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‘Driving Change’ panel: Farm-to-table entrepreneurs influence others by...
MinnPost has assembled a panel of leadership experts and scholars, who are rotating in commenting on each of the examples of leadership profiled in our series, "Driving Change: A Lens on Leadership."...
View ArticleLosses to catastrophic weather events rank 2012 among the worst on record
The National Climatic Data Center has issued preliminary year-end statistics for the worst of U.S. weather in 2012 – the so-called “billion-dollar list”– and even without the final tallies filled in,...
View ArticleFilling the silence: Addressing violence in American culture
TCJewfolk It has happened in universities, malls and movie-theaters. This time, the hell-fire broke loose in an elementary school. Same old song. Perhaps we’re just jaded, but as TC Jewfolk...
View Article'Under-appreciated' Joe Mauer's strong season justifies his big Twins salary
Joe Mauer's uncertain health status caused the Twins to look for insurance behind the plate last offseason, and they found a perfect fit in Ryan Doumit. Doumit was available cheaply as a free agent...
View ArticleReconsidering the Emancipation Proclamation: What were Lincoln’s motives?
A belated Happy New Year to MinnPost readers.New Year’s Day, in case you missed it, was the 150th anniversary of the effective date of the Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln...
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Minnesota Original's 'Lowertown Line' features Trampled By Turtles, Alan...
Minnesota Original's long-anticipated new music series, 'The Lowertown Line,' premiered on New Year's Eve on TPT, but you can watch the entire first episode online. The show, hosted by Doomtree's...
View ArticleStrange dishonesty of filibuster reform and the 'longest day'
Today, the first day of a new session of Congress, was supposed to be the day that the Senate would consider changing the filibuster rule. But it won't be.The filibuster, which allows 41 members of the...
View ArticleFiscal-cliff deal means more uncertainty for school budgets
On New Year’s Eve, when Congress and the White House announced a deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, precious few education administrators hereabouts reached for the champagne. After a decade of...
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Minneapolis to consider limits on recreational fires
Recreational fires could be banned in Minneapolis on air alert days, designated by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency when the air quality is deemed unhealthy for sensitive groups.Council Member...
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Lorna Landvik at BLB; images of Africa at the Weisman
Friday, January 4Elton in EgyptWHAT:AidaWHERE: Pantages Theatre, MinneapolisWHEN: 8 p.m.On Broadway, this was a sword-and-sandals epic, with a lot of flash and not much invention. In the hands of...
View ArticleMacy's closing will be challenge for St. Paul, but officials call it an...
It's official. Macy's will close its downsized department store in St. Paul this spring, leaving a huge empty building in the downtown core.Only three of the building's five floors have been open to...
View ArticleDFL majority names top state Senate staff positions
Incoming state Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk sent a note about staff selection for his DFL caucus:Tom Kukielka will serve as Executive Director of the Committee on Rules and Administration as well as...
View ArticleStudy says rural Minnesota has lost influence in policy decisions
A study by the nonprofit Center for Rural and Development says that rural Minnesota is losing its influence in policy decisions, and must work to get its voice back.The study notes that Minnesota's...
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Spam-maker buys Skippy peanut butter
Would you like a smear of Skippy’s on your Spam?Bloomberg reports: “Hormel Foods Corp., the maker of Spam lunchmeat, rose the most since February 2011 after agreeing to buy the Skippy peanut-butter...
View ArticleA gun is no more a deadly weapon than a credit card, says N.H. legislator
When Republicans won a big majority in the New Hampshire Legislature in 2012, they used the opportunity to legalize the carrying of guns on the House floor.Voters in November saw fit to put the...
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'On Being' gives spiritual seekers of all stripes a reason to believe in the...
Krista Tippett“I’ve always thought I was part Betazoid,” cracks Krista Tippett, leaning into the conversation and across the table at her “home away from home,” the Birchwood Café in Minneapolis. That...
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Guthrie's tweet-seats experiment for 'Servant' generates national press,...
"Tweet seats" at the Guthrie: bright idea, or the end of civilization as we know it? Just before Christmas, the theater announced that beginning Dec. 27 and continuing for three more Thursdays, a...
View ArticleWhy is Google chief Eric Schmidt visiting North Korea?
SEOUL — So, we now know that Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt is heading to North Korea this month.As with virtually anything surrounding North Korea, the journey has triggered speculation and...
View ArticleWill Myanmar’s war refugees be forced home against their will?
BANGKOK, Thailand — They can’t live like this forever.Many of the 160,000 refugees evading conflict in eastern Myanmar inhabit a purgatory of thatch-roofed shanties across the river border in Thailand....
View ArticleCould gang-rape protests mark beginning of an age of activism for India?
The large-scale protests triggered by the gang rape of a 23-year-old student in New Delhi has renewed debate over the rise of a new urban middle-class activism in India.The strength and longevity of...
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