Intelligent space dinosaurs: How worried should we be?
It happens to every writer: You've penned a nice article, checked your facts, and made sure all the commas are in the right place. Now you just need to come up with a punchy ending that ties it all...
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On National Jazz Day, reflections on our local jazz scene
April is Jazz Appreciation Month and April 13 is Jazz Day, designated in 2009 by the U.S. Council of Mayors. So today’s Artscape is all about jazz, specifically jazz in the Twin Cities. MinnPost...
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When the ship went down: Minnesota’s Titanic connection
It was a disaster that never should have happened.“OCEAN LINER, TITANIC, LARGEST BOAT IN THE WORLD STRIKES ICEBERG: LIVES OF 2,330 ABOARD ARE ENDANGERED,” the Minneapolis Journal shouted out to its...
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Boomers begin to wonder: Who will take care of me?
Last of four articlesVera Quarberg and Evelyn Martin met in their new home, across town from the townhouse communities they left 10 years ago for another lifestyle. They found it at Presbyterian Homes...
View ArticleWhat Chinese companies want: intellectual property protection
As Chinese innovators begin to see that there's money to be made in protecting their own intellectual property, they're becoming more willing to cooperate with big foreign firms.The result? China's...
View ArticleCan Colombia's Santos unify the Americas?
As Latin America asserted its diplomatic and economic autonomy from the United States over the past decade, Colombia was consistently seen as the outlier — a lackey of the US, which has invested...
View ArticleTax day horror story: taking your money ... and your identity
As Americans get down to crunch time for their taxes, they have one more worry, besides whether they filled out their Form 1040 correctly: identity theft.The government has been cracking down on tax...
View ArticleTalking with Jeff Blodgett and dissecting Team Obama's language
Jeff Blodgett took over this month as top dog (the actual title is “state director”) of the Obama reelection campaign in Minnesota.In an interview, I asked him to describe the frame in which the...
View ArticleIn health care, America is falling further behind its economic peers
As we continue to get wrapped around the axle of intricate detail in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) now before the U.S. Supreme Court, we are experiencing a classic case of not seeing the forest for the...
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Minnesota’s Photo ID proponents, opponents readying for ballot battle
The political battle is already gearing up over Minnesota’s proposed Photo ID constitutional amendment, which was approved last week by the Legislature.At least three Ballot Question Committees have...
View ArticleGOP state Sen. Claire Robling won't run again
After 16 years in the Legislature, Republican state Sen. Claire Robling of Jordan is calling it quits."I’ve been contemplating this decision for the last year, and with the upcoming endorsing...
View ArticleHow do those solar-power electric-car chargers in St. Paul work?
We reported Thursday that St. Paul has installed two solar-powered electric car charging stations in Como Park, which prompted reader Ed Lehr to ask:Is the car charging station equipped with solar...
View Article'Kony 2012' viral video provides teachable moment
Last fall at the exact moment when Steve Jobs slipped from this Earth, I was attending a conference on Minnesota’s booming $1 billion education technology sector. Keynote speaker Thomas Jandris, vice...
View Article'Creative cities' consultant Landry to speak at St. Paul's Great River Gathering
As St. Paul's Great River Gathering continues to add substance to its annual pepfest-like celebration of the city and its connection to the Mississippi River, organizers are bringing in Charles Landry...
View ArticleState denies unemployment benefits for Brodkorb after Senate firing
Michael Brodkorb, who was fired from his job with the state Senate in the wake of the Amy Koch scandal, has been denied in his attempt to collect state unemployment benefits.He's appealing the...
View ArticleDid the Constitution's framers favor a health care mandate?
In The New Republic, Harvard Law Professor Einer Elhauge writes that -- contrary to those arguing for the unconstitutionality of the Affordable Care Act -- the historical evidence shows that many of...
View ArticleBeing a meaner boss will help your company
Denis Wilson at Fast Company has a fascinating piece on how being a not-so-nice boss will make your company better. Wilson notes a 2011 study concluding that disagreeable people are more successful,...
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YPN5Q: CAIR's Minnesota president, Lori Saroya
YPN5Q is a weekly Q&A series spotlighting the state's top young business and civic leaders and creative minds — professionals propelling change through entrepreneurship, the arts, public service,...
View ArticleCongressional fundraising reports start trickling in
Minnesota's members of Congress and their challengers are slowly starting to file fundraising reports with the Federal Election Commission ahead of Sunday's deadline.Five of the state's eight U.S....
View ArticleOccupy movement pleased with delay in changing Minneapolis plaza rules
A plan to tighten the rules for use of city-owned plazas apparently will be the topic of a Minneapolis public hearing.The plan was offered by City Council President Barb Johnson at Friday’s council...
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