Archive of: Heffernan

	Title	Issue
	Jim Heffernan: Devil missing from hell; said lurking in details DATELINE HELL -- Officials here announced today that the devil has gone missing. “Our ruler disappeared from his golden throne the day after Thanksgiving and hasn’t been heard from since,” a Hades spokesman stated in a terse message. He denied the disappearance had anything to do with Black Friday, a perennial favorite of the prince of darkness. Jim Heffernan	December 2011
	When wolves almost got the deerslayer With deer season coming to an end and the 40th anniversary of my dad's death plying my mind, I recall the the story he told about standing off a pack of wolves while deer hunting in the wilds of extreme northern Minnesota. by Jim Heffernan	November 2011
	Reflections on 11/11/11: The Ignominious Final Salute to an Ancient Uniform I finally said good-bye to my dad's ancient WWI uniform after many attempts to find an honorable home for it. My father served in the U.S. Army during World War I. He was a training sergeant stationed at a base in California. Before boarding ships to the front in France, along came 11/11/18 (armistice) and his unit was kept stateside. All of this took place long before I was born but his uniform followed him–and eventually me–until I gave it a final farewell. by Jim Heffernan	November 2011
	Trick or treat, smell my feet Growing up, I longed for the old days of Halloween pranks described by my parents, the most prominently mentioned being the tipping over of outhouses. But by the time I aged a bit and made it to the Halloween rounds there were no outhouses in our neighborhood to tip over, so we made do with soap, which we used only that once. I’m a Halloween prankster failure, looking back on it. by Jim Heffernan	October 2011
	Norsk royalty visit goes to head of local Norwegian citizens Norwegian royalty visiting Duluth this October triggers a tongue in cheek response by veteran ethnic editor, Jim Heffernan. Heffernan writes his account of this visit in the spirit of the old time rivalry between local Scandinavians. by Jim Heffernan	October 2011
	True confessions of a phonophobe No Twitter, Tweets or Facebook for me. I still use the land-line telephone, so rich in a history of party lines, operators and fascinating names for telephone exchanges. And yet... I'm a phonephobe–one who resists or even fears using the phone. by Jim Heffernan	September 2011
	Lew Latto: Memories of a 65-year friendship My friend broadcaster Lew Latto is dead. As youths growing up together, I could not help but notice how Lew seemed to straddle two worlds like no one else I knew. With his friends he was a fun-loving, sometimes mischievous teenager, but at the same time he was an adult,working on the air in radio, dealing with station managers and producers and operating in the adult world. by Jim Heffernan	August 2011
	A farewell to Goosetown A curious drive to the new middle school they're building on Duluth's western hillside sparked memories of a time when the city was more ethnically defined. by Jim Heffernan	August 2011
	Kick the can now the favorite game of politicians Here in Minnesota, political leaders, working to resolve a budget crisis that caused a shutdown of state government, have been accused of just kicking the can down the road with their resolution of political loggerheads between Republicans and Democrats. by Jim Heffernan	August 2011
	One Degree Of Separation from Elizabeth Taylor Spending a lifetime in journalism, offers the opportunity to meet a lot of prominent people. Jim Heffernan	June 2011