Amy Klobuchar says U.S. Senate women's bathroom is now crowded
The Washington Post has an item about Sen. Amy Klobuchar and the record number of women, 20, who will now serve in the Senate after last week's election.At a Washington forum Wednesday, Klobuchar...
View ArticleKurt Bills returns to his classroom after U.S. Senate loss
Minutes after news organizations started calling the Minnesota U.S. Senate race for incumbent Democrat Amy Klobuchar last week, Republican challenger Kurt Bills vowed to return to his high school...
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New takeoff/landing patterns at MSP catch council by surprise
The new landing/takeoff patterns for MSP International will be a serious hassle once word gets around. Says the Strib’s Eric Roper: “[Minneapolis] City Council members are fuming over the lack of...
View ArticleQ&A: Chip Cravaack reflects on defeat, outlines fiscal cliff 'basics'
WASHINGTON — Republican Chip Cravaack pulled off one of the great upsets of the 2010 election cycle when he knocked off U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar, an 18-term incumbent, the chairman of the House...
View ArticleNorm Coleman says GOP should embrace immigration reform with path to...
Former Sen. Norm Coleman says he believes the nation, and the Republican Party, must embrace immigration reform.By that, he means: protect the borders, but still provide a "path to citizenship" for...
View ArticleChina's Party hangs on to status quo
HONG KONG — After a long and unexplained delay, China’s new top leaders strolled out stiffly over the red-carpeted dais in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People.The first words of Xi Jinping, the man long...
View ArticleUS Post Office reports record loss of nearly $16 billion
The Postal Service on Thursday reported losing a record amount in a single year — $15.9 billion — putting it one step closer to insolvency. AP reports that the postal service was forced to default on...
View ArticleUS appeals court strikes down Michigan ban on affirmative action
A federal appeals court has invalidated Michigan’s 2006 ban on race-conscious admissions at theUniversity of Michigan and other public colleges in the state, ruling that the prohibition violates the...
View ArticleWhere Syria's opposition groups get their rockets
While the battle for Aleppo grinds on in Syria's largest city, behind the front lines hums an operation crucial to the fight: homemade weapons manufacturing.Aleppo is a major front in the 20-month...
View ArticleLessons from Sandy: how one community in storm's path kept lights on
President Obama on Thursday visited areas recovering from hurricane Sandy, which knocked out power to more than 8 million people. Power is finally coming back on for the last few in New Yorkand New...
View ArticleBP to pay $4.5 billion in fines for Gulf oil spill. Is legal saga over?
British oil giant BP is agreeing to pay $4.5 billion in fines related to its role in the 2010 spill that killed 11 people and released five million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The corporate...
View ArticleKey test for Egypt's Morsi as Gaza conflict intensifies
Israel's new air assault on the Gaza Strip, which has so far killed 15 people in the tiny enclave and raised the prospect of a longer conflict, has also presented Egypt's Islamist president with the...
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2012 Give to the Max Day breaks state, national records
Setting a state and national record, 53,339 donors gave $16,391,905 to 4,381 nonprofits and schools yesterday as part of the 4thannual Give to the Max Day initiative.These impressive (though still...
View ArticleRon Paul supporters to rally in Minneapolis for 'Liberty Forum'
A gathering of Republicans in Minneapolis Saturday will look at the future of the Liberty Movement within the Republican Party of Minnesota.The "Liberty Forum" was planned before the election,...
View ArticleCan the US stand by while Europe burns? Sure, why not
Barataria It’s been a long time since I wrote about Europe. How many ways can a humble blogger say, “Nothing has really changed”? Nothing has. Currency union has turned into a straightjacket of...
View ArticleA tortured defense of the Wolves' Derrick Williams
Let’s begin with a controversial statement: Derrick Williams is playing better than we think he is for the Minnesota Timberwolves thus far this season.What we think has been distorted by the enduring...
View ArticleStewart vs. O'Reilly vs. the decline of traditional (white) America
In a longish, and much more serious than usual, jeremiad on last night's Daily Show, Jon Stewart used Bill O"Reilly's tirade against the decline of "traditional America" (a barely-coded reference to...
View ArticleRecount shows one-vote margin in Meeker County commissioner race
A recount confirms that Meeker County Commissioner Dave Gabrielson lost last week's election by one vote.Challenger Dale Fenrich came out on top, 1,069 to 1,068.The West Central Tribune notes that...
View ArticleSuburbs of a certain age: the post-racial frontier
Big challenges are facing those comfy old suburbs where many of us grew up.Only a few decades ago, towns that mushroomed up along urban borders were more homogenous than milk. Everybody who lived there...
View ArticleCivil War Task Force to watch and discuss 'Lincoln' movie at Mall of America
The Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force is inviting people to watch the new "Lincoln" movie Friday night at the Mall of America Theater and then join a post-show discussion.The Task Force was...
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