Newsweek R.I.P.
Hardly shocking when a print publication closes these days. Newsweek announced today it would stop its glossy paper edition by the end of this year and continue as an online-only subscriber-only...
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Kevin Love’s injury will likely expose coach Adelman’s disdain for Derrick...
There are many, many reasons why Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman should be aggrieved by the loss of his best player, power forward Kevin Love, for 6 to 8 weeks because of a broken hand Love reportedly...
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Passing the marriage amendment would unravel the core fiber of Minnesota's...
On a sweltering New Orleans Thursday in July, my wife and three kids and I finished the last bit of loading our moving vans (we drove them ourselves) and traveled exactly 1,350 miles north, or just up...
View ArticleKeith Ellison's 'lowlife scumbag' remark getting attention
Be careful next time you ask Keith Ellison, “and what do you really think, Congressman?” As our Devin Henry did Thursday, almost everyone has covered the — uh, dare I say — personal and nasty exchange...
View ArticleNo more homestead credit: Has that meant higher property taxes?
For most of the last four decades, Minnesota political candidates -- mostly DFLers -- have argued that the state’s property taxes are out of control and have pledged to rein them in if elected.Property...
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A look back at the Cuban Missile Crisis
According to the Minneapolis Tribune, it was a “slight upper respiratory infection” that caused President John F. Kennedy to suspend his campaign tour in October 1962. But U.S. Sen. Hubert Humphrey...
View ArticleWith new travel rules, most Cubans are free to go. Will they return?
HAVANA, Cuba — The predictions of a mass exodus began soon after the Cuban government announced this week it was moving to scrap the odious travel restrictions that have micromanaged the comings and...
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Minnesota Orchestra musicians hold their own sold-out opening night
Thursday night was supposed to be opening night for the Minnesota Orchestra’s 2012-13 season, and it was, against all odds. Locked out by management on Sept. 30, with concerts canceled through Nov. 25,...
View ArticleIndependence vote divides Scotland
GLASGOW, UK — When Scottish nationalists this week secured a deal to hold a referendum on independence from Britain, they were trading heavily on their country’s historical and cultural identity.Blue...
View ArticlePakistanis debate real enemy: girl-shooting Taliban or drone-firing US
The news that the Taliban shot a 14-year-old girl for speaking out against them has highlighted a major division in Pakistan over the question of which is worse: the United States or militants?On one...
View ArticleSpike in assaults leads US violent crime rate to first increase since '93
A spike in the number of assaults last year is being blamed for driving up the violent crime rate in the United States, the first year-to-year increase in nearly 20 years. However crime experts say it...
View ArticleFuneral Friday for George Kamp, father of Lt. Gov. Prettner Solon
The funeral for George Kamp, father of Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon, is today in Proctor, Minn.Kamp died Monday at the Franciscan Health Center in Duluth. He was 89.Gov. Mark Dayton will be among...
View ArticleBoy Scouts child abuse files: Can the organization withstand their release?
As a result of a decision by the Oregon Supreme Court, attorneys for plaintiffs in cases against the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) on Thursday released more of what have been dubbed the “perversion...
View ArticleMystery deepens about US enemy No. 1 in Libya
Anonymous Libyan authorities have identified the name of a man they say organized the attack on the US consulate, according to multiple press accounts.Citing unnamed Libyan sources, The Wall Street...
View ArticleGay marriage to Supreme Court? More likely after latest rejection of DOMA
The decision by a federal appeals court in New York to invalidate the Defense of Marriage Act improves the already strong prospect that the US Supreme Court will take up the issue of gay marriage this...
View ArticleAn open letter to Zygi Wilf: Time for you to help us
I hope this letter finds you healthy and happy. For certain you should be happy because we Minnesotans have done some heavy lifting to make your dreams come true. If all goes well, in 2016, the Vikings...
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State climatologist: Half of Minnesota experiencing drought
According to the US Drought Monitor, more than one half of Minnesota is in the throes of a serious drought. State climatologist Greg Spoden explains how we got to this point and what the implications...
View ArticleMonday’s debate: Watch for what Romney says about Europe
There’s not a binder of Europeans ready to support Gov. Mitt Romney.If residents of the European Union could vote today in the U.S. presidential election, 75 percent would vote for President Obama and...
View ArticleVoting amendment opponents to march in Minneapolis Sunday
Opponents of the voting amendment that will be on the Nov. 6 ballot plan a protest Sunday, with marches in North Minneapolis and Northeast Minneapolis converging at a rally.The group Raising Our...
View ArticleSweet vindication for chocolate lovers? Not quite!
For chocolate lovers, the headlines seemed like sweet, sweet vindication. Most were along these lines: “Eating Chocolate May Help You Win Nobel Prize” and “The Secret to Genius: It Might Be More...
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