Thank Republican Party for efforts that led to same-sex marriage law
It is time for those of us who supported the passage of the same-sex marriage bill to thank the leaders of the Republican Party for making it possible.Without their efforts to include bigotry in our...
View ArticlePolitifact checks Bachmann on IRS- Obamacare connection and it's not good
In a recent Fox News interview, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann attempted a triple play, making three assertions about the scary nexus between the IRS and the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. They are...
View ArticleTwins pitchers: who's up, down, in and out
Pedro Hernandez posted a 6.67 ERA with just 10 strikeouts in six starts since replacing Liam Hendriks in the rotation, predictably struggling versus lineups stacked with right-handed hitters.Hernandez,...
View ArticlePoll: Franken leads potential 2014 challengers
WASHINGTON — Democratic U.S. Sen. Al Franken has double-digit leads over a cast of potential 2014 opponents, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey.Fifty-one percent of respondents approve of...
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Legacy bill survives ... bruised and battered
At MPR, Elizabeth Dunbar looks at voting on the Legacy bill (sometimes regarded as the Dennis Anderson v. Phyllis Kahn bill). She writes: “The $496 million Legacy bill lawmakers sent to Gov. Mark...
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Crop costs on the rise; warmer Lake Superior affecting big fish
Creative Commons/David MorrisThe average cost of producing a bushel of corn has about doubled during the past 10 years.While grain farmers have seen a rise in prices paid for their crops in recent...
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Civil rights in '64, gay marriage now: The difference a law can make to a...
In 1968, my family moved from New Jersey to Dallas, Texas. Fast forward to 1971 and I was being bused to the south side to go to school with African-American kids. To this day, it was the best...
View ArticleMLS deal with billionaire oil sheikh could be bigger than Beckham
Two of the most deep-pocketed teams in world sport – Manchester City of the English Premier League and the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball – have agreed to pay $100 million to own and operate...
View ArticleRevenge of the gnomes
LONDON, UK — The Chelsea Flower Show has attracted British society’s upper crust by celebrating the best in British gardening for the last 100 years. Its gala night this week — which marks the show’s...
View ArticleChile's indie fishermen say new law favors big business
In this three-part blog series, GlobalPost Special Reports explores what's at stake for Chile's embattled artisan fishermen following the passage of major new federal legislation governing one of the...
View ArticleGreek PM invites China to 'join Greece's success story'
Officials in Brussels and Washington may view China’s global shopping spree with alarm, as the Asian power house continues to buy up companies, sovereign debt, ports, and bridges around the world. But...
View ArticleMinnesota’s new tax laws decidedly lacking in reform
Minnesota’s DFL legislative leaders say their adopted $38 billion budget for the coming two years represents “progress,” but they haven’t made a lot of claims about it representing “reform.”The...
View ArticleOne man's escape from Camp 14 and North Korea
There is only one prisoner actually born in one of North Korea's infamous prison camps known to have escaped alive. His name is Shin Dong-hyuk.Mr. Shin was raised in Camp 14, reported to be one of the...
View ArticleRussian confidence growing in its vision for ending Syrian war
Russia believes that its long-held vision of how to achieve peace in civil war-torn Syria has at last become possible due to a shifting balance of forces in the war and changing perceptions in the...
View ArticleWho's to blame for murky regulation in IRS scandal: Agency or lawmakers?
The IRS should move unilaterally to fix the law sitting at the root of the agency’s targeting of conservative groups, according to Senate Democrats who grilled the agency’s two most recent chiefs at a...
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Lawmakers approve $33 million for housing and homelessness-prevention programs
The Legislature just approved $33 million in funding for housing and homelessness-prevention programs and the state has a new director to prevent and end homelessness.So, is the end of homelessness in...
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Bank regulation that makes sense
Barataria RKO Pictures“Too Big To Fail” (TBTF) is the standard for socialized risk and privatized profits. The biggest banks enjoy an implied bailout under Dodd-Frank regulations that give them a...
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Finding solitude along the still-wild Namekagon
Earth Journal writer Ron Meador is posting daily this week from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin.Please don't get me wrong when I say that after a couple of long days paddling with all these people, I...
View ArticleUnions are improving child care elsewhere, and will here too
A union for family child-care providers may be a relatively new idea, but it is improving the industry in other states and it’ll do the same in Minnesota. There should be no decisions made about us...
View ArticleGov. Dayton to tout legislative accomplishments in Duluth and Rochester
Gov. Mark Dayton will sign an education bill Wednesday morning in St. Paul and then head to Duluth and Rochester for press events to highlight the results of the 2013 Legislature.Senate Majority Leader...
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