JACK ZALESKI
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH DAKOTA Hoax message on Medicare rate hike
So, in our last post, we did a little fact checking on the health insurance numbers used during the presidential debate. Today, we've got another tidbit for you - this one about an email titled "a Mes...
Posted on 10/9/12 at 1:22 PM
Zaleski: 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?
By Jack Zaleski , May 25, 2013
Zaleski: 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.
By Jack Zaleski , May 18, 2013
Zaleski: 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.
By Jack Zaleski , May 11, 2013
Zaleski: 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.
By Jack Zaleski , April 27, 2013
Zaleski: 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:
By Jack Zaleski , April 20, 2013
Zaleski: ‘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.
By Jack Zaleski , April 13, 2013
Zaleski: 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.
By Jack Zaleski , April 06, 2013
Zaleski: Hot cross buns and sweet currant juice
I grew up in a ragout of Roman Catholicism that was spiced with ethnicity.
By Jack Zaleski , March 30, 2013
Zaleski: How about a Palin and Paul ticket?
The best thing that could happen to Democrats in the run-up to the 2016 election campaign is a Republican slate of Sarah Palin for president and Rand Paul for her running mate.
By Jack Zaleski , March 23, 2013
Zaleski: A long time ago I wrote it down
I’m dismissive of the “social media” phenomenon. Disdainful, really. I find it shallow, juvenile and without boundaries.
By Jack Zaleski , March 16, 2013
Zaleski: USDA portrait an appropriate honor
Some weeks the news tends to the peculiar. It can be depressing, uplifting, ironic or hypocritical (lots of that going around these days), but peculiar wraps ’em all in.
By Jack Zaleski , March 09, 2013
Zaleski: Swimmin’ nude from Minot to Newton
In last week’s column, I asked readers if they swam nude when they were kids, as I did at my hometown YMCA in New Britain, Conn. Well, they surely did.
By Jack Zaleski , March 02, 2013
Zaleski: Rude to be nude? Not 50 years ago
Regular readers of The Forum’s Variety section couldn’t help but notice Wednesday’s feature by Sam Benshoof, “When it comes to gym locker rooms, is it rude to be nude?” Subhead: “Locker room etiquette: What to do and what not to do.”
By Jack Zaleski , February 23, 2013
Zaleski: The magic of mind, eye and hand
I still write letters. Sometimes I put pen to paper or relearn typing on my ancient L.C. Smith manual.
By Jack Zaleski , February 16, 2013
Zaleski: Waiting for No. 5 from Jeffrey Lent
One of my favorite authors, Jeffrey Lent, of Vermont, is completing a fifth novel that is expected to be in bookstores in the spring.
By Jack Zaleski , February 09, 2013
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