 10, 2011
Down on the Farm: Those who stay
According to the authors of the book "Hollowing Out the Middle," which examines an actual small town in the Midwest, small-town schools prepare and encourage their best students to leave.
By Eric Bergeson , December 03, 2011
Down on the Farm: Cogs on the wheel
We give a brief nod to old-fashioned "liberal education" in our high schools and colleges today, but the fact remains: We're best at teaching the masses to perform "specific difficult manual tasks."
By Eric Bergeson , November 19, 2011
Down on the Farm: The first Mildred
After reaching her 100th birthday last month, we wondered how long it would be before my great Aunt Olive found another reason to live. It took one week.
By Eric Bergeson , November 12, 2011
Down on the Farm: Crowning a champion
The entire point of spectator sports is to crown a champion. What fun is it if we don't find out who is the best?
By Eric Bergeson , November 05, 2011
Down on the Farm: Blessed are the caretakers
Blessed are the caretakers, for we know not what they do until they're gone.
By Eric Bergeson , October 22, 2011
Down on the Farm: A secular saint
From the moment twenty years ago when I pulled my first Apple computer out of the box and flipped on the switch, I knew Steve Jobs was on my side.
By Eric Bergeson , October 17, 2011
Down on the Farm: The secret to longevity
The secret to Aunt Olive's longevity, I argue, is her attitude. Her outlook on life has always been delusionally positive.
By Eric Bergeson , October 08, 2011
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