Obama honors World Champion Lynx
Reigning WNBA champion Minnesota Lynx were honored with a reception at the White House on Tuesday afternoon. According to the Associated Press, President Obama called the team great ambassadors for the...
View ArticleQuestions for Mitt Romney after his explanation of what he meant to say
Late this afternoon, Mitt Romney went on Fox's "Your World with Neil Cavuto" to take another stab at what he was trying to say at that Florida fund-raiser about the 47 percent of Americans who pay no...
View ArticleIf Republicans lose in November, several ghosts (all named George) will haunt...
When the Republicans gathered in Tampa last month, the convention turned out to be as much an exorcism as it was a campaign kick-off. Now, six weeks out from the election, as presidential hopeful Mitt...
View ArticleLibertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson speaks at Macalester
Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party's presidential candidate, will speak Friday at Macalester College in St. Paul, as part of a three-week national tour.Remember his name: He may turn out to be a...
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Reaping the best treasure from our trash
When it comes to recycling, collecting more at the curbside doesn’t necessarily mean more waste will actually be recycled.Let’s examine a decision by the City of Minneapolis to implement a single-sort...
View ArticleNorm Coleman's anti-Rick Nolan ad deemed 'misleading'
Catharine Richert of MPR puts the PoliGraph fact-checking microscope over an anti-Rick Nolan ad from Norm Coleman’s PAC: “ ‘In the 70s, Nolan backed a bill to replace Medicare with a European-style...
View ArticlePawlenty named head of bank lobbying firm
WASHINGTON — Former Minnesota Governor and presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty is the new CEO of the Financial Services Roundtable, a bank lobbying firm in Washington D.C., the group announced...
View ArticleUruguay takes 'war on drugs' in new direction: The state as dealer
Uruguay has long been at the vanguard of social reform in Latin America. Today, it is on the verge of passing into law one of its most radical ideas yet.The Broad Front — the center-left coalition that...
View ArticleAung San Suu Kyi receives Congressional Gold Medal, meets Obama
Myanmar's famous opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi accepted the Congressional Gold Medal on Wednesday, an honor which was awarded to her while she was under house arrest in 2008.US officials hailed...
View ArticleChurch of Scientology opens center in Israel
TEL AVIV— Late last month, on Jaffa's grand but timeworn Jerusalem Boulevard, the Alhambra Theater, was reopened to much fanfare. Once an art deco jewel, its two-year restoration was so meticulous that...
View ArticleNuclear deal? New North Korea and Iran pact raises international concern
North Korea and Iran appear to be increasing their dealings in nuclear technology and missiles with each other under a breakthrough agreement reached between the two nations in Tehranthree weeks...
View ArticleCharlie Hebdo's Muhammad cartoons: a headache for Hollande?
France is once again embroiled in controversy over freedom of speech and religion, after satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo today published raunchy cartoons of the prophet Muhammad. The cartoons'...
View ArticleWhy did Chick-fil-A cross the road, pull funds for gay marriage foes?
After enduring a major public-relations tsunami this summer, Chick-fil-A, the Atlanta-based sandwich shop that’s closed on Sundays, says it will end its decade-long corporate support of culture-warrior...
View ArticleAfghanistan's softer insurgents claim suicide attack. What next?
Following a suicide bombing in Kabul on Tuesday that left 12 people dead, including eight South Africans and a Kyrgyz, the insurgent group Hizb-e-Islami stepped forward to claim responsibility.As one...
View ArticleTwins call-up gives Chris Herrmann chance to impress as back-up catcher
As part of September roster expansion, the Twins called up just two players, Luis Perdomo and Eduardo Escobar, but injuries to Joe Mauer and Ryan Doumit left Drew Butera as the team's only healthy...
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Keith Ellison: 'I honestly don't believe most people in the Middle East hate...
REUTERS/Esam Al-FetoriRep. Keith EllisonWASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison is the first Muslim elected to Congress. He’s a frequent member of congressional delegation trips to the Middle East. And...
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Practical bike riding: A book review and more
Thoughtful Bastards I’ve got bike riding on the brain, I admit it. How could I not? About three weeks ago I read a really nice little book about bicycling called: “Just Ride: A Radically Practical...
View ArticleRomney video awakens voters from campaign coma
Much of the American electorate was completely bored with the 2012 presidential campaign when the release of Mitt Romney's fundraiser video rocked the nation like a massive explosion.The secretly...
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Transforming TPT: New platforms for lifelong learning, community convening
Shore to Shore Communications, IncCEO Jim PagliariniYou’ve got to hand it to the folks running the mini-empire formerly known as Twin Cities Public Television. Twelve years ago when they added a second...
View ArticleYes, we're getting fatter — but how do we reverse the trend?
This week brought yet another report on how Americans are continuing to pack on the pounds, with dire health consequences.Earlier this year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported that...
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