Not many election surprises Tuesday in St.
Some transportation advice — from Utah?
Some transportation advice — from Utah? The fallen I-35W bridge may serve best as a metaphor in motion. Its splashdown resembles perfectly the descending condition of our metropolitan transportation policy.
A message to Sen. Amy Klobuchar from a disaffected Democrat
As a disaffected Minnesota Democrat, I feel the strong need to take our new senator, Amy Klobuchar, to task for an incredibly disappointing vote: her recent vote on the renewal of FISA — the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
How and why a purp
Right now, the D in DFL stands for debt
The party needs a $5,000 contribution just to meet this week’s payroll. Competition among political campaigns, internal party disillusionment and extra staffing are complicating budgeting.
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Who lost Pakistan? Maybe the West
The White House is pressuring Pakistan’s president to restore constitutional rule, but an underlying question remains: Is U.S. policy fostering instability in that country?
Grave by grave, group restores Minnesotans’ forgotten lives
For 13 years, with little fanfare, a coalition of advocacy groups has been working to bring dignity to the lives and deaths of the anonymous former residents of Minnesota’s state hospitals and institutions.
If only Jane Austen had a singles column…
Never mind Dear Abby, Dr. Phil or Dr. Laura. It’s Jane Austen who’s dishing out the latest advice for the lovelorn.
The sky’s the limit for Planetarium — but its future is up in the air
The vision for the Minnesota Planetarium and Space Discovery Center is as bright as ever.But the down-to-earth reality is that the Planetarium’s backers are struggling to clear yet another hurdle in their rugged path to replacing the old planetarium
Librarians pinpoint bandit in mystery of missing patterns
Overheard at a knitters gathering in Minneapolis: “The library catalog said the books were checked in, but they were not on the shelf. And I know how to use the Dewey Decimal system!
Time for fine-tuning? Programmers worry about future of classical music radio
When classical music people talk about the health of their favorite art form, as they often do, they need to talk about the health of classical music on radio. Why?