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Bachmann: Muslim infiltration is 'truly breathless'
I tell you what, ma'am, why don’t you just give us the shorter list, the one of those who aren’t “deeply penetrated” by the Muslim Brotherhood? Kevin Diaz of the Strib writes about Our Favorite...
View ArticleMN Blog Cabin Roundup, 7/20
Liberty, but on MY termsfrom Cows and Graveyards by Steven MaloneyThe assumption of the piece is then revealed for what it is: a closet case for moral authoritarianism. The only way that “do your own...
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The Twin Cities' broadband challenge
Here’s the pop quiz for today: If you wanted to use your garage for a high-tech startup, one that was going to require a gig of connectivity, where would be the best possible place for that garage to...
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Sen. Mike Parry, GOP colleagues dispute secretary of state’s amendment actions
A key Senate committee is investigating Secretary of State Mark Ritchie’s conduct related to the Photo ID and Marriage constitutional amendments slated to appear before voters in November.The Senate...
View ArticleMet Council looking at 2% property tax increase for 2013 budget
The Met Council is preparing its 2013 budget, and is looking at an operating budget that's $48 million more than this year.That would be a 6 percent increase over this year's $780 million budget to...
View ArticleObama signs Walz's veterans jobs bill into law
WASHINGTON — President Obama signed Rep. Tim Walz's Veterans Skills to Jobs Act into law on Monday.The House and Senate unanimously passed the bill earlier this month. Walz sponsored the bill with Rep....
View ArticleKoch likely to testify in Brodkorb lawsuit
I ask again, “What has he got to lose?” Tom Scheck’s MPR story says: “A former Minnesota Senate staffer filed a lawsuit in Ramsey County District Court today saying he was wrongfully fired. Michael...
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Gustavus Adolphus creates lottery for Swedish royal-visit events
Get ready for a royal visit. In early October, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden are coming to Minnesota. They’ll spend Friday, Oct. 5, at Gustavus Adolphus College (in celebration of the...
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Maybe North Dakota oil producers ought to practice fuel conservation, too
Sometimes I look at an image like the one above and think that NOAA could also stand for the National Orbital Artwork Agency.This dazzling and disturbing example, which I found in the Christian Science...
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Ann Romney's two words — a PR pro's bad dream
Mary StanikAnn Romney recently said two words that should shake dread into any communications professional. For that matter, these words should raise icy sweats in any number of people who work in...
View ArticleHow a TED talk inspired a utopia urban vision in Honduras
TRUJILLO, Honduras — It’s hard to imagine a Hong Kong-like metropolis rising from the Caribbean coast of northeastern Honduras. The area is now home to fishermen, peasant farmers and Miskito Indians....
View ArticleA Japanese Olympian defies the age barrier
When Hiroshi Hoketsu first competed in the Olympics, a postage stamp in the United States cost 5 cents, the Beatles had just made their debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show," and a Japanese company called...
View ArticleLatin America: Is China now bad for business?
LIMA, Peru — The global economic malaise may finally be about to hit Latin America’s booming economies as the motor of their growth, Chinese demand, starts to rev down.From Mexico to Argentina, most...
View ArticleTurks turn to Twitter as Erdogan muzzles traditional media
When Turkish journalist Serdar Akinan awoke last December to find his Twitter feed abuzz with rumors of a "massacre" in the country’s southeast, he naturally switched on the television. When he flicked...
View ArticleNCAA punishes Penn State for Sandusky scandal
The National Collegiate Athletic Association hit Penn State with a $60 million fine and other sanctions Monday, punishing the school for the coverup of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky’s...
View ArticleSyria holds out threat of chemical weapons against 'exterior aggression'
The regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gave a part-reassuring, part-worrisome answer Monday to growing international concerns about the country’s substantial stockpile of chemical weapons.No, a...
View ArticleWhy so many Republicans are publicly repudiating Bachmann
Drip, drip, drop.It’s possible to feel sorry for Rep. Michele Bachmann. The people who dislike her dislike her so intensely that they will try to make her pay a maximum price for her mistakes.But she...
View ArticleColorado shooting: 'No show of emotion' as suspect appears in court
Bleary-eyed and seemingly dazed, the suspect in the deadly Colorado movie theater shooting, James Eagan Holmes, made his first appearance in court Monday morning.Dressed in maroon jailhouse garb and...
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New marriage-poll results: a dramatic change in voters' views — or a fluke?
A June poll showed support for the effort to amend Minnesota’s constitution to ban same-sex marriage eroding rapidly, with 49 percent of those surveyed planning to vote against the measure, vs. 43...
View ArticleRomney can’t find a business owner who did it all himself
MNpublius Last week, Barack Obama pointed out that no successful business owner achieves success without the investments of his or her fellow Americans:If you were successful, somebody along the line...
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