MN Blog Cabin Roundup, 9/14
Minnesota Craft Brewers: Who’s making social media work?from Communications Conversations by Arik HansonToday I thought we’d take a look at some of those breweries and see how they’re using social...
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Bachmann: Middle East protests the 'direct consequence' of Obama policies
REUTERS/Jason ReedRep. Michele BachmannWASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann told a gathering of conservatives here on Friday that the Obama administration’s “policy of apology and appeasement” has...
View ArticleJill Biden touts Obama's support of higher education during Macalester stop
Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, made three campaign stops in Minnesota on Friday, wrapping up with a speech at Macalester College in St. Paul where she called on students to help...
View ArticleDCCC is the next to hit 8th District airwaves
WASHINGTON — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has joined its Republican adversaries on the 8th District airwaves.The DCCC released its first ad against Republican U.S. Rep Chip Cravaack...
View ArticleThe marriage gap is bigger than the gender gap
The gender gap is famous and familiar. In general, and again in this year's presidential race, women favor Democrats by a wide margin and men favor Republicans.Less famous, but also present in all...
View ArticleMinnesota voters split on both marriage and voting amendments
In case you missed it … Baird Helgeson of the Strib reports on the latest Minnesota Poll: “The increasingly costly and bitter fight over a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage is a...
View ArticleMore security needed at security hospital in St. Peter
The following is an editorial from the Mankato Free Press.MANKATO — We don't envy the Dayton administration's task in reforming operations at the facility that houses some of the most dangerous and...
View ArticleAmid opposition boycott, Belarus leader praises 'boring and calm' election
Belarussians voted for a new parliament Sunday in one of the most empty and one-sided elections to be held in the former Soviet republic of about 10 million since the demise of the USSR.The country's...
View ArticleHow rising food prices are impacting the world
Our story begins near Prairie City, Iowa, in the fields of Gordon Wassenaar, who has been coaxing food out of some of the world's richest earth for 57 years. Normally, Mr. Wassenaar is able to harvest...
View ArticleWang deal winds down clock on Bo scandal
TAIPEI, Taiwan — China is preparing to issue a verdict for the former police chief who sparked a once-in-a-generation scandal that highlighted deep fissures in the Communist Party and brought down...
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Intriguing ‘what if’ of Dakota War history: Hole in the Day’s big bluff
The U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 and its aftermath was a tragic and horrific turning point in American history, marking the beginning of the U.S. government's systematic removal and extermination of the...
View ArticleSarah Palin’s advice to Mitt Romney: 'Go rogue'
Mitt Romney has been getting lots of gratuitous advice from fellow Republicans and conservatives worried about what they see as a presidential campaign that’s slipping toward defeat.As usual, Sarah...
View ArticleLibya: Militias ordered to fall in line or disband
The Libyan government ordered the country's militias to either come under government authority or disband, following popular protests last week against the armed groups that roamed the country, the...
View ArticleIranian group MEK coming off US terror list: Unrelenting campaign pays off
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton informed Congress Friday that she would remove a controversial Iranian opposition group from the US list of terrorist organizations, drawing to a close a...
View ArticleIs it all about the word ‘marriage’?
The years have taught me not to overreact to poll results, especially when they are based on novel questions with wording that hasn't been used over many years.But if we take seriously two poll results...
View ArticleWhite House pressured to tell more about Benghazi attack
President Obama is under increasing pressure to explain and respond more fully to the Sept. 11 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya in which the American ambassador and three other embassy...
View ArticleA trio of new studies strengthen link between sugary drinks and obesity
Three studies published over the weekend in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) provide compelling new evidence linking sugar-sweetened sodas and other beverages to obesity.The studies, two of...
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Who will control the 2013 Minnesota Legislature?
The most important political contests in Minnesota this year might be the 201 legislative races, which typically receive the least attention. This year, because of redistricting, every seat is up for...
View ArticleGutsy start carries through as Vikings outplay 49ers, outlast referees
How sweet was it? Vikings 24, San Francisco 49ers 13.In the beginning was An Attitude — Adrian Peterson, lobbying the coaches to gamble and go for a touchdown early instead of a field goal. Why not?...
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