Carbon trading: Why 'good' companies embrace 'bad' credits
Europe’s carbon trading system was supposed to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. But at least one of its methods for doing so may actually have increased those emissions.The scheme was dubious enough...
View ArticleU.S. health care is a 'subtle form of corruption' says leading cancer doctor
Dr. Otis Brawley, an oncologist and chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society, has long been an outspoken critic of unnecessary medical tests and procedures.On this topic, he is perhaps...
View ArticleWill Obama's new atrocities board lead to more Libya-style operations?
Declaring that the United States and the world can do a better job of halting — and even preventing — genocide and other crimes against humanity, President Obama on Monday announced creation of a new...
View ArticleIsrael legalizes three West Bank settlement outposts
Israeli has legalized the status of three Jewish settlement outposts in the West Bank.According to a statement from the office of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the decision was taking at...
View ArticleLatest cyberattack on Iran targets oil export facilities
Iran's oil export facilities are the apparent target of computer malware, an attack that penetrated computer servers at both the government oil ministry and the National Iranian Oil Co.The cyberattack...
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Minnesota presidential campaign contributions in first quarter
The Federal Election Commission has released fundraising data for the first quarter of 2012. Listed below are the Minnesota contributors who wrote presidential campaigns a check for $500 or more. You...
View ArticleArizona immigration law: Mexico gets involved in US Supreme Court case
Arizona’s tough immigration enforcement law threatens to do more than make life unbearably difficult for illegal immigrants. It also threatens to sour US foreign relations with Mexico and other Latin...
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Revived Vikings stadium bill suddenly is moving faster and faster
A Vikings stadium bill, which languished for months and seemingly was stopped in its tracks by a House committee a week ago, is moving again, faster and faster.What’s happened at the Capitol that has...
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Bill would allow online driver's ed for home-schoolers
Nestled in the fine print of the omnibus transportation bill pending before the state Legislature is a provision allowing home-schoolers to sign their kids up for online driver’s education. And dozens...
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Sen. Roger Chamberlain’s stadium plan ‘alternative’ still on hold
Sen. Roger ChamberlainAn alternative to last week’s $975 million Vikings stadium proposal didn’t surface as expected Monday at the Capitol.GOP Sen. Roger Chamberlain had planned to bring the...
View ArticleSenate rejects plan to move primary election to June
There's always a chance for a comeback with any rejected bill at the Legislature, but the plan to move the state's primary election up to June took a hit Monday when the state Senate said, "No."The...
View ArticleU of M President Eric Kaler takes first trip to Iron Range
Fresh from his appointment of new Athletic Director Norwood Teague, University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler will head to Minnesota's Iron Range this week, with stops in Coleraine, Eveleth, Grand...
View ArticleMusic in the cafes at night and revolution in the air
Mr. Dilettante's Neighborhood There's always been a reason for having the term "dilettante" be part of this blog.I participate in the Republican Party, but I have always made a conscious decision to...
View ArticleSenate approves increase in hunting and fishing fees
The Minnesota Senate approved legislation Monday to raise most hunting and fishing license fees – an increase the state’s hunters and anglers support, according to Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen.Ingebrigtsen,...
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ARTCRANK: A poster party for bike people
Minneapolis photographer Jonathan Chapman put together an impressive time-lapse encapsulation of ARTCRANK, the annual poster party for bike people:On Saturday, April 14, ARTCRANK — a poster show...
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Minnesota's big-dollar donors to presidential candidates
WASHINGTON — Between January and March, the heart of the Republican presidential nomination contest, the final four Republican candidates together raised about $310,000 from big-dollar donors in...
View ArticleRepublicans add Cravaack to incumbent support program
WASHINGTON — The National Republican Congressional Committee has added first-term Republican Rep. Chip Cravaack to its incumbent-supporting "Patriot Program."The Patriot Program was established by the...
View ArticleFarmers finding conditions dry, especially in subsoil
Pete Tangren, a farmer near Dexter, can feel the drought in the air, reports Matt Peterson of the Austin Daily Herald. Tangren, who began farming in 1974, can’t remember the last time conditions were...
View ArticleGov. Dayton vetoes E-Verify bill for job hires as unnecessary duplication
Gov. Mark Dayton has vetoed an E-Verify bill that would have required the state to use a federal program for ascertaining that all new state hires are legally employable.In his veto letter (PDF),...
View ArticleGOP authors of abortion clinic bill urge Dayton to sign it
The chief authors of a bill that would add licensing and inspection requirements to abortion clinics have sent a letter to Gov. Mark Dayton, urging him to sign the measure.The House and Senate have...
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