'Kids' are driving corporate social media
In the social media world, the kids are in the driver’s seat. That was one of the findings that leaped out at me from a very interesting survey of social media in the business world released by...
View ArticleAndy Borowitz: 'Obama denies any role in government'
Satirist Andy Borowitz usually shoots most of his zingers at Republicans but, reacting to Pres. Obama to have been out of the loop on most of the developments connected to the controversies plaguing...
View ArticleThe South welcomes 'crazy ants.' Hail the latest invader
The South is being invaded – again. This time it’s erratic but troublesome “crazy ants” from South America marching – actually, hitching rides – across the South, setting up massive colonies, and...
View ArticleHow a toilet paper shortage may temper Chavismo in Venezuela
In Venezuela, Hugo Chávez's successor seems to be turning toward big business for help in ending rampant scarcities of basic consumer goods and an almost 30 percent annual inflation rate. Newly elected...
View ArticleAnother proposed constitutional amendment: Minnesotans to vote on setting up...
There'll be another constitutional amendment on the ballot — this time in 2016: Minnesota voters will be asked whether to set an independent commission to set pay for legislators.There had been a push...
View ArticleIn Israel, a modern wall is halted by ancient terraces
After scarring the ancient landscapes of Jerusalem and Bethlehem in the name of security, Israel’s separation barrier had been slated to carve through this Palestinian village’s 2,500-year old farm...
View ArticleIn Egypt, even an autopsy is political
CAIRO, Egypt — Egyptian forensic officials in Cairo say they are struggling with the overwhelming number of bodies that continue to arrive at their facilities bearing marks of torture and abuse in...
View ArticleJefferson Lines returns daily bus service to Iron Range
Daily bus service has returned to the Iron Range, with a daily loop provided by Jefferson Lines.The route, which started last week, runs from Grand Rapids, through Hibbing and Virginia and then to...
View ArticleHow China chokes its neighbors
FUKUOKA, Japan — When the Chinese smog arrives, the medical masks come in fashion.Every few months, this city of 1.5 million people in southern Japan, not far from mainland China, gets a dose of lung...
View ArticleObama to detail terrorism policy including drone attacks and Guantánamo Bay...
In what’s being billed by the White House as a major national security speech, President Obamathis week will explain his policies dealing with counterterrorism, the use of drone aircraft, Al Qaeda, and...
View ArticleDid the Associated Press blow an Al Qaeda informant's cover?
How bad was the Justice Department’s going after the phone records of Associated Press writers and editors?Very bad, according to most journalism professionals worried about sources – especially...
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Peter Waldron, Bachmann whistleblower, describes a campaign and candidate in...
As the investigation widens into alleged campaign-finance violations in Rep. Michele Bachmann’s 2011 campaign for the Republican nomination for president, no one seems more surprised or concerned than...
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Our Turn: How to solve a Rubik's cube
In the latest epsiode of Our Turn, Intermedia Arts' media production program for youth, Jonah demonstrates his technique for solving a Rubik's cube. Even if you can't exactly follow the steps, it's...
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Namekagon Paddle: Rapids, loons and Les Fils du Voyageur
Earth Journal writer Ron Meador will be posting daily this week from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin.Sunday morning, in essentially perfect weather between rainstorms, about 75 paddlers in a slightly...
View ArticleIt's time for more climate research
Recent headlines announced that the level of atmosphere carbon dioxide (CO2) had reached a “feared” 400 parts per million. This ratio would not be so scary if we imagine a Minnesota Wild game with...
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Early poll shows close race between Bachmann and Graves
REUTERS/Sean GardnerRep. Michele BachmannWASHINGTON — The first public poll of the Rep. Michele Bachmann-Jim Graves 6th District rematch shows an essentially tied race between the two.The poll gives...
View ArticleAnti-bullying bill dies in Senate
Not the least of the finger pointing that will accompany the 2013 Legislature’s final gavel will concern who killed the long-sought, comprehensive anti-bullying bill that at the start of the session...
View ArticleBrits test use of 'watching eyes' posters to deter bike thieves
As was reported in the British press in April, the British Transit Police is testing an intriguing low-tech method of reducing bike thefts at its train stations: They are putting large posters with...
View ArticleTimes Sunday piece drills down deeper toward roots of IRS screw-up
The New York Times ran a story on Sunday that digs much closer to the source of the IRS/Tea Party-targeting blunder.For "scandalgate" purposes, the key finding is that the practice of scrutinizing Tea...
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Both DFLers and Republicans will go home happy after session is over
While the 2013 Minnesota Legislature still has unfinished work, it appears that both DFLers and Republicans will go home happy.DFLers – in full control of state government for the first time since 1990...
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