Garrison Keillor Journal - June 15, 2025
The Link Between Language and Gunshots
THE LINK BETWEEN LANGUAGE AND GUNSHOTS
Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, a mile from where I grew up, where my dad built a house in 1947 and he and Mother raised six children. Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were shot north of there in Champlin, across the river from Anoka where I was bo…