NATHAN KITZMANN
Misguided youth movements were naive, but exciting
On Aug. 28, 2010, Glenn Beck sponsored the Restoring Honor Rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The Memorial is most famous for being the site of Martin Luther King’s Famous “I Have a Dream” speech, on Aug. 28, 1963.By Nathan Kitzmann , September 01, 2010
Be who you want to be
The whole idea was a little bizarre, I admit. In 2006, seven kids in their early 20s took to the streets of Minneapolis dressed as zombies, bloody faces and limp, in protest of what they saw as the public’s willingness to rely on a steady diet of new products to take the place of human interaction. Good point, maybe not the best execution.August 25, 2010
Willy Wonka’s voice, stuck forever inside 
It’s a familiar scene.
“All aboard,” the mad candy maker yells, as cheerfully as a captain getting everyone on board for an afternoon sail. But your heart clenches and your neck sweats, because you know what’s next.
By Nathan Kitzmann , August 18, 2010
The Alpha, the Ogema, the Mall of America
I stood outside the largest building I have ever seen in my life, in the third aisle of the Nevada section of the parking ramps.
By Nathan Kitzmann , August 11, 2010
Open road: The class is in the car
I loved my trusty-old Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight — that rusty and glorious pile of flaming excrement. But there comes a day in every car’s life when you decide between pumping more money into a potentially dead-end cause, and recognizing the end of the road for what it is.
By Nathan Kitzmann , July 28, 2010
Censorsing the uncensored Twain
Mark Twain’s full, uncensored autobiography — which is going to print this month — did not see the light of publication until exactly 100 years after his death, as ordered in his will.
By Nathan Kitzmann , July 14, 2010
Going back to this great nation’s roots
I enjoyed this past Independence Day as much as the next man. Bombs bursting in air, good times under the sun’s red glare, all very nice. But when the smoke cleared and America woke up hung over from its deep slumber, was the spirit still there?
By Nathan Kitzmann , July 07, 2010
Government tries to limit mistakes, while infringing on rights
It’s no skin off my back that tattoos will soon be illegal in Minnesota to anyone under 18.
By NATHAN KITZMANN , June 30, 2010
Map out options before making decision
Driving to the cities is much more fun when you have GPS showing you the way, rather than ripped and wrinkled maps and our own flawed sense of direction — for a while.
By Nathan Kitzmann , June 23, 2010
Will this small town boy become a big city college man?
The city is beautiful, but there’ll be no getting out of it, no turning back, no going home. Not anytime soon, anyway.
The vortex will pull me in, and I’ll either like it or I won’t, but I’ll be in the fray to stay. This I must consider.
By Nathan Kitzmann , June 16, 2010
Find a new system instead of principal
I was saddened and angered to read about Helen Kennedy and how she was forced out of her position as principal of Waubun High because, despite (from what I’ve read) being everything a school could want in a leader, her students didn’t meet the No Child Left Behind standards set by a bunch of stuff-shirts in Washington who have probably haven’t been in a classroom in 50 years.
By Nathan Kitzmann , June 09, 2010
It’s more than just a different language
I went to the public forum last Thursday on the possibility of a Chinese class in DLHS, fully knowing I wasn’t about to sign up for the class next fall.
By Nathan Kitzmann , May 26, 2010
Madonna will one day be studied in school
Fifty years ago, Elvis shocked America with his provocative hip gyrations and new style of loud, abrasive music that captured the hearts of the youth at that time: rock ‘n’ roll.
By Nathan Kitzmann , May 19, 2010
Every little bit helps: Cleaning Mother Earth
I skipped out on Day of Caring last Wednesday. I felt really bad about it — even though I was sick and sleep-deprived and really in no shape to be standing out in the rain holding garbage bags open.
By Nathan Kitzmann , May 12, 2010
Post Prom can be a fun, tiring, yet absurd, party
I went to prom for the first time in my life, and it was a good time.
By Nathan Kitzmann , May 05, 2010
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