Gov. Dayton is in Marshall for Saturday's Pheasant Hunting Opener
When pheasant season opens Saturday in Minnesota, Gov. Mark Dayton will be hunting in the fields near Marshall.It's the Second Annual Governor's Pheasant Hunting Opener, created by Dayton last year to...
View ArticleDebate winner: Ryan on style, Biden on substance
Reactions to the veep debate.First you have to decide whether it’s all about substance or style.If it’s style, then it’s all about Joe Biden’s facial expressions. It started with Paul Ryan’s first long...
View ArticleBachmann raises $4.5 million during the third quarter
Michele Bachmann raised $4.5 million between July and September, her campaign announced Friday. She reportedly has $3.5 million on hand for her re-election bid against DFLer Jim Graves. The average...
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Duluth paper endorses write-in candidate for state House seat
Jay FosleIn the tumultuous state House District 7B race — where one candidate withdrew after a sex scandal and then the state Supreme Court put a replacement candidate on the ballot after the official...
View ArticleSt. Paul City Council to Congress: Shift military funding to help communities
The St. Paul City Council voted unanimously this week to support a resolution that asks Congress to redirect military funding to help local communities.The resolution was sponsored by Council Member...
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Wells Fargo posts healthy earnings stats
Sued by the feds for mortgage fraud earlier in the week, Wells Fargo posted healthy earnings numbers today. Jennifer Bjorhus of the Strib says: “Wells Fargo & Co. continues to smash through its...
View ArticleMore info sought before any decision on GOP complaint against Mark Ritchie
An administrative law judge is evaluating whether there’s probable cause in two GOP senators’ complaint alleging that Secretary of State Mark Ritchie is misinforming voters and abusing his state office...
View ArticleMN Blog Cabin Roundup, 10/12
A two minute and twenty second argument for voting “no” on the Minnesota voter ID amendmentfrom Thoughtful Bastards by Paul UdstrandVote “No” in November (or simply leave it blank), preserve our...
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Curbly's Bruno Bornsztein talks about entrepreneurship, persistence and a...
The standard image of a successful web developer probably doesn't include a journalism degree or a fascination with interior design — but Bruno Bornsztein isn't your garden-variety web developer. He's...
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Our Electoral College system is weird — and not in a good way
One in a series of articles. You can read the whole series here.As you may have noticed, it’s a presidential election year.We’re already long-since far enough along that the Electoral College geeks...
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Gag order lifted in Brodkorb case
We may soon be deep in TMI. Rachel Stassen-Berger of the Strib reports: “A federal magistrate judge decided that the gag order, imposing silence on all sides in the case of ex-state Senate employee...
View ArticleModern-day Puritans wring hands over Zumba Madam’s list of shame
In the big scheme of things, the names of the “johns” who allegedly hired Kennebunk, Maine, Zumba dance instructor Alexis Wright for sex are simply a matter of public record if solicitation charges are...
View ArticleEurope's independence seekers: Scotland, Catalonia, and now ... Venice
It was once one of Europe’s richest trading powers, with its ships and merchants found across the Mediterranean. Venice's glory days have long since passed, but it is now rekindling its heritage and...
View ArticleNorth Korean nukes unlikely to reach US
NAGANO, Japan — South Korea in the last few days has been busy helping North Korea make the case that the North’s missiles are a major threat.First Seoul talked its ally the United States into agreeing...
View ArticleHistory shows ‘coattail’ effect not so crucial to presidents
The trifecta of national politics is for a candidate to win the White House and help his party wincontrol of Congress on presidential "coattails."But is it "game over" for a president when the other...
View Article50 years after Cuba Missile Crisis, US influence in hemisphere waning
It was what many consider the most dangerous moment the world has ever faced: the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, which saw the United States square off over nuclear missiles stationed by the Soviet...
View ArticleTwo years after Mubarak, his prison torture apparatus still wounds Egypt
Sitting cross-legged on a makeshift bed in his parent’s apartment, Tarek Mohamed Abdel Hafez lifts his jacket to reveals his battle scars – marks from the first few weeks of his nearly 1,000-day...
View ArticleLibya elects Ali Zidan new prime minister
Libya’s Congress elected Ali Zidan interim prime minister, a week after his predecessor Mustafa Abu Shagur was fired after failing to form a government.Zidan, a human rights lawyer, won 93 votes, a...
View ArticleVoter ID amendment runs contrary to American history and constitutional...
Politics is always full of contradictions, and hypocrisy, but a significant example now in play is the proposed voter ID amendment to Minnesota’s Constitution. Adding to this is the irony that many of...
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Vikings watch RG3 run away with the game
REUTERS/Jason ReedRobert Griffin IIIThe country’s football addicts now call him RG3, an identification that might have been cribbed from a Star Wars script. But you have the Minnesota Vikings’...
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