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Why Americans want to spend more on health care
Last week, the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Now, the battle moves from the courts to electoral politics, with arguments about whether or not the ACA will reduce health care costs...
View ArticleBan on sports tipboards throws charitable gambling groups for loss
Minnesota’s charitable organizations are reeling from a regulatory decision that could also be the first blow to what some have criticized as a shaky funding source for the new $1 billion Vikings...
View ArticleRochester officials consider election options after council president's death
Rochester officials are considering changes in the city election law, following the death last month of City Council President Dennis Hanson.The Rochester Post-Bulletin reports that the city charter...
View ArticleHabitat For Humanity's 500-mile bike ride celebrates many milestones
Habitat for Humanity, the nonprofit that builds affordable homes for those in need, kicks off a 500-mile bike ride this month to raise awareness and funds.The 135 riders on the route through south...
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John Kline rakes in $428K, with $1.3 million in the bank
Mitt Romney is not the only GOP candidate showing nice fundraising numnbers. At the Strib, Corey Mitchell reports: “Republican U.S. Rep. John Kline, who represents Minnesota's Second Congressional...
View ArticleMN Blog Cabin Roundup, 7/6
Minnesota Blog Cabin summer vacationMinnesota Blog Cabin will be on hiatus next week, beginning Monday, July 9. We will return to bringing you the best of Minnesota blogging on Monday, July 16. Now,...
View ArticleObama signs disaster declaration for northern Minnesota flooding
WASHINGTON — President Obama declared areas of northern Minnesota a major disaster area on Friday after last month's severe flooding, freeing up federal money to help pay for clean-up efforts.The...
View ArticleThe Romney universal hedge
In his weekly Boston Globe column, Joshua Green analyzes one of the main things that been bugging me about Mitt Romney. He is no longer changing his position on issues. He is mostly just refusing to...
View ArticleRelentless pursuit of 'total customer experience' pays off for Experience...
Great changes sometimes hinge on small things. So it was for Lou Carbone, who built a new career on the difference between a two-ply and a four-ply napkin.In the 1970s, Carbone was a New York-based ad...
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Navy sonar testing program: Biting the hand that feeds us
Gordon C. StewartWill we risk killing the hand that feeds us — the oceans and the order of nature — for the sake of national security?I’m not a groupie and I’m not a shouter. I delete most of what’s...
View ArticleNorthern counties battle deer-hunting 'mansions'
I’ve long suspected that a lot of people love hunting mainly for all the cool gear they can buy. John Myers at the Duluth News Tribune says: “It used to be that a deer stand was a couple of aspen...
View ArticleOver 35? Time to retire, says Philippines
ANGELES, Philippines — Arch Turner first came to the Philippines for vacation. He ate a lot of cheap food, visited several bars and returned to his home town near San Diego eight days later — only to...
View ArticleAlberta pipeline oil spills, gas emissions stain Canada's green reputation
TORONTO, Canada — Three oil spills in a month isn’t the track record Alberta wanted while peddling a major tar sands pipeline to Americans.The spills have the provincial government and the oil industry...
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U of M bioethicist takes U.S. to task for not protecting research subjects
umn.eduCarl ElliottUniversity of Minnesota bioethicist Dr. Carl Elliott has written a scathing commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) about the serious lack of protection given...
View ArticleHow big is your infinite?
One Father's Day I wrote my dad a poem. I wanted to express how much he had opened the breadth of my awareness and my appreciation for life. But I wasn't quite sure how to capture it.Then I remembered...
View ArticleCongo rebels take eastern towns as conflict escalates
Standing in what was once a primary schoolroom, rebel officer Vianney Kazarama points at the dozens of untouched crates of mortar bombs that the government troops left behind when they fled.“And they...
View ArticleTime to curb the illicit global arms trade
Each year, hundreds of thousands of civilians around the globe are slaughtered by conventional weapons that are sold, transferred by governments, or diverted to unscrupulous regimes, criminals, illegal...
View ArticleThousands of Minnesotans to receive health rebates under Franken provision
If the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision didn’t signal that at long last it’s time to actually get to know the Affordable Care Act, then perhaps the appearance of a check in the mailbox will get John...
View ArticleMinnesota Council of Nonprofits exec picked for State Department fellowship
Jeannie Fox, deputy public policy director of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, has been named to a State Department Professional Fellows Program that is meant to build connections in the Western...
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Time-lapse: A summer day on Pelican Lake
Inforum captured a perfect Minnesota summer day on Pelican Lake. Time-lapse video begins in the tranquil hour of 8:00am, through the bustle of boats, pontoons and water skiiers, to the calm of a...
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