Last year over winter break, our two college-age children were catching up on news and gossip with their two younger siblings.
Another Blackwater black eye for the State Department
By Susan Albright
Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is under intense pressure to clean up the State Department’s dealings with Blackwater Worldwide, the security contractor hired to protect diplomats in Iraq.
Urban designers: Minneapolis should dump skyways
By Steve Berg | Thursday, Nov.
From eye candy to heavier fare at TU Dance
By Camille LeFevre | Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007
Artistic director and choreographer Uri Sands balances crowd-pleasers and masterworks in his fast-growing body of work for the 2-year-old company.
‘Delivering results’ is the top priority for mayor’s new chief of staff
Three months ago, Sara Grewing was recruited to be chief of staff for St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman.
Many — even some of us supposedly well-connected at City Hall — had never heard of her. But it turns out she’d previously worked for U.S. Sen.
Do you have the write stuff? Prove it this month
It’s not as if she didn’t have anything else going on this month. Minneapolis student N. Jeanne Burns is juggling four classes scattered across three campuses, never mind the usual work and life demands.
Lawmakers puzzling over how to compensate bridge survivors
Just days after the I-35W bridge collapse, state Rep.
Early Santana trade doesn’t make sense for Twins
Before anybody freaks out over the Twins trading Johan Santana this winter, relax. It’s unlikely to happen, and not just because Santana’s contract has a no-trade clause. Here’s why:
The Twins still have to sell tickets for 2008.
Gopher stadium name? Don’t bank on it
Gold banners with maroon lettering dot the fences around the construction site on the University of Minnesota campus.
The signs declare: “The Future Home of TCF Bank Stadium.”
Not so fast.
Grain Belt beer sign: Let it glow again
I suppose because I went to De La Salle and grew up under the glow of the Grain Belt beer sign I have a soft spot in my heart for the big un-P.C. lug that looms over the Mississippi River off the Hennepin Avenue Bridge.
Racist by association? Be careful whom you link to
If you’re new to Anti-Strib.com, a Twin Cities-based blog named after its opposition to the Star Tribune and liberalism, tread softly.
Jesse’s back! New Ventura book ‘Revolution’ will cover political waterfront
Maybe former Gov.
Governor expected to support major global-warming plan for region
By Ron Way | Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007
Tim Pawlenty and other Midwest governors are expected to announce Thursday a regional agreement to set limits on carbon emissions linked to global warming.
End of the road looms for Molnau
By Doug Grow | Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007
Whether by her choice, the governor’s or the Legislature’s, Lt. Gov. Carol Molnau’s time as head of the state Department of Transportation is rapidly drawing to a close, key legislators say.
A non-hunter’s dilemma: Coming between his friends and their ducks
For my 10th birthday, celebrated in Buffalo, N.Y., my neighbor John Kearney gave me his old BB gun as a present. It was all oiled up and ready for action.
Walker Art Center: Walker-bound: Olga Viso looking forward and back at “Utopia”
Walker Art Center
U program to lend inspiration as boomers ‘grow up’
Who am I now?
That’s the question a new University of Minnesota endeavor is challenging baby boomers to ask themselves. But rather than answering the question just once, the idea is to keep asking it all the way up the age ladder.
Strike up the band: Schubert Club is 125 years old
You would expect an organization that began its life as “The Ladies Musicale” to go quietly about its business. But these days the folks at the Schubert Club feel entitled to make a little noise.
No more periods?
“Menstruation is not medically necessary.” That’s the quote that jumped out at me from a press release that recently crossed my desk.
Not medically necessary? I thought.