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Jim Heffernan

Jim Heffernan is a former Duluth News Tribune news and opinion writer and columnist. He maintains a blog at jimheffernan.org and can be reached by email at jimheffernan@jimheffernan.org.

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Lifestyle
Jim Heffernan column: How last winter became a dud
Old Man Winter planned to bring a normal winter to the Upper Midwest, just as he had done for the past several hundred decades.
Apr 6, 2024
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Lifestyle
Jim Heffernan column: A quick ride through history with Jesse James
No question about it though, Jesse James is long gone, but I didn’t realize until recently how long gone.
Mar 2, 2024
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Lifestyle
Jim Heffernan column: So proudly we hail our new state flag
Brewing interests were upset over the blue field on the new flag which many interpreted to represent “The Land Of Sky-Blue Waters,” a promotional slogan representing Hamm’s, “the beer refreshing.”
Feb 3, 2024
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Lifestyle
Jim Heffernan column: When intelligence really was artificial
If there is artificial intelligence, there has to be artificial stupidity, right? It’s Newton’s Law.
Jan 6, 2024
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Lifestyle
Jim Heffernan column: A visit with St. Nicholas a long time ago
It began to occur to me that many of the kids were hoping for gifts their families couldn’t possibly provide, and I wondered what I should say to them.
Dec 3, 2023
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Lifestyle
Jim Heffernan column: My first 60 years at this newspaper
I was fresh out of college with no particular career ambition and recently completed Army active duty when I gave the newspaper a shot.
Nov 4, 2023
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Lifestyle
Jim Heffernan column: Witches in Duluth? The Devil you say
I know it is hard for believers in traditional religions to also believe that others in our midst might actually embrace such things.
Oct 7, 2023
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Lifestyle
Jim Heffernan column: 'Oppenheimer' movie brings back A-bomb memories
Glancing skyward toward the ridge of the western Duluth hillside, there suddenly appeared what was, to my young mind, an atomic bomb.
Sep 2, 2023
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By  Jim Heffernan
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Lifestyle
Jim Heffernan column: What's all this about artificial intelligence?
I looked the blown-in-by-the-wind mini-manifesto over and decided to share it.
Aug 5, 2023
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Lifestyle
Jim Heffernan column: Kwik Trip 'shortage' concerns city leaders
Here’s all the latest fake news that’s unfit to print.
Jul 1, 2023
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