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We Can Grow: building urban gardens, helping gardeners thrive
Photo by Bill KelleyMike Smieja created We Can Grow.When Mike Smieja sold his marketing firm in 2006 and decided to attend business school, he had one solid goal: start a new company that would make...
View ArticleRe-enactors bring to life the First Minnesota’s pivotal role in Battle of...
“I would have ordered that regiment in if I had known that every man would be killed. It had to be done.” — Gen. Winfield Scott HancockFifteen minutes. Just a quarter of an hour tells the tale of the...
View ArticleGov. Dayton vetoes part of Higher Education Bill, eliminates Teach for...
Gov. Mark Dayton signed the higher education bill with $250 million in additional funding Friday but vetoed its $1.5 million appropriation for Teach for America.In his veto letter (PDF), Dayton said he...
View ArticleMinneapolis City Council approves changes to ranked-choice voting
Despite public criticism and angry statements from several members earlier in the week, the Minneapolis City Council on Friday adopted without discussion new rules affecting the use of ranked-choice...
View ArticleRockets hit Hezbollah stronghold, raising fears of widening war
Two rockets struck a majority Shiite district of southern Beirut early Sunday, the latest indication of rising tensions in Lebanon generated by the war in neighboring Syria. The attack was the first of...
View ArticleObama, Hagel tell young officers: You must lead in ridding US military of...
Speaking to the nation’s future military leaders this Memorial Day weekend, their Commander in Chief and Secretary of Defense made a point of addressing an important issue in today’s armed services:...
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State Fair rival: The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Built in less than a year, the Industrial Exposition Building in Minneapolis housed the city's first Industrial Exposition in 1886 and the Republican National Convention of 1892. It dominated the...
View Article‘Obesity paradox’ controversy shows need for nuanced health messages
In a recent online article in Nature, science writer Virginia Hughes explores the ongoing controversy about the so-called obesity paradox — the finding from a growing number of studies that being...
View ArticleDo members of Congress know what they are doing?
In addition to being obsessed by politics and blinded by ideology, the vast majority of members of Congress simply lack a substantive understanding of most of the matters on which they legislate,...
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Twins' roster moves are a bit puzzling
Oswaldo ArciaWhen the Twins called up Oswaldo Arcia from Triple-A in mid-April, they gave him consistent playing time, but as soon as the 22-year-old slumped for the first time, those starts dried up....
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New tax bill laced with special tax breaks for selected businesses
Some call it “economic development,” while others view it as “corporate welfare.” Whichever term you prefer, the tax bill passed by the 2013 Minnesota Legislature was laced with special tax breaks for...
View ArticleObamacare: It's not news when the train doesn't wreck
Brick City Blog With the central element of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — the health care exchanges – slated to go online in October, there’s been a lot of concern about how these exchanges will be...
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Bush Fellow wants to start ‘blameless conversations’ for social change
Photo provided by the Bush FoundationDave EllisDave Ellis aims to start a serious conversation among African-American men and boys that he says will jump-start social change.He is one of 10 persons...
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Minneapolis Schools, teachers union embark on high stakes hearts-and-minds...
CC/Flickr/Emory MaidenMinneapolis Public Schools (MPS) and its teachers union have been campaigning to win the hearts and minds of the city’s residents for weeks.Contract negotiations between...
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Coens' new film takes Cannes Grand Prize; Children's Festival starts
The Coen Brothers took the Grand Prize (actually second prize, after the Palme d’Or) at this year’s Cannes Film Festival on Sunday for “Inside Llewyn Davis,” the story of an early 1960s folk singer in...
View ArticleChild-care unionization will harm children, providers, taxpayers
Child-care unionization will harm children, providers, families and taxpayers, just as it has in other states. It is unconstitutional and violates labor laws. Family child-care providers are...
View ArticleFormer state Rep. Nora Slawik gets DFL nod in Maplewood mayoral election
Former state Rep. Nora Slawik has received the DFL nomination in her run for mayor of Maplewood.Also running in the race is Diana Longrie, who was mayor for four years from 2006 to 2010 during a...
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Paddlers finish a week on Namekagon, a river to step into again and again
Earth Journal author Ron Meador spent last week paddling the Namekagon River. On the last day on the Namekagon River dawned with a coating of frost on any gear we'd left outside the tents.No matter....
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Slideshow: A paddle down the Namekagon
#image-gallery-slideshow { position: relative; z-index:999; } Ron Meador spent the last week with a group of 75 paddling down the mighty Namekagon river in Wisconsin.
View ArticleState Appeals Court throws out lawsuit against DNR wolf hunt
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has dismissed a lawsuit by groups trying to stop the state's wolf hunt.The opinion issued Tuesday morning says the groups seeking to stop the hunt — the Center for...
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