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Zaleski: Book traces magical ND music story
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. - It’s hard to fathom in today’s entertainment culture of faux celebrity that at the end of the 19th century a German-born piano virtuoso was a superstar in the United States.
RELATED CONTENTZaleski: Pleasure to return to city that works 
When I travel, I like to visit cities similar to Fargo. That is, cities that are regional centers for retailing, medicine, entertainment, education and the rest of the amenities that help define Fargo and the metro area.
Happy New Year? Well, not always…
I’ve always been ambivalent about celebrating the new year. I associate alcohol-besotted partying with memories of my childhood, when my father’s family gathered at our house New Year’s Eve for what was supposed to be a family event.
Joy and light in Christmas evergreen
For the past several years, I’ve received requests to reprint a Christmas column I wrote for The Forum in 1988. As in previous seasons, this year I heard from people who have wonderful Christmas tree memories.
Zaleski: North Dakota PSC gets no respect
All of us will be treated to a holiday reprieve from politics for the Christmas holidays. But until then …
RELATED CONTENTZaleski: Library of my youth was a grand place
The mini-flap over unpaid book fines at the Fargo Public Library stirred memories of my crimes at the New Britain public library in my Connecticut hometown. I owe ‘em a lot of money.
RELATED CONTENTZaleski: ND ‘Blue Book’ a treasure trove of data
I’m a fan of North Daktoa’s “Blue Book,” the state-generated volume about all-things North Dakota that is published every two years.
RELATED CONTENTZaleski: Fast or slow, floods bring sorrow
The difference between flooding in North Dakota and Vermont is speed. As devastating as flooding was this year in Minot and Bismarck, the floods were – as most North Dakota floods tend to be – slow-motion events.
RELATED CONTENTZaleski: Still time for a few summer books
If you haven’t completed your summer reading list, here are four books to consider before August cools to fall and lazy summer times fade away:
RELATED CONTENTZaleski: Smiling through the puke with triplets
It had been years since I’d had the special joy of having a sick kid throw up while sitting on my lap.
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Zaleski: At 7 years old, she’s a master angler
When my wife and I sold our home last fall and began downsizing, I sent my fishing gear to Vermont, where my daughter and her triplet girls live.
RELATED CONTENTZaleski: A North Dakota water warrior dies
Gordon Berg died last week at age 85. He’d been ill for some time.
RELATED CONTENTZaleski: Gay Boy Scouts? So what else is new?
I’ve been a bit befuddled over the overblown controversy to allow gay boys to participate in Boy Scouts. I mean, c’mon, what’s the big deal?
RELATED CONTENTZaleski: How easily we buy into the scams
Modern marketing is so effective that it fools people into buying into a lot of nonsense. By “buying into,” I mean literally buying.
RELATED CONTENTZaleski: Sometimes we don’t need neighbors
After two weeks in the hills and woodlands of beautiful Vermont, I’ve begun to rethink concepts of neighbor, neighborhood and neighborliness.
RELATED CONTENTZaleski: Bossart worked in an era of change
Chelsea, Vt. - I was away from Fargo when I learned of the death of Marv Bossart, the veteran WDAY television news anchorman.
RELATED CONTENTZaleski: You dirty, dirty sinners at The Forum
The April moon will not go full until Thursday, so maybe it was the cold, gray weather that stirred up the crazies the last few days. Here’s a sample of phone calls and emails from readers who, of course, would not give me their names:
RELATED CONTENTZaleski: ‘Like when Hitler attacked Hawaii’
I was standing in line at a fast-food restaurant the other day, and I overheard a conversation between two high school boys.
RELATED CONTENTZaleski: Insulting ‘old’ viewers not very smart
When February’s Nielsen local television ratings were reported last week, the news director of distant second-place KVLY responded by insulting a huge segment of the local television news audience.
RELATED CONTENTZaleski: Hot cross buns and sweet currant juice
I grew up in a ragout of Roman Catholicism that was spiced with ethnicity.
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