Support for gay marriage in France declines as government pushes bill
France’s government unveiled a bill Wednesday to legalize marriage and adoption for same-sex couples amid heated rhetoric and waning popular support for what appeared to be an uncontroversial issue...
View ArticleThe dark side of economic sanctions
Humanitarian concerns led the US Office of Foreign Assets Control to revise some key elements of Iran’s economic sanctions last month, allowing American companies to export medical supplies to Iran....
View ArticleHow one Syrian family braves life in a divided Aleppo
At a charity center recently set up in a former school in a shabby neighborhood of Syria's largest city, a woman shows up seeking milk for the tiny baby she's holding.She says Shahinaz, who is wrapped...
View ArticleIran says ready for 'any threat' after reportedly attacking US drone
Iranian commanders said they are ready for "any threat" to Iran's borders, just days after Iranian military jets shot at an unmanned American drone conducting clandestine surveillance off Iran's...
View ArticleCBO: Going over the fiscal cliff is bad, but so is ignoring the national debt
America’s budgetary scorekeepers have published a postelection “FYI” for the president and Congress, with this blunt message: That “fiscal cliff” thing is dangerous, but so is the opposite policy of...
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Why do we have a state budget mess? Think Ventura years and baby boomers
REUTERSGov. Jesse VenturaGov. Mark Dayton and the new Legislature face a projected $1.1 billion shortfall in the 2013-2014 budget. I didn’t hear much about this during the recent political campaign,...
View ArticleYouth vote’s overwhelming opposition doomed marriage and voting amendments
A few months ago, some Minnesota progressives could be heard fretting about Barack Obama’s seeming failure to energize and mobilize young voters this year the way his campaign did in 2008. A low youth...
View ArticleTim Pawlenty talks about GOP woes and fiscal cliff in separate interviews
Financial services lobbyist Tim Pawlenty, better known in these parts as former Gov. Tim Pawlenty, was interviewed about the election by Politico, and made some obvious points."Some of the things that...
View ArticleCharles Darwin fails in bid for Georgia House seat
Congressman Paul Broun, Republican of Georgia’s 10th District, had his 15 minutes of fame in July when a video of him surfaced, speaking to the Liberty Baptist Church Sportsman's Banquet.“All that...
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Obama stands on the verge of a ‘Truman moment’ in history
In the early morning hours after the election, our pundits paid little attention to one historic sentence in President Obama’s victory speech. “A decade of war is ending,” the president said, pausing...
View ArticlePost-election wish list for Twin Cities metro area
The voters have spoken, and for the first time in 20 years, Minnesota -- for good or for evil -- will be under one-party rule. Come New Year's, the DFL will dominate both the state House (73 to 61) and...
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What’s with all those dangling bras In downtown Fargo?
Minnesota Prairie Roots SO…MY HUSBAND and I are driving through downtown Fargo Saturday afternoon, en route to Zandbroz Variety because I want to see Lake Region Review on bookshelves there. Sometimes...
View ArticleFun facts about presidential elections
Assuming he serves out his new term and then retires (as required by the 22nd Amendment), President Obama will join a perhaps surprisingly short list of two-full-terms-and-out presidents.It's true that...
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Can the Wolves continue to exploit their good luck?
J.J. BareaThe Minnesota Timberwolves’ home victory over the Orlando Magic Wednesday night bore a striking resemblance to the team’s opening-night home win over the Sacramento Kings. Almost immediately...
View ArticleWomen's body-size preferences shaped by media, study finds
Women might become less obsessed with being thin and have a healthier attitude about their own bodies if the media showed more full-figured models, a new study from Britain suggests.These findings are...
View ArticleVikings stadium architect to meet the public in Rochester Tuesday
An official from the architecture firm that will design the new Minnesota Vikings stadium in downtown Minneapolis will appear in Rochester Tuesday to discuss the process.John Hutchings of HKS Sports...
View ArticleKlobuchar says 'no' to early 2016 chatter
Like it or not, political pundits got the 2016 speculation going literally moments after networks began calling Tuesday night’s election for President Obama.And one name that they keep putting on the...
View ArticleSpringsteen at the X: Just the ‘victory dance’ the nation needs now
After the collective soul-search that we the people just lived through, it’s time for a victory dance, and I hereby nominate “American Land,” the decidedly bipartisan, Irish fiddle-fueled, high-point...
View ArticleVeterans Day event features wounded military hockey players vs. NHL alum
A special Veterans Day event Sunday at the Vadnais Sports Center will showcase members of the Minnesota Warriors hockey team skating with retired NHL players.The Minnesota Warriors team is made up of...
View ArticleVoter ID: If you give the people enough time, they usually will do the right...
The old truism remained true on voter ID Tuesday.Namely, that if you give the people enough time, they usually will do the right thing.It was truly amazing to watch Minnesotans reject the proposed...
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