Extinction rates higher than thought, but not all gloom and doom
Earth's plants and animals are vanishing at a rate that's 10 to 100 times faster than previous estimates suggested, according to a new analysis of changes to the planet's biodiversity.Yet even the new...
View ArticleSanta Barbara killings: Is the Hollywood debate worth having again?
LOS ANGELES — The debate over what role, if any, Hollywood played in the deaths of six UC Santa Barbarastudents – sparked online this week by a piece from film critic Ann Hornaday – echoes similar...
View ArticleMaya Moore discovers her inner Michael Jordan ... on defense
The swelling is gone. That’s a plus. Maya Moore still has a trace of a shiner and five stitches next to her right eye, residuals from that midcourt collision with teammate Seimone Augustus in pursuit...
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Debt burden eases for Minnesota's Republican Party
MinnPost file photo by Brian HallidayMinnesota GOP chair Keith DowneyFor the first time in years, Republicans from across Minnesota will gather for a political convention … and the party’s debt figure...
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A field guide to Minnesota DFL power players
On the surface, the DFL convention that opens on Friday in Duluth will be a mellow affair.Unlike four years ago — when a colorful array of candidates was seeking the convention’s endorsement for...
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Mark Andrew scolds Ordway for 'dancing' with the Koch brothers and Flint Hills
MinnPost file photo by Karen BorosMark AndrewMark Andrew, the former Hennepin County Commissioner who ran for Minneapolis mayor last year, takes a giant swing at the billionaire Koch brothers in a Star...
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ARTCRANK gears up for its biggest party ever; Cantus in 'Covers' concert
Like many great ideas, the one that gave rise to ARTCRANK was super-simple: Get local artists to create original bike-themed posters, then throw a party to sell them at affordable prices, with beer....
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No, Shakespeare, Richard III was not shaped like a 'bunch-backed toad'
Society of Antiquaries, LondonPortrait of Richard III, painted c. 1520Despite what Shakespeare wanted us to believe (or thought was true), Richard III, the controversial 15th-century English king, did...
View ArticleNurses and addiction: He knows how and why it's possible to cross the line
Michael Humphrey knows firsthand what it means to be a nurse with a substance-use disorder. He understands, no matter how terrible the consequences, how on earth it is possible for nurses to cross the...
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Afghanistan exit: Bachmann and Kline reject hard deadline, not soon enough...
WASHINGTON — In a mostly lazy post-Memorial Day workweek and amid the fervor over a wait-time scandal at the nation’s Veterans Affairs clinics, rather important news slipped by Congress relatively...
View ArticleIn defense of the Met Council’s plan for future development
Our regional government, the Metropolitan Council, adopted Wednesday the final draft of its Thrive MSP 2040 plan. As you no doubt know, this document — or set of documents, issued every decade at the...
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How baseball teams became tribes
Clark Griffith's Blog CC/Flickr/Doug WallickPrior to 1975, baseball fans didn't wear the same uniforms as the players.Prior to the middle of the 1970s there was a separation in baseball between fans...
View ArticleVA secretary Shinseki resigns after congressional support crumbles
WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned Friday days after a report critical of overly-long wait times at VA clinics around the country.More than a hundred members of Congress...
View ArticleGovernor Dayton to take public funds for 2014 campaign
Not to mention he has a lot less cash after funding his 2010 run … . Tom Scheck, at MPR, reports, “Gov. Mark Dayton said Friday he has agreed to take public financing for his campaign," which limits...
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Minnesota Republicans endorse Randy Gilbert for state auditor
Randy GilbertFor Republican Randy Gilbert, the second time’s a charm. After losing the Republican endorsement for the state auditor’s race in 2010, Gilbert earned overwhelming backing from activists on...
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Scott Newman wins Minnesota GOP attorney general endorsement
MinnPost photo by Brian HallidaySen. Scott Newman addressed the GOP convention Friday.Just one day after announcing his campaign, state Sen. Scott Newman won backing from Republican activists to take...
View ArticleDan Severson wins secretary of state endorsement at Minnesota Republican...
Former state Rep. Dan “Doc” Severson won the support of Republican activists over former Sen. John Howe to carry the party’s banner in the Secretary of State race this fall.Howe withdrew his name from...
View ArticleMN Blog Cabin Roundup, 5/30
The VA slow walk goes on for lack of an exception processfrom Zingy Skyway Lunch by Erik PetersenI’m mystified the White House didn’t figure out here early that the VA / Shinseki is ripe for an...
View ArticleQuick action is needed to fix systemic problems at Minnesota Security Hospital
The following is an editorial from the Mankato Free Press.Problems at the Minnesota Security Hospital in St. Peter seem unrelenting.In 2011 the Human Services Commissioner gave the hospital two years...
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In vivid and colorful detail, Michael Fedo recovers a lost Duluth
Downtown Duluth as we know it today is such an important part of the tourist mythology of Minnesota that it’s hard to remember that before the coffee shops, brew pubs and high-end outdoors stores, it...
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