Dennis J. McGrath
Dennis J. McGrath is a retired Star Tribune editor.
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Books
Review: 'Turnout,' by Joan Anderson Growe, with Lori Sturdevant
New book examines Minnesota's history of getting out the vote.
October 13, 2020
Duluth
With tall ships moving on, chess players descend on Twin Ports
Following on the heels of a blues festival and a parade of tall ships, chess players from around the region will arrive for the annual and popular Twin Ports Open.
August 14, 2019
Books
Review: 'Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing,' by Robert Caro
NONFICTION: Robert Caro set aside work on the final volume of his LBJ biography to publish a memoir about his decades of work on the late president and Robert Moses.
April 12, 2019
South Metro![Audra Johnson, 14, plays a game with Will Moe,13. She lost out to a Texas player whose team was allegedly involved in a scheme to favor its class groupings.] The Burnsville Metcalf Junior High School chess team lost out on a national championship to a school from Texas which now has been found to have cheated in a scheme directed by the team's coach.RICHARD TSONG-TAATARII ¥ richard.tsong-taatarii@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/A6L27AHRGWEPEOVETDK5R7T7ME.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
Burnsville chess team may get sectional win at nationals after ethics probe of Texas team
Metcalf Middle School finished in second place in a section at the K-9 National Chess Championship in April, runner-up to a Texas team that chess officials recently concluded violated numerous ethics rules.
March 8, 2019
Books
Review: 'Say Nothing,' by Patrick Radden Keefe
NONFICTION: Former IRA members reveal details of bombings and killings — and blame a prominent politician for a widow's death.
February 22, 2019
Books
Review: 'The Improbable Wendell Willkie,' by David Levering Lewis
NONFICTION: Wendell Willkie's political career was tragically short, but he had a huge impact at a critical moment in our nation's history.
October 19, 2018
Books
Review: 'Say Nothing,' by Patrick Radden Keefe
NONFICTION: Former IRA members reveal details of bombings and killings — and blame a prominent politician for a widow's death.
February 22, 2019
Books
Review: 'The Improbable Wendell Willkie,' by David Levering Lewis
NONFICTION: Wendell Willkie's political career was tragically short, but he had a huge impact at a critical moment in our nation's history.
October 19, 2018