German circumcision ban incites new religious controversy in Europe
A German court set off religious controversy late last week with its ruling that the circumcision of young boys on religious grounds is illegal. Some commentators categorize the ban as just one of many...
View ArticleGuantánamo judge refuses to step aside
The judge presiding over three high-profile military commission trials at the US base at Guantanamo Bay refused to disqualify himself Tuesday over accusations that he is vulnerable to improper...
View ArticleLiberal alliance scores win in Libya election
Final Libyan election results show "a secular, liberal alliance in first place," in the nation's first free vote in decades, the Associated Press reported.The election commission said late Tuesday that...
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1st and 8th District congressional races liven up Minnesota’s low-key primary...
As Minnesota counts down to a low-key Aug. 14 primary, differences in the two highest-profile races — in the 1st and 8th Congressional Districts — couldn’t be greater.In the southern Minnesota’s 1st,...
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Design prof Thomas Fisher wants stadium to produce ‘vibrant’ new Minneapolis...
An immense and very expensive development in the heart of Minneapolis is about to get under way. I'm talking about the new Vikings stadium, of course.Just to remind you, it will cost $975 million,...
View ArticleWill anyone be able to govern?
When the dust clears in November, the odds are pretty good that neither party will control enough of the levers of power in our system of separated and balanced powers to accomplish anything big...
View ArticleOnly one of these "facts" is a joke
Satirist Andy Borowitz, whose fake news stories I have long enjoyed, this morning divulged the identity of Mitt Romney's running-mate, someone who, as Borowitz notes, was "on nobody’s short or long...
View ArticleMcCain rips Bachmann's Muslim Brotherhood accusations
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John McCain ripped Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann on Wednesday for suggesting an aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is working with the Muslim...
View ArticleMarcia Fluer digs a different kind of dirt these days
Marcia Fluer used to dig up dirt on politicians as a news reporter for Channel 4 and Channel 5, but she's retired now and spends time digging in the yard, not the halls of power.And her garden has been...
View ArticleLabor Secretary Solis to visit Minnesota for discussion of homeless vets
U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis will visit the Veterans Administration Medical Center Friday to meet with military veterans and discuss the challenges facing homeless veterans, her office said.The...
View ArticlePrettner Solon to attend lieutenant governors conference in Chicago
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon is at the National Lieutenant Governors Association annual conference this week in Chicago.The three-day conference runs through Friday.Prettner Solon will...
View ArticleCommon Cause wants prosecution of MNGOP and Sutton for alleged campaign...
Common Cause, the nonpartisan, good-government group, wants a criminal investigation of the Minnesota Republican Party and its former chair, Tony Sutton, over alleged illegal contributions to pay...
View ArticleFranken’s torture smackdown
In late February, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the Due Process Act, a bill introduced in 2011 by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., that would have explicitly prohibited indefinite...
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Common Cause wants criminal charges against state GOP and Sutton
Someone wants to play hardball. Tom Scheck at MPR reports: “The group Common Cause Minnesota is pushing for criminal charges to be filed against the Minnesota Republican Party and former party chair...
View ArticleFood trucks enjoy unfair advantages as they scoop up lunch business
Regarding Marlys Harris' article, "Amid complaints, chefs keep on [food] truckin,' " fairness is the issue that is causing the tension between food trucks and brick & mortar (B&M)...
View ArticleFranken objects to Facebook's built-in 'photo-tagging'
Sen. Al Franken has a problem with Facebook's “tagging.” Jim Spencer of the Strib says: “The Minnesota Democrat called out the company for making it hard for members to avoid having online photos of...
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Duluth flood, the song: Rain poured down
Musician Dave Peterson was inspired to write a song about the flooding that swept through Duluth last month. As he says on YouTube:I wrote the lyrics to this song while thinking about the deluge of...
View ArticlePick the best… Jeb Bush
Governor Arne Carlson Blog Over the past several weeks, there has been endless media speculation on the GOP Vice Presidential pick. What is interesting, but also alarming, is the focus on satisfying...
View ArticleLatest to rip Bachmann: Her former presidential campaign manager
The latest prominent Republican figure to blast Michele Bachmann for her "Muslim-Brother-penetrating-the-U.S.-government" statements is Ed Rollins, a long-time Repub political operative who,...
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Minneapolis should reinvent tailgating to avoid Metrodome mistakes
Sam RockwellAll of the concept drawings of the now-approved Vikings stadium proposal include large swaths of dedicated tailgating lots near the stadium. If Minneapolis builds these lots, the new...
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