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Catholic PAC has poured $1.2 million into pro-marriage amendment fight
Good piece by the Strib’s Baird Helgeson on the money stream flowing into the pro-marriage amendment campaign: “A report by the Human Rights Campaign on Thursday said that the Catholic Church has...
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Rep. Joe Walsh's abortion comment is stunning in its ignorance
The medical ignorance of some politicians — particularly in regard to women’s reproductive health — continues to astonish me.The latest example of such ignorance comes from Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill)....
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Minneapolis rapper P.O.S. postpones tour for health reasons
In a video posted online Friday, Minneapolis rapper P.O.S. explained that he is postponing his fall tour for health reasons: he is in need of a new kidney and must maintain steady access to dialysis...
View ArticleMN Blog Cabin Roundup, 10/19
Outlawed: How Minnesota became the first state to discriminate against free, online learningfrom Girl Meets Geek by Kate-Madonna HindesWith the recession ravaging bank accounts and psyches, alike, the...
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Treating the whole human being: the Penny George Institute
Illness is not just physical. That's hardly a new idea, but for years, techniques like acupuncture, aromatherapy, and healing touch — which treated symptoms but also patients' mental and spiritual...
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George McGovern’s long political career closely intertwined with Minnesota’s...
It was 1972, and George McGovern’s presidential campaign was coming through Minnesota.Ronnie Brooks, the self-described “hopelessly naïve” campaign manager for McGovern in Minnesota, recalled that he...
View ArticleMondale recalls McGovern's observation about lopsided presidential losses
Former Vice President Walter Mondale was a longtime friend of the late Sen. George McGovern, who died at age 90 Sunday in Sioux Falls and will be buried there Friday.The two were colleagues, serving...
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Reintroducing a wolf to the pack at the International Wolf Center
In this video, a worker from the International Wolf Center documents the painstaking process involved in taking a young wolf, Luna, out of the Center's pack for a brief time to have x-rays made of a...
View ArticleNext debate: Obama, Romney should be asked about the decision to invade Iraq
Tonight is the presidential debate focused on foreign policy. I hope both candidates will be asked about their positions on the Iraq War. Not the boring old argument about whether a president should...
View ArticleNational and local NAACP leaders rally in St. Paul against marriage amendment
Benjamin Jealous, president of the NAACP, is in town today for a rally in St. Paul against the proposed Marriage Amendment.He'll be joined by St. Paul NAACP President Jeff Martin and other black...
View ArticleDuluth paper again endorses Cravaack in 8th District congressional race
The Duluth News Tribune endorsed incumbent Republican Congressman Chip Cravaack today, calling him "passionate, strong, effective."The paper had endorsed Cravaack two years ago when the conventional...
View ArticleSecretary of State Ritchie wants newspapers to print full text of proposed...
Secretary of State Mark Ritchie is asking newspapers around the state to print the full text of the two proposed constitutional amendments that will be on the statewide ballot Nov. 6.Most references to...
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American Indian Movement's Russell Means dies at 72
Dennis McLellan of the Los Angeles Times covers the death of Russell Means, a longtime leader in the Minneapolis-based American Indian Movement, at age 72. He says: “An Oglala Sioux born on the Pine...
View ArticleE-book now available on the voting amendment and Minnesota's role in the...
A new e-book on the voting amendment and Minnesota's role in the national voting wars has been written by veteran political reporter Jim Ragsdale, who now writes for the Star Tribune."Minnesota Voter...
View ArticleFocus on Wounded Knee clouds Russell Means' true legacy, 'brother' says
This was an especially difficult morning for Clyde Bellecourt.First, Bellecourt learned that his “brother,” Russell Means, had died, at the age of 72, at his ranch on the Pine Ridge Reservation in...
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Lynx: Hometown finale photo gallery
MinnPost photo by Bill KelleySeimone Augustus, Rebekkah Brunson, Lindsay Whalen, Maya Moore, Taj McWilliams-FranklinAnother exciting season for the defending champs came to a tough end on Sunday night...
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The moral arc and the marriage amendment
NORTHFIELD, Minn. — The proposed marriage amendment has me, oddly, thinking of a moment from my years as an unremarkable undergraduate, when our history class viewed a documentary about the...
View ArticleBlack churches get special attention over marriage amendment
Predominantly black churches are getting a special push from the pro-marriage amendment crowd. Baird Helgeson of the Strib says: “A number of conservative black churches have lined up in favor of the...
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Minnesota's first successful apple: the Wealthy Apple
Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical SocietyPeter M GideonThe Wealthy apple was the earliest apple to thrive in the Minnesota climate. Horticulturalist Peter Gideon grew it first in 1868, after years...
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Both orchestras locked out; Chanhassen's 'Bye Bye Birdie' delights
This is not the Twin Cities’ proudest moment as a cultural center. Both of our great orchestras are now silent, locked out by their managements over contract disputes. The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra...
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