In radical move, Hollande puts a bit more sunshine into French government
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault owns two houses and a garage valued at 1.2 million euros, a car and 1988 Volkswagen Kombi van, and has 81,000 euros to pay back in loans.French Foreign Affairs...
View ArticleAfghanistan war can yet be won, US general tells Congress
Is it still possible for the United States to “win” the war in Afghanistan, which, at 11 years, is the longest war in US history?Yes is the assessment of Gen. Joseph Dunford, commander of US forces in...
View ArticleBoston Marathon bombing: '6L' mark, circuit boards may be key clues
Federal agents are quickly determining how the Boston Marathon bombing was carried out, but the question of who is responsible remains a mystery as the investigation into the deadly attack scours a...
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St. Paul's stairways offer great views of the river, bluffs and city below
A few weeks ago, while writing a Stroll on Minneapolis skateboarding videos, I spoke to longtime local skateboarder Tucker Gerrick, who said something that’s really stuck with me: “You want to know...
View ArticleStadium e-pulltabs: With ‘snowstorm’ coming, are we stuck with a broken...
It was a strange sort of meeting, in which members of a House committee tried to talk about Vikings stadium funding without really talking about it.Instead, members of the House commerce committee on...
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Walking the footsteps of the working poor
Minnesota Brown workingamerica.orgIron Range freshman Rep. Jason Metsa accepted AFL-CIO affiliate Working America's challenge to live on the minimum wage for a week.Last week, freshman State Rep....
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Minnesota’s homeless are profiled in new Wilder findings
Like peeling the skin off an onion, analysts at Wilder Research are slowly revealing the people behind the numbers of Minnesota’s homeless counted last fall. They’re digging deeper into the data.Among...
View ArticleMinneapolis’ DFL precinct caucuses: ‘Wedge’ issues — and complications in the...
It took nearly three hours and walking sub-caucuses to select 67 delegates to Minneapolis’ 10th Ward DFL convention, but residents of the neighborhood known as the Wedge weren’t about to make peace...
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Artist Job Wouters explains his HOME mural at the Walker Art Center
Amsterdam-based artist Job Wouters, a.ka. Letman, visited Minneapolis' Walker Art Center in March to speak as part of the Insights Design Lecture Series. While he was there, he painted a large mural of...
View ArticleWe need to look again at what makes us fat, science writer argues
Science journalist Gary Taubes (“Why We Get Fat” and “Good Calories, Bad Calories”) took to the pages of the journal BMJ on Tuesday to argue (yet again) that we need to rethink what’s really behind the...
View ArticleLegislators invited to 'Faith Summit' on foreclosures and racial equality
State legislators are invited to an April 21 social justice event, sponsored by ISAIAH, a coalition of socially conscious religious groups.The 2 p.m. gathering at Woodlake Lutheran Church, 7525 Oliver...
View ArticleMinnesota legislative pay raise: Burden of push for passage falls on majority
Sometimes, being in the minority means not having to take a hard political vote.On Tuesday afternoon, all Republican senators voted against a bill that would raise the pay of legislators from $31,000...
View ArticleState senator who cast deciding vote on legislative pay hike changed from...
The deciding vote in this week's state Senate approval of a pay hike for legislators was cast by first-term state Sen. Kent Eken, a DFLer from Twin Valley, who says he didn't agree with the pay...
View ArticleSt. Paul GOP still waiting for news on possible candidates for mayor and...
St. Paul Republicans who attended Tuesday night's caucus didn't get much clarity on which party members, if any, might run for mayor or school board this year.Greg Copeland, chair of the St. Paul...
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Mayo Clinic's chief administrative officer Weis to retire
Shirley WeisA key executive credited with transforming Mayo Clinic said Wednesday that she plans to retire at the end of this year.Shirley Weis, vice president and chief administrative officer (CAO) of...
View ArticleBrodkorb lawsuit lists current and former legislators facing depositions
The attorney for Michael Brodkorb's wrongful termination case has filed notice in federal court that he intends to take depositions from several current and former legislators and the former secretary...
View ArticleDemocrats mix disappointment and anger after Senate blocks gun bill
WASHINGTON — Disappointment with a dash of anger.That was the go-to mood for Senate Democrats after the chamber failed to pass an expansion of federal background checks for gun sales on Wednesday, a...
View ArticleResolving the journalism vs. justice argument isn't always easy
In every democratic society, the freedom of the press is sacrosanct – but it often butts heads with other individual rights, and constitutional guarantees. So it is now, as another such case comes...
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Top aide Andy Parrish to testify against Michele Bachmann
Hmmm.Kevin Diaz of the Strib reports:“GOP operative Andy Parrish, a former chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, is expected to tell an Iowa Senate ethics panel that her 2012 presidential...
View ArticleBreaking silence, former Bachmann aide wants ‘true facts to come to light’
WASHINGTON — Andy Parrish, Rep. Michele Bachmann’s former chief of staff and one of her top political aides, is preparing to detail to an Iowa state Senate panel potential ethical violations committed...
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