Lynn Hummel

The latest crop of fresh-faced graduates is about to march up for their diplomas. I include college graduates in that crowd because I no longer can tell the difference between...

We’ve heard all about A. J. Clemente, the Bismarck anchor man doing his very first broadcast. He didn’t know his microphone was on and uttered a few choice expletives, then...

Our son Buckwheat lives with his family in a comfortable Twin Cities suburb he calls a “city without a soul.” What’s he talking about anyway? At the 20th anniversary of...

When I finished a package of blueberries some years ago, I found a message written on the bottom of the carton: “If you’re a good looking girl living anywhere near...

This article is being written during National Robotics Week and would be much better if a robot were writing it. We are all in an age where robots are assembling...

About two weeks ago I wrote a column about getting into the wrong taxi in Port au Prince, Haiti, and the dangerous and scary situation that followed. When you got...

Did you know that your 285 H.P. Jeep Wrangler Rubicon has a name that goes back to before the birth of Christ? It’s true if you’re curious about what a...

Jeff and I, headed to Haiti to work on a project there, arrived at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port au Prince at 2:30 p.m. on March 9. The...

I stopped to take a good look at a picture that’s been hanging on the wall a long time, but in an area around the corner where we seldom pause...

There have been a lot of broken hearts in our family. The formula is simple: one of your kids has a romance with a guy or gal that the family...

A single mother of two teen daughters told me this story last month. The mother is finishing her degree at Bemidji State University and she drives 50 miles to classes...

Prologue: The war in Iraq was launched on March 20, 2003. It wasn’t over until all U.S. troops were taken out on Dec. 15, 2011. During that time, 4,487 American...

Some eyebrows were raised when Pope Benedict XVI announced two days before Lent that he was resigning as Pope as of Feb. 28. After all, when a pope is elected...

For the ninth straight year, the folks who are recognized and honored in this column with DIDO Awards for day-in-day-out performances will be more important than the glitzy stars who...

As we watched the brothers Harbaugh, Jim and John, face off against one another as head coaches in the Super Bowl, we had to wonder whether it's ever easy for...