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Minneapolis event focuses attention on suffering in Somalia
Given the recent terrorism conviction of a Minneapolis Somali man, this might not seem like the best time for a race that celebrates the Somali community in Minnesota and raises money to help improve...
View ArticleDeceased Rochester council president candidate remains on the ballot
Rochester voters will face an unusual decision in next month's election.Denny Hanson had filed to run for re-election as Rochester City Council president in June, but died later in the month of a brain...
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In a changed economic world, time to try something different
Barataria “It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.”- Franklin Delano RooseveltWikimedia CommonsFranklin Delano...
View ArticleObama campaign to make splash in Minnesota, starting Monday
Minnesota hasn't seen much presidential campaign action this year, especially after Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty dropped out of the Republican candidate sweepstakes.But starting Monday, President...
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Catholic PAC has poured $1.2 million into pro-marriage amendment fight
Good piece by the Strib’s Baird Helgeson on the money stream flowing into the pro-marriage amendment campaign: “A report by the Human Rights Campaign on Thursday said that the Catholic Church has...
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Rep. Joe Walsh's abortion comment is stunning in its ignorance
The medical ignorance of some politicians — particularly in regard to women’s reproductive health — continues to astonish me.The latest example of such ignorance comes from Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill)....
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Minneapolis rapper P.O.S. postpones tour for health reasons
In a video posted online Friday, Minneapolis rapper P.O.S. explained that he is postponing his fall tour for health reasons: he is in need of a new kidney and must maintain steady access to dialysis...
View ArticleMN Blog Cabin Roundup, 10/19
Outlawed: How Minnesota became the first state to discriminate against free, online learningfrom Girl Meets Geek by Kate-Madonna HindesWith the recession ravaging bank accounts and psyches, alike, the...
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Treating the whole human being: the Penny George Institute
Illness is not just physical. That's hardly a new idea, but for years, techniques like acupuncture, aromatherapy, and healing touch — which treated symptoms but also patients' mental and spiritual...
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George McGovern’s long political career closely intertwined with Minnesota’s...
It was 1972, and George McGovern’s presidential campaign was coming through Minnesota.Ronnie Brooks, the self-described “hopelessly naïve” campaign manager for McGovern in Minnesota, recalled that he...
View ArticleStrib says 'No' on marriage amendment
The “game changer” impact of newspaper endorsements may be a phenomenon of a past century, but the Strib is opposed to the marriage amendment: “Marriage is the voluntary union of two loving, consenting...
View ArticleReverse brain drain: Economic shifts lure migrants home
"Brain drain" — the flow of intellect and skilled labor from poor to rich countries – has been so constant in modern times that the Nigerian cabdriver who was educated as a doctor back home is just as...
View ArticleHina Khan, Pakistani school girl, threatened by Taliban
KARACHI, Pakistan— Hina Khan, a school girl from Pakistan's Swat district who has publicly criticized the Taliban for their ban on women's education, has claimed that her life has been threatened by...
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Picking a president: dangers — and weird outcomes — of the Electoral College
One in a series of articles. You can read the whole series here.Most of the time, the Electoral College system produces a winner who gets the most popular votes and whose legitimacy as the choice of...
View ArticlePalestinians vote in first local elections since 2005
BETHLEHEM — For the first time since 2005, Palestinians went to the polls on Saturday to vote for new local and municipal councils.It is an election that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas fervently...
View ArticleWhy Lebanon violence might not spiral, despite funeral protests
Tens of thousands of Lebanese gathered in central Beirut Sunday for the funeral of a top Sunni security chief whose assassination last week in a car bomb explosion has revived fears in Lebanon of a...
View ArticleSet aside debate over Romney tax math: Is tax reform a good idea?
One of the biggest policy questions at stake in the presidential election – how to fix America's dysfunctional tax system — has become largely obscured by bickering over the budgetary math of one...
View ArticleGeorge Zimmerman judge OKs question: Who was the real Trayvon Martin?
In sparking a nationwide call for justice, Trayvon Martin’s parents painted the slain teenager as sweet, aspiring, and well-meaning — notions backed up by a baby-faced photo that led President Obama to...
View Article9/11 trial: Did US have improper influence? Lawyer asks judge for help
A defense lawyer in the 9/11 war crimes tribunal at Guantánamo told a military judge on Friday that the former chief prosecutor for military commissions refused at least 25 times to answer his...
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U.S. foreign aid serves critical needs and yields a high return on investment
Curt GoeringIn a presidential campaign mostly centered on important domestic issues, the last debate between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will focus on foreign...
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