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With Asperger's syndrome, 'violence is not something we expect,' expert says
In the media scramble to gather information about Adam Lanza, the shooter in last week’s Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy, some news outlets have suggested that the 20-year-old may have been...
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The anti-amendment amendment lives
Wry Wing Politics A little less than a year ago, I blogged at The Same Rowdy Crowd about One Minnesota Ballot Initiative I Could Support.In said blog, Captain Obvious pointed out that Minnesota is...
View ArticleJudge John Smith appointed to MInnesota Court of Appeals
Gov. Mark Dayton has appointed Judge John P. Smith to the Minnesota Court of Appeals.Smith, who's been a district court judge in Cass County since 1991, takes the seat that became vacant when Judge...
View ArticleStudents safe, but Minneapolis school goes to 'Code Yellow' after gun found
Minneapolis’ Seward Montessori School was placed on “Code Yellow” status today after administrators learned that a staff member had placed a gun in a locker. Police were called and the staff member was...
View Article2011 Bachmann flashback: 'My favorite gun is an AR-15'
Surveying Minnesota’s congressional delegation on possible new gun control legislation, MPR’s Brett Neely reminds listener/readers of this gem from Our Favorite Congresswoman:“In an interview she may...
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The problem of violence, and of politicians terrified of regulating guns,...
There has been much discussion of the recent school shooting in Connecticut. We were all horrified by the events there, and the story has captured the nation’s attention, at least for the moment. But...
View ArticleFaculty union votes 'no confidence' in MCTC president
Here’s someone with a people problem. Jenna Ross of the Strib says, “The faculty union at Minneapolis Community and Technical College voted "no confidence" in college President Phil Davis on Tuesday,...
View ArticleSouth Korea elects its first woman president, Park Geun-hye
Park Geun-hye won a decisive victory Wednesday after a bitterly fought election for president ofSouth Korea in which she overcame criticism of her legacy as the daughter of long-ruling dictatorPark...
View ArticleIn Sandy Hook’s wake, Mexico ponders school safety
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — The video shows a kindergarten teacher calmly taking charge of 16 terrified students, as automatic gunfire erupts nearby."Little ones, everyone on the floor," Martha Rivera tells...
View ArticleIsrael moves to further seal off Jerusalem from West Bank
Israeli officials today approved plans for 2,612 new homes to be built on Givat HaMatos, or Airplane Hill, which is set to become the first new Jerusalem neighborhood to be built outside Israel's...
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Waiting for marriage-vote results: 'This was deeply personal'
Part 1 in a seriesMichael Adam Latz is senior rabbi of Shir Tikvah Congregation in Minneapolis, a married gay man and father of two, ages 5½ and 9. He spent election night in downtown St. Paul with...
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'Minnesota Moments 2012' to feature first-person accounts of news events
As 2012 draws to a close, MinnPost is beginning a series of articles reviewing noteworthy Minnesota news events of the year. Each account will be told through the voices of individual Minnesotans whose...
View ArticleWhy American teens are turning from cigarettes to marijuana
A rising share of teens are smoking marijuana – a trend fueled largely by the growing perception among youths that pot use is not harmful, according to a national survey released Wednesday.Taken...
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Exploring our relative capabilities for predicting disasters, and...
This is the last Earth Journal I'll write in 2012 and, if you read the Maya Calendar a certain way, perhaps the last for all time.I know, I know. We’ve all heard the scholarly debunking of notions that...
View ArticleEscape down high-rise jail has Chicago wondering: how'd they dare?
A death-defying escape by two inmates from a high-rise federal prison in downtown Chicago has law enforcement officers, prison officials, and the general public scratching their heads in wonder at how...
View ArticleSocial Security: Is reform needed now or not?
A proposal by President Obama, in fiscal talks with Congress, has put Social Security back in the news.The president's latest deficit-reduction offer to House Speaker John Boehner (R), summarized in...
View ArticleSyria's newest key battlefield: the Lebanese border
BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon ― Less than a mile from the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria, the steady thud of exploding shells can be heard day and night.As the struggle for Damascus...
View ArticleEconomic theory gives us two 'weapons' to combat gun violence
In the coming weeks, I’ll use whatever power this office holds to engage my fellow citizens, from law enforcement, to mental health professionals, to parents and educators, in an effort aimed at...
View ArticleDoctors with financial conflicts often have big say in developing medical...
In the latest installment in its terrific “Side Effects” series, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, in conjunction with MedPage Today, reports on how the financial relationships between doctors and drug...
View ArticleState Rep. Terry Morrow leaves the Legislature for new job in Chicago
State Rep. Terry Morrow, a DFLer from St. Peter who easily won re-election to a fourth term last month, says he's leaving the Legislature and his job as a professor at Gustavus Adolphus College to...
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