MinnRoast 2012 party and performance slide show
Over 970 people attended the 5th annual MinnRoast Gridiron-style variety show. A special thank you to all of the politicians, members of the media, volunteers and guests for making this year's event...
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The Falls of Minnehaha flash and gleam
"Where the Falls of MinnehahaFlash and gleam among the oak-trees,Laugh and leap into the valley."Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis became well-known after Henry Wadsworth Longfellow penned these words in...
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Hiawatha struggles to become a destination, not a corridor
The sun is coming out, and the sky is bluing up. My stomach is comfortably packed with a big breakfast and my brain in receipt of its daily dose of mood-mellowing medication. So why do I feel...
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Marlys Harris joins MinnPost as Cityscape reporter
Beginning today, Steven Dornfeld is handing over to Marlys Harris the reporting and writing duties of our Cityscape blog.Steve is taking on a new assignment: producing several stories a month examining...
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Olson brothers: Making music and connections in the north woods
This marks the final week of MinnPost's yearlong series, Rural Minnesota: A Generation at the Crossroads. The project was made possible by the Otto Bremer Foundation.Original image by msalmi78EMILY,...
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Paulsen will have primary challenger for 3rd District nomination
Erik Paulsen, who, as 3rd District congressman, represents arguably the safest Republican district in the state, has a challenger for the Republican nomination.John Howard, a 24-year-old graduate of...
View ArticleNews Corp. backs Rupert Murdoch as its chief despite UK inquiry findings
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's company News Corp. has expressed "full confidence" in him "continuing to lead News Corporation into the future as its chairman and CEO."The endorsement came about 36 hours...
View ArticleHarvard and MIT to offer online courses. A step in lowering college costs?
Two of America's most prestigious universities are uniting around a seemingly controversial idea: that online education is an opportunity and not a threat for residential colleges.On Wednesday, Harvard...
View ArticleRussian media: True, we're 'not free' — but we're not Zimbabwe
The New York-based human rights watchdog Freedom House released its annual survey of press freedom in almost 200 countries today. At first blush it may not seem surprising that Russia, which will...
View Article'Torture memos' author can't be sued for harsh interrogations, court rules
A federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that the author of the so-called “torture memos” during the Bush administration could not be sued by an American citizen who claims he was tortured while...
View ArticleTwins hit a new rock-bottom, no-hit by the Angels
When the Twins are on a West Coast road trip, I'll often get on the elliptical machine at the beginning of the game and force myself to ride until they score a run, however long that takes. I'm dead...
View ArticleCan China, US strike a new deal on dissident?
As blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng spent a second day in the hospital here Thursday pondering his future, doubts arose whether he would be able to back out of a deal that he and US diplomats...
View ArticleIs taxpayer money well spent or wasted on alternative-medicine research?
In 1992, two Democratic politicians from Iowa, Sen. Tom Harkin and former Rep. Berkley Bedell, persuaded Congress to create the Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM) “to explore complementary and...
View ArticleWaterboarded ‘KSM’ gets his day in court
As the military court gears up to try the alleged Al Qaeda terrorist who infamously boasted he planned the 9/11 attacks “from A to Z,” the US may also find itself put on a trial of sorts — in the court...
View ArticleObama's agreement with Karzai in Afghanistan short on specifics
In a move that reaffirms the US commitment here until at least 2024, President Obama came to Afghanistan to sign a strategic partnership agreement last night. While pledging that the US will support...
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Yes, Faribault is a diverse community
Minnesota Prairie Roots ON ANY GIVEN DAY, I can drive on a street in Faribault, walk along the sidewalk, glance out my office window or go shopping and see a racial diversity of people.I can stand in...
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Mayor Chris Coleman reflects on lessons learned in book about his dad
A new book about Nicholas Coleman — the state's most powerful legislator in the 1970s — has some important lessons for today. Like: Can't we all get along?That's the take of St. Paul Mayor Chris...
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The Gateway Trail iron bridge: Our engineering heritage
From MnDOT, a look at the 1870's iron bridge currently serving as a road crossing for the Gateway Trail, that has previously been located at two other crossings in the state.
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Twin celebrations: Cinco de Mayo and May Day Parade
Friday, May 4Pop Goes The FolkWHAT: The Lower 48 CD releaseWHERE: Cedar Cultural Center, MinneapolisWHEN: 7 p.m.The acoustic folk-pop trio — formerly of Minneapolis, currently of (of course) Portland—...
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Dayton is Exhibit A in event on governor as 'best job'
Courtesy of the Governor's OfficeGov. Mark DaytonGov. Mark Dayton will never be mistaken for Hubert (“The Happy Warrior” and practitioner of “The Politics of Joy”) Humphrey. But for those who have seen...
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