Sometimes you can’t see the forest for the trees. But in one suburban Blaine neighborhood, you can’t see the forest because the city leveled the trees without warning as part…
The Star Tribune headlines: “Trump anxiety hits Minnesota arts groups, leaders.” This is another round in the perennial controversy over funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and the…
President Trump’s speech today at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) called out reporters who don’t “represent the people.” Hours later the White House prevented certain news organizations from attending…
Congressman Tom Emmer’s much anticipated (at least in the media) town hall meeting did not live up to advanced billing by most press accounts. A lively but largely civil give-and-take…
Tomorrow’s Star Tribune includes an Associated Press story on “fake news.” There is much that can be said on that topic. Over the last year or two, some fraudulent news…
According to the Strib, Roe “helped engineer the DFL gains that resulted in 1972 in full DFL control of the Legislature and the governor’s office for the first time in…
MPR reports that Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority chair Michele Kelm-Helgen has resigned in the face of a mounting public backlash over luxury suites and other perks at US Bank Stadium.…
The Star Tribune headlines: “Many Twin Cities businesses closing Thursday for ‘Day Without Immigrants’ protest.” A growing number of restaurants and other businesses across the Twin Cities will close Thursday…
Minneapolis City Council Abdi Warsame was dishonest in his Star Tribune op-ed yesterday that called for all community organizations to not cooperate with the Countering Violent Extremism program when he…
Black Lives Matter no longer makes the headlines as often these days, crowded off the front page in part by the media’s wall-to-wall coverage of protests of the new administration.…
Dang if the Star Tribune isn’t surprising the heck out of me with their third reasonable editorial in the span of 11 days. Perhaps my faithful support as a paperboy…
The Star Tribune should be commended for their important January 19 editorial: Take prudent steps to keep protests safe. They are basically agreeing with Republican efforts to more effectively deter…
Protesters took over another major Twin Cities roadway during rush hour on Friday afternoon to oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline. Presumably they were motivated by the new administration’s decision earlier…
Anyone who commutes to work in the Twin Cities knows it’s slow going most days and getting slower. Metro highways and freeways are backed up almost 25 percent of the…
Look for renewable energy subsidies to get much closer scrutiny under a new administration in Washington and new legislative majorities in St. Paul. But a recent Star Tribune story celebrating…
I must admit I took pride in the fact that Minnesota was among the last holdouts in passing a seat belt requirement when the federal government demanded states pass such…
Allina Health Systems and Aetna announced they were partnering to form a new health insurance company in Minnesota. The announcement comes at a time when insurers are bailing out of…
Lots of factors figure into the continuing decline of shoppers and sales at Twin Cities-based Target Corporation’s stores nationwide. Target share prices dipped nearly six percent on expectations the retailer will…
Interview: Scholar Heather Mac Donald on how Black Lives Matters activists have weakened policing in high-crime neighborhoods.
How a Medicaid program for the Disabled is being exploited to fund DFL and Progressive Left Policies
Police can’t search your property without a warrant, so why should housing inspectors be any different? That’s the crux of a case going before the Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday,…
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that the City of Minneapolis, already “an island of blue in the red sea of the Upper Midwest,” may be about to swerve even more…
As part of the renovation of Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis, lanterns with text circling them are to be erected at the corner of 7th and Nicollet. They are designed…
Dear Friends, Thanks to friends like you the Center is finishing our best year yet! But we both know the stakes are high and there’s much more work to be done, so the…