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St. Stephen’s: ‘I thank God for places like this’
Eight years ago, Minnesota-based Red Wing Shoes teamed with Edina orthopedic surgeon Lance Silverman and Chris Boosalis of Minnesota Prosthetics and Orthotics for “Our Hearts to Your Soles,” a giveaway...
View ArticleBig test of the filibuster rule may be coming in January
The strongest momentum in several decades is mounting in the U.S. Senate to change the filibuster rule on the first day of the next Congress in January.The general idea has the support of dozens of...
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Replacements tribute at First Avenue; Shakespeare at Park Square
Friday, November 23Thanks for the MemoriesPhoto by Rich MichellLucy Michelle & the Velvet LapellesWHAT: A Tribute to the ReplacementsWHERE: First Avenue, MinneapolisWHEN: 7 p.m.An enormous roster...
View ArticleMinneapolis moving ahead on reorganization of Regulatory Services
The job of reorganizing Minneapolis’ Department of Regulatory Services is moving ahead but is by no means complete.“The framework is there. The plan to move in that direction is there. We’re just...
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St. Thomas’ winning Division III athletic programs happy where they are
In 2005, at the request of several trustees, the University of St. Thomas hired an outside consultant to explore the ramifications of leaving NCAA Division III in athletics. This was three years before...
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U of North Dakota studying ethical issues of drones
North Dakota? Drones? Ethics?Kevin Bonham of The Grand Forks Herald writes: “By next spring, the Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Department could be using unmanned aircraft to probe scenes of traffic...
View ArticleBrighton Development winding down after spurring riverfront revival
A key chapter in Minneapolis’s recent history is coming to a close now that Brighton Development, the local firm that helped launch the city’s riverfront revival, is winding down its...
View ArticleBill Maher to Obama: Re-election means never having to...
On his HBO show "Politically Incorrect"one night last week, comedian/political satirist Bill Maher urged Pres. Obama to spend the second term doing the things he couldn't do in the first because he had...
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Something changed: Picking a Supreme Court justice is now a partisan battle
One in a series of articles. You can read the whole series here.It’s 1932. Herbert Hoover is president. There’s a vacancy on the Supreme Court. A New York judge named Benjamin Cardozo is widely...
View ArticleDeep skepticism over story of Little Falls shootings
The understatement of the moment is that the public, if not the authorities, are skeptical of the shooter’s story. In the weekend deaths of two Little Falls teenagers, Ben Katzner of the St. Cloud...
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What happened here? Three observations about Minnesota's marriage vote
Minnesota voters made history when we were the first in the nation to reject a proposed constitutional prohibition of legal recognition for the marriages of same-sex couples. Back in 2011, when...
View ArticleIn world's most religious country, humanists rally for secular space
In Ghana, where deeply held religious beliefs unite much of the population, a new group has formed around a shared disbelief in religion.The Humanist Association of Ghana practices a philosophy that is...
View ArticleCongo rebels advance as regional leaders seek cease-fire
As regional leaders talked peace in plush hotel rooms a country away, fighting between rebels and government troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo's east rumbled on.On Friday, civilians carrying...
View ArticleChina fakes new Asean reality
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Not happy with your diplomatic situation? Fear not. Simply create a stronger bargaining position, promote it through state media and then act as if it were true.That was Beijing’s...
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‘Driving Change’ panel: Hahn a reformer from ‘within’
MinnPost has assembled a panel of leadership experts and scholars, who are rotating in commenting on each of the examples of leadership profiled in our series, "Driving Change: A Lens on Leadership."...
View ArticleTexas highway pileup: time to slow the ‘super truckers’ down?
While authorities have pegged thick Texas fog as the main culprit in the 140-car Thanksgiving pileup on I-10 just southwest of Beaumont, big rig truckers posting on Internet message boards suggest that...
View ArticleA sense of the possible: Sandra Hahn and a life in corrections
While covering important events in our civic and cultural life, journalists typically focus on facts, controversies, issues and their impact. They rarely look through the lens of understanding leaders...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Another province goes to the Taliban
PUL-I-ALAM, Afghanistan — The first sign of the Taliban's growing strength in Logar province comes on the main highway, where culverts have been blown up at regular intervals, each one an ideal place...
View ArticleSaxby Chambliss: One more Republican breaks ranks over anti-tax pledge
The sharpest struggle in the lame-duck session of Congress, which picks up again on Monday, may well be within GOP ranks, as Republicans grapple with whether to relax a no-new-tax pledge that has been...
View ArticlePresident Morsi stands firm despite Egypt protests
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi attempted to calm a furor raised by his decree expanding his powers as clashes between police and a small group of protesters continued in Cairo today. The president's...
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