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A presidential adviser, radicalized by American inaction on climate change
To appreciate the story that follows, it helps to know you're listening to a 72-year-old gentleman who has spent his adult life as an adviser to U.S. presidents, executive of U.N. agencies,...
View ArticleThe five best things about Dayton’s budget
Wry Wing Politics Governor Mark Dayton went big and bold this week. He took on the most powerful special interests in order to fix Minnesota’s chronic structural budget deficit problem. Recent...
View ArticleGov. Dayton sets up group to improve community-based services for those with...
Gov. Mark Dayton has issued an executive order establishing a high-level group to improve opportunities for Minnesotans with disabilities to live and work in the community.The group will develop and...
View ArticleCities and counties with local sales taxes stand to rake in extra dough under...
A host of Minnesota counties and cities that levy their own local sales tax would benefit greatly from Gov. Mark Dayton's plan that would expand the state sales tax to some clothing and business...
View ArticleMinnesota Republicans meet to ask: 'Where do we go from here?'
Some Minnesota GOP leaders will meet in Arden Hill Wednesday evening for a panel discussion on the party's woes."Minnesota Republican Party: Where Do We Go From Here?" will be at the Blue Fox Bar &...
View ArticleState officials unveil new Health Insurance Exchange explanatory website
A new website with explanations and background on the coming state Health Insurance Exchange was launched Tuesday by the Minnesota Management & Budget department.The site attempts to show the...
View ArticleAdult smoking on the rise in Minnesota
Apparently more adults are lighting up … WCCO-TV’s story on a new report says: “Minnesota has dropped out of the top 10 of states with the lowest amounts of adult smokers, according to a health report...
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Gustavus president under fire from alum, profs, students
gustavus.eduJack OhleThe first paragraph of Amanda Dyslin’s story in Saturday’s Mankato Free Press says it all: “Numerous Gustavus Adolphus College faculty, students and alumni are calling for...
View ArticleSenate committee advances juror selection bill banning bias over sexual...
A key state lawmaker who has said he will carry legislation this session to legalize gay marriage moved forward with a measure on Tuesday that would prohibit excluding someone from jury service based...
View ArticleQualities every city should have: Grading the Twin Cities
Charles Wolf, a Seattle land-use lawyer, writing in Atlantic Cities today, itemizes qualities that every city should have. He doesn't focus on impressive monuments like the Empire State Building or the...
View ArticleJapan: Tsunami town mayor says survivors were abandoned
TOKYO, Japan — Futoshi Toba felt exactly the same sense of desperation as the other 25,000 residents of his town when it was struck by a devastating tsunami on March 11, 2011. The 48-year-old had been...
View ArticleBehind the falling US birthrate: too much student debt to afford kids?
Karen Hu of Oakton, Va., is 28, married, graduated from law school – and thinking about babies. But that's as far as she and her husband, a software programmer, have gotten: just thinking. What's...
View ArticleIn Timbuktu, a giant task of reconnecting a remote city to the world
When the Internet got knocked out three weeks ago here in Timbuktu, Islamist militants who then ran the city did what most of us would do: They harassed their service provider.“They all had my number,...
View ArticleWill change on gays allow Boy Scouts to recapture role in society?
The Boy Scouts of America is in the process of removing its national antigay policy. The Texas-based youth group announced Tuesday that it will vote next week on whether to allow decisions about gay...
View ArticleSenate confirms John Kerry, a foreign-policy buff who has Obama's trust
The Senate confirmed John Kerry Tuesday as President Obama’s second secretary of state – granting Senator-turned-Secretary Kerry a nearly lifelong wish.At the same time, Kerry’s confirmation to take...
View ArticleAs Egyptians flout curfew, Army warns of 'collapse'
The head of Egypt's Army warned today that Egypt's upheaval could lead to the “collapse of the state,” a starkly worded warning from the institution that ruled Egypt during the recent transition.A...
View ArticleHillary Clinton: 'I don't see myself getting back into politics'
We've seen this dance before and I don't have any good advice about what to believe. The handicappers say that if Hillary Clinton decides to seek the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, she would...
View ArticleYou Can Play project seeks to end bullying in sports
By his senior year at Breck High School, Nick Kleidon had painted himself into a closet. As captain of the hockey team, he was a ringleader of its rowdy, macho culture.And he was as quick as any other...
View ArticleWhy preventive-medicine services aren't lowering health-care costs
In an article published Tuesday by Reuters, health and science reporter Sharon Begley does a great job of debunking the widely held belief that providing more preventive medicine will significantly cut...
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Setting the record straight on business taxes again
Brick City Blog Minnesota Revenue Commissioner Myron Frans made the rounds at the State Capitol today, appearing before both the Senate and House Tax Committees. Frans got a decidedly chilly...
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