northern midwest
The good grain: Restoring wild rice in the North
Wild rice is like maple syrup or morel mushrooms: producers need customers who know the real thing and are willing to pay more for it.
Ben Dueholm in our pages and others'
In a Century article
published this week, Benjamin Dueholm explains why politicians of
Michele Bachmann's ilk do well in the swing states of the upper Midwest.
He starts with the fact that Bachmann and Garrison Keillor are from the
same small Minnesota town.
Post-Wobegon politics: Michele Bachmann and the moral recession
Michele Bachmann's frontrunner moment may be past. But she has shown how the Republicans can win in the restless small towns of the swing-state Midwest.