Unless you’re a tourist destination like Vail or a retirement haven like Scottsdale, it’s hard to have a good city without good jobs. Good jobs are the foundation for building the middle class life so fundamental to the success of American cities.
Access in sports reporting — where less really is less
Mike Lynn, the former Minnesota Vikings general manager in the 1970s and ’80s who was as much an impresario as he was a football man or a corporate executive, shared his vision one day of major sports coverage in America.
Downtown St. Paul’s restaurant menu is still — and maybe always will be — in flux
There were times this past summer when it seemed like you might starve in downtown St. Paul, with headlines in the local paper trumpeting the closing of Fhima’s, Margaux and A Rebours.
A cable-stay bridge comes to Minnesota at last
Last week’s opening of the Midtown Greenway bike and pedestrian bridge over Hiawatha Avenue marks several firsts.
The party of the rich — Democrats or Republicans?
Is the Democratic Party the party of the rich? Many conservative commentators think so.
Or is the Republican Party the party of the rich? Many liberal commentators think so.
The conservatives tend to rely on evidence at the state level.
Facebook: Social networking site is the new yellow flag in college sports
By Christina Capecchi | Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007
Student athletes have to tackle a whole new set of off-the-field problems these days: the seemingly ever-present tech world of websites, digital cameras and cell phones.
Lowering expectations: Mideast peace conference faces long odds
By Susan Albright | Tuesday, Nov.
Economic ties between Minnesota and India promise to be a busy two-way street
India has been on Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s mind for a long time. I remember his first day in office in 2003. As we visited with ethnic entrepreneurs across the metro area, he asked me to put together a concept paper on India.
SPAM and legs: ‘Hormel Girls’ danced, sang, sold
By David Hawley | Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007
After World War II, scion Jay C. Hormel recruited G.I. Janes — Wacs, Waves, Spars, Women Marines and nurses — for a traveling troupe that grew to 60 performers before disbanding in 1953.
Beware of this fishy health study
When two little-known groups in Washington, D.C., announced recently that pregnant and breastfeeding mothers could safely eat more fish, mercury content aside — more seafood than the federal government and most states recommend — a few eyebrows were
Toe to toe, Twin Cities dance community measures up
Several years ago, Minnesota Public Radio was broadcasting a show on the state of the arts in Minnesota when a guy called in and, quite incredulously, barked, “We’ve got a dance community? I’ve never heard of a dance community here.
Higher gas taxes don’t always mean higher prices
A persistent argument in the ongoing debate over whether to raise Minnesota’s gas tax is that any tax hike would increase prices at a time of spiraling pump prices.
What’s the U.S. need from Pakistan? Its army
Ghulam Haniff has watched many a crisis shake the democracy in his native Pakistan over the years.
But the current flareup represents a more serious threat than even Pakistan has seen in the past, said Haniff, a political science professor at St.
Coming to a pump near you
What is this world coming to?
Whatever it is, it’s likely coming to a TV screen near you.
A bank of monitors at the gym or the airport already is no big deal. Same goes for multiple plasma screens above the bar.
How I got my brain scanned
A scientist at the University of Minnesota claimed recently that a brain scan machine he uses for research is so safe that one day people will be able to use it at the state fair, the mall or the science museum to find out just what’s going on in
Generalissimo Wally gets canned
Come Turkey Day, the Strib will be a Banana Republic no more.
Thanksgiving will mark the last of Kirk Anderson’s “Banana Republic” op-ed strips.
(Mostly) intelligent design: form + function at CVA
“Design” is the new black.
Starting at the Finnish
To keep your fingers limber as another Minnesota winter approaches, MinnPost will hold a writing competition of sorts every two weeks.
Huge facility planned for Duluth to harvest state’s trees for European power plants
By Ron Way | Monday, Nov.
Public disdain of Congress: less than meets the eye
By David Brauer
Monday, Nov. 12, 2007
Poll after poll shows Americans hold Congress in low regard. But a new and overlooked poll indicates that disapproval and happiness can go together.