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Legislators openly miffed at cops on pot debate
Police influence on the medical marijuana debate annoys some legislators. Tom Scheck at MPR says, “Some Minnesota legislators, frustrated with their inability to make any headway against law...
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Timely and better communications are needed at Minneapolis Public Schools ASAP
Tracine D. AsberryThis is my second year of a four-year term on the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) Board of Education and I am convinced that timely, transparent, competent, and respectful...
View Article$10 MinnRoast last-minute cheap seats on sale through Thursday
Buy your $10 tickets today!Attention news junkies and MinnRoast fans:MinnRoast 2014 tickets have been selling briskly, and we are more than 200 tickets ahead of where we were this time last year.But...
View ArticleMight we be losing the ability to fill Supreme Court vacancies?
The current Supreme Court features one octogenarian, three septuagenarians, two sexagenarians and three justices in their 50s. There have been some close confirmation battles to fill recent vacancies...
View ArticleTalkin' trash on Earth Day: Festivities focus too much on cosmetic issues
The inaugural “Crying Indian” ad ran in 1971 on the second celebration of Earth Day.If you’re of my vintage — an early Gen X’er — the mention of Earth Day may bring to mind the old TV ad that featured...
View Article'Distracted driving' tickets: 55 per day
That “distracted driver” crackdown? Something tells me a few scofflaws slipped through the nets. Mary Lynn Smith of the Strib says, “A 10-day crackdown on distracted driving snagged 550 people who were...
View ArticleMedical marijuana advocates to show doctor, clergy support
Supporters of medical marijuana legalization in Minnesota will continue to pressure lawmakers with a state Capitol rally Tuesday at 10 a.m.They say they'll show signatures from more than 100 doctors...
View ArticleSt. Paul libraries to hold May antiques appraisal events
Two St. Paul libraries will hold appraisal events — similar to PBS'"Antiques Roadshow"— in May.Mark Moran, guest expert from the PBS series, will appraise items at the West 7th Library and the Hayden...
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MIA to feature Habsburg masterpieces; We Theater presents 'The Shadow War'
Courtesy of the Minneapolis Institute of ArtsGiuseppe Arcimboldo, 1527 - 1593, Milan. Fire, 1566. 66.5 cm x 51 cm. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien.Europe’s longest-ruling royal family – rising in the...
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The near-lynching of Houston Osborne, 1895
Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society/Minnesota State ArchivesPhotograph identified as Phil Rice but likely of Houston Osborne, taken c.1895. Phil Rice and Houston Osborne were both clients of...
View ArticleTommy Mischke on creativity, independence, and his new new thing
“I sent my first text two weeks ago,” said Tommy Mischke Friday afternoon, holding up his month-old iPhone while sitting in the log cabin study in the backyard of his St. Paul home. The veteran KSTP-AM...
View ArticleCitizen participation: blessing turned curse?
Lately, we’ve seen a succession of community groups shoot down developments — or modify them into infeasibility.In February, the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood association prodded the Minneapolis City...
View ArticleOn gay rights, South Africa offers a model for the rest of the continent
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The barman at Café Manhattan is buff and shirtless as he mixes afternoon drinks for two men sitting together on bar stools topped with cowboy saddles. The cocktail list is...
View ArticleUS Supreme Court to hear dispute over 'Jerusalem, Israel' as birthplace
WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up the case of an American couple who want their son’s passport to show his birthplace as “Jerusalem, Israel,” despite a US State Department...
View ArticleMore culturally specific mental-health services are needed in Twin Cities
I am a Hmong-American, currently getting my social-work degree and interning at a culturally specific agency. I have seen that this service has helped improve many Asian-Americans’ mental illness in...
View ArticleSweeping global survey registers progress, and declines, on environment
This being Earth Day, I call your attention to the 2014 edition of the Environmental Performance Index, a massive inventory of global progress, stasis and backsliding on all things environmental.Issued...
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Hennepin County Commissioner election interview: Anne Mavity
Editor’s note: this is the second of four candidate profiles to succeed Hennepin County Commissioner Gail Dorfman. The primary election for the downtown/southwest Minneapolis and St. Louis Park seat is...
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The unraveling of the link between diet and cancer
Creative Commons/Lara604Science writer George Johnson: "There were new hints that coffee may lower the risk of some cancers and more about the possible benefits of vitamin D. Beyond that there wasn’t...
View ArticleMinneapolis schools lauded for equity impact assessments
A video from Race Forward describes the process of getting Minneapolis Public Schools to use Racial Equity Impact Assessments.Today Your Humble Blogger confesses to being perpetually behind.To wit:...
View ArticleGOP U.S. Senate hopeful Abeler vows to stay in race
State Rep. Jim Abeler ended speculation that he would abandon his U.S. Senate campaign and run again for his Anoka-Ramsey seat. Instead, he introduced his potential successor Tuesday and pledged he is...
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