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Peter Smith
The Minnesota Vikings, at 8-1 this season, are raising hopes of a playoff run this year. The Minnesota Twins unveiled new uniforms for their first season at the new Target Field. But commentator, and angst-ridden sports fan, Peter Smith says don't jump on the Minnesota sports bandwagon just yet!
(11/17/2009)
Sooner or later, our recent run of warm weather will run out. And with late autumn will come the annual changing of the wardrobe for a certain class of Minnesota men. Northwoods fashionista and Morning Edition commentator Peter Smith reports on what looks are "in" this season.
(11/10/2009)
Social networking Web sites aren't just for kids anymore. These days, Facebook and Twitter are teeming with baby boomers and generation Xers. Even Morning Edition commentator Peter Smith has started poking and tweeting. He says the sites are perfectly suited to his Minnesota personality.
(11/03/2009)
The days are getting shorter. The nights are cooler. No doubt about it, change is in the air, and on the kitchen table. Commentator Peter Smith explains.
(10/21/2009)
If yesterday's snow and the thought of the fall colors fading almost before they started have got you feeling a little down, commentator Peter Smith says not to worry. This is Minnesota and we can always take consolation from one of his favorite evergreens.
(10/13/2009)
Packers fans seem to have fun whether their team wins or loses. Why can't Vikings fans achieve that simple, childlike joy?
(10/06/2009)
In a few weeks, the H1N1 flu vaccine is expected to arrive in Minnesota. The vaccine and the disease have some people feeling anxious. Others, like commentator Peter Smith, have adopted a more fatalistic point of view.
(09/29/2009)
In schools all across Minnesota, the lights will be on late these next few weeks as students, parents, and teachers get together for those start-of-the-year conferences. It all has commentator Peter Smith in a parent-teacher conference -- with himself.
(09/22/2009)
High school football has kicked into high gear across the state with the start of the new school year. Commentator Peter Smith says the perfect high school game experiences take place outside the metro area.
(09/08/2009)
The campaign-style negative television ads, the town hall meetings that dissolve into shouting matches -- The acrimony of the health care debate may have some Minnesotans feeling a little fractious. But just the other day, I came across one of those Minnesota ties that bind.
(08/18/2009)
The best golfers in the world are in the Twin Cities for the PGA Championship, which begins on Thursday. Seeing all those first-rate players evokes a whole range of emotions -- including petty jealousy -- for duffers like commentator Peter Smith.
(08/11/2009)
Today's headlines are about unsealed indictments... health care reform.... and here's this one... and an alleged Minnesota Ponzi scheme. But it's sometimes the little stories in the back of the newspaper that tell us how Minnesota is changing.
(07/14/2009)
Even though we've had a recent run of cool weather, the air conditioning at commentator Peter Smith's house has been running almost non-stop. And he's not happy about it.
(06/30/2009)
Stumped about what to give your dad for Father's Day?
(06/16/2009)
It took its own sweet time, but it looks like spring has finally sprung. Everything is in bloom -- or about to start blooming -- everywhere. Commentator Peter Smith is waiting for one special arrival -- one that could show up just about any time now.
(05/05/2009)
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