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Letter From Skunk Hollow: Phoebes return at last, restoring natural balance
It was in the spring of 2011 that the phoebes first selected the front of our house as an ideal nesting spot, for reasons only another phoebe could understand.It's a nice enough house, with the deep...
View ArticleGOP state Sen. John Pederson takes first step in joining 6th District...
State Sen. John Pederson, a Republican from St. Cloud, has filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission, the first step in entering the 6th Congressional District race.The St....
View ArticleSkipping breakfast associated with higher risk of obesity and diabetes, U of...
Eating breakfast — even among people whose dietary habits are not all that nutritional — is associated with a lower rate of obesity, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome (a...
View ArticleState Rep. Jim Abeler says he's formed committee to explore run against Sen....
State Rep. Jim Abeler, a veteran Republican lawmaker from Anoka, says he's formed a committee to explore a run against U.S. Sen. Al Franken.The eighth-term legislator, who has experience in health and...
View ArticleTom Emmer: 'I’m not trying to be Michele Bachmann'
WASHINGTON — In an interview with Capitol Hill's Roll Call, 6th District GOP candidate Tom Emmer didn't discourage comparisions to retiring Rep. Michele Bachmann but said he's looking to win on his own...
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Two DFL mayoral front-runners claim Minneapolis convention victory — and...
The best strategy after a political battle is to claim victory and move forward. And so it is with the two mayoral candidates who led the voting at Saturday’s Minneapolis DFL convention, which ended...
View ArticleSt. Paul Fire Captain Rick Zech gets city's community involvement award
For more than 20 years, the city of St. Paul has given the Karl Neid Award to a city employee who shows exceptional community involvement. And as the former St. Paul columnist for the Star Tribune, I...
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GOP Rep. Jim Abeler enters Senate race
Well, this is a bit more like it …Tim Pugmire’s MPR story says: “State Rep. Jim Abeler, R-Anoka, announced today that he is forming a start-up committee to run in 2014 for the U.S. Senate seat...
View ArticleIn teacher-training review, Greater MN colleges' programs rate better than most
A national group says most colleges that teach teachers how to teach aren’t up to snuff, reports Stephanie Dickrell of the St. Cloud Daily Times. The National Council on Teacher Quality says U.S....
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Secretary of State Mark Ritchie discusses his future
Secretary of State Mark Ritchie recently announced that he will not seek office in 2014. On Monday, Julie Bartkey of Senate Media interviewed Secretary Ritchie about his tenure, his goals for the...
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Thank you for supporting MinnPost during our summer drive
MinnPost keeps growing … thanks to you. We set a goal of 100 donations for our member drive last week, and 131 of your fellow news junkies (including 69 brand-new donors) chose to support MinnPost with...
View ArticleSupport for Venus DeMars' tax fight to include music, auction at Triple Rock
Venus DeMars’ Facebook profile photo says it all: a portrait of the Minneapolis-based transgender singer/songwriter/bandleader/painter, covered by a placard that reads, “Not An Artist.”When we last...
View ArticlePinnacle Airlines hits restart button, changes name to Endeavor Air
After a painful 13-month bankruptcy that played out in a New York courthouse, Pinnacle Airlines is revamping itself in the Twin Cities.The regional carrier recently moved its headquarters to the...
View ArticleKenya giving laptops to all first graders, amid controversy
New president Uhuru Kenyatta plans to decrease Kenya's digital divide with the rest of the world by starting in January to hand out more than 400,000 free laptops to Kenyan first graders. Mr. Kenyatta...
View ArticleAs Spain's people drift from Catholic Church, government cozies up
After years of moving in a more socially liberal direction along with the rest of western Europe, the Spanish government is now doing an about face, seeking to clamp down on abortion and return the...
View ArticleCan fragmented Egypt find 15 million who want President Morsi out?
As night falls over Moqattam, the Cairo neighborhood that houses the headquarters of the ruling Muslim Brotherhood, a small group stands in the sea of traffic, clutching homemade banners bearing a...
View ArticleBrazil’s winter of discontent
BRASILIA, Brazil — “We have woken up,” reads a banner youths are carrying in their march on congress. They're also holding bandanas soaked in vinegar — for protection from tear gas.Hundreds of...
View ArticleImmigration reform tying House Republicans in knots
The House GOP is tied up in knots over immigration reform.House Speaker John Boehner (R) of Ohio said Tuesday that he won’t bring a bill to the floor for a vote without a majority of his own caucus...
View Article'G7 plus one'? Isolated Russia holds line on Syria
Russia's fundamental differences with the West over how to seek peace in war-torn Syria has leftMoscow isolated and this year's summit of the Group of Eight industrial democracies in some disarray –...
View ArticleTaliban agree to US peace talks, but are the Afghans in control?
EDITOR'S NOTE: Since this article was written, the Afghan government has announced that it will suspend security negotiations with the United States because of "inconsistent US statement and action" in...
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