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Vikings defensive end Brian Robinson encourages Minnesotans to 'give to the max'
As your email inbox may have already indicated to you (perhaps more than once), Thursday is Give to the Max day in Minnesota, a day when donation processor GiveMN offers incentives to donors making...
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Minnesota's in the hands of the DFL — so what's next?
We are now in the hands of the DFL and the federal government will continue to influence if not dominate major state policies. What does this mean for Minnesota’s economic health? Kim CrockettThe...
View ArticleAshes to ashes: Globalization threatens Britain’s trees
CHEDISTON, England — When it came, the invasion was silent. Insidiously, its vanguard arrived in plain sight, indistinguishable from the native population. It spread over farmlands, across valleys and...
View ArticleBack on Latin America's menu: purple seaweed, blue eggs, and amaranth
Globalization has generated many foes, among them the foodie set of Latin America, lamenting local markets saturated with American fats, hidden in everything from Fritos to fast-food chains.But, not...
View ArticlePakistani citizens react to Petraeus's resignation
KARACHI, Pakistan — Since retired Gen. David Petraeus was appointed Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, which oversees the drone program that has been firmly opposed by Pakistan's military,...
View ArticleWhy Palestinians are pushing for new status at UN
With no progress on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations in four years, Palestinians are seeking a global mandate for statehood at the United Nations. They hope the bid will revive momentum for a sovereign...
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U of M Press gives lavishly illustrated Sami folk tales new life
Folk tales and myths may have come from ancient oral traditions, but it takes a great illustration to give these stories lasting power in today’s highly visual culture.Between 1930 and 1976, artists...
View ArticleSaudi student in US gets life in prison for bombmaking scheme
A Muslim student who had spent four years in the US on an academic scholarship from Saudi Arabia was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for attempting to assemble an improvised explosive device.The...
View ArticleBBC news scandal: How big of a threat to British journalism?
Disciplinary action is underway today against BBC staff involved in a botched report on its flagship current affairs show, as the corporation struggles to get a grip on one of its worst crises and...
View ArticleWidening Petraeus scandal comes at already troublesome time for Pentagon
News of the latest figure in the widening soap opera that is a Federal Bureau of Investigationinquiry – now involving Gen. John Allen, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan – comes at a...
View ArticleDoes Obama have a mandate?
Writing in the St. Louis Beacon, Prof. Joel Goldstein argues that Pres. Obama's reelection victory was bigger than it may have looked, and that the voters gave Obama a solid mandate to proceed with...
View ArticlePetition seeks ouster of anti-gay activist from Anoka-Hennepin task force on...
In recent weeks yet another chapter has been opened in the controversy over the Anoka-Hennepin School District’s handling of bullying. A group of parents and students is petitioning school board Chair...
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Dayton will push for a 'fair and simple' tax system during the 2013 session
Minnesotans are weary of lurching from one state budget crisis to another, so Gov. Mark Dayton's key commissioners are crafting tax and spending reforms they hope will be built to last.Myron...
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MCAD's Art Cellar and the ephemeral art of hand-made signage
Spending part of a Saturday afternoon last week at the Art Cellar, the art materials store located at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, I was reminded of an essay I read on Salon.com last year...
View ArticleFasting may not be necessary before cholesterol test, study finds
Most people do not need to undergo a nine-hour fast to get accurate results from a cholesterol-screening blood test, suggests a Canadian study published Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine.If...
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With Scott Baker gone, Twins have free-agent pitchers to consider
Twins starting pitchers combined for a 5.00 ERA during the past two seasons to rank dead last in the league, and they head into the offseason with only Scott Diamond locked into a rotation spot. Terry...
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Food Stamp Challenge: Try living on $31.50 for food for a week
An imam and a man who knows poverty up close and personal came together in understanding the other day.It happened over a grocery cart.Said the first, Tamim Saidi, 39, who came to Minnesota 20 years...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about the 'fiscal cliff'
WASHINGTON — Congress returned to work this week, and was promptly given one major task to accomplish before the end of the year — stave off the so-called “fiscal cliff.”That term has been in the...
View ArticleMayors, including Rybak, head to Washington to protest impending cuts
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and a dozen mayors from around the country will be in Washington, D.C., Thursday to lobby lawmakers about the effects of the fiscal cliff.Organized by the U.S. Conference...
View ArticleWithout hockey fans, St. Paul welcomes Crashed Ice races back to town
Last winter, St. Paul's first Red Bull Crashed Ice event drew tens of thousands of people downtown. So with the NHL lockout canceling the Wild's season so far, and downtown bars, restaurants and shops...
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