In this my last (or maybe second to the last) column for this newspaper, I’d like to briefly address our recent election results, as well as the district’s transition plans preceding my Dec. 31 retirement.

“The sun will come out tomorrow…” The lyrics from the musical “Annie” dance in my head as I write. 

Economics: The dictionary defines the word as “the science dealing with the production, distribution and consumption of wealth and with related problems of labor, finance, taxation, etc.” Alfred L. Malabre, Jr. in his 1995 book, “Lost Pprophets: An Insider’s History of the Modern Economists,” begs to differ with the word science as applied to economics. Rather, Malabre’s definition of economics is “it constitutes, at best, a pseudoscience and, at worst, a guessing game, often wildly inaccurate, frequently carried on by clever bamboozlers....”

This is an account of mistaken identity, a murder in Anoka and a long lost relative whose identity was mistaken.

Prior to making your mouth water about the wonderful food offerings to be featured on the Thanksgiving table, just take a few moments to recall why you are thankful.

My former colleague Jim Klobuchar covered NFL football for the Minneapolis newspapers for almost fifty years.