Thomas Jefferson

August 16: The day the music, the Bambino, and the vampire died

Party of Losers

A recent Supreme Court decision upholding tight Minnesota rules on cross-party endorsements quashed the possibility of third parties playing a balance-of-power role in most states. Thus, the only hope for a renewal of progressive electoral politics is for

Free Will Astrology

A recent Supreme Court decision upholding tight Minnesota rules on cross-party endorsements quashed the possibility of third parties playing a balance-of-power role in most states. Thus, the only hope for a renewal of progressive electoral politics is for

Bachmann fancies herself a "foreign correspondent on enemy lines"

If we had to come up with one reason to love Rep. Michele Bachmann, it would be her never-ending ability to pull out money quotes that dumb down all of Washington politics to elementary concepts.

Bachmann hosts public forums to get you 'armed and dangerous'

Bachmann is following through with her plan and announced public forums in her district to talk about climate change and cap and trade policies. Don't miss out!

Splendid Table cookbook on trial

Bachmann is following through with her plan and announced public forums in her district to talk about climate change and cap and trade policies. Don't miss out!

The Franco-American War

Bachmann is following through with her plan and announced public forums in her district to talk about climate change and cap and trade policies. Don't miss out!

The spirit (and rhythm) of 1776

Celebrate July 4 with a crooning John Adams!

Free Will Astrology

Celebrate July 4 with a crooning John Adams!

Free Will Astrology

Celebrate July 4 with a crooning John Adams!

Free Will Astrology

Celebrate July 4 with a crooning John Adams!

The Mad Scientist

Celebrate July 4 with a crooning John Adams!

The Best Restaurants of 2004

Sweet compliments all around, except for one big spoonful of medicine to make the sugar go down

Purple Mountain Majesties

"American Sublime" looks at the spacious skies and gathering storms of the beautiful landscape painting

The Gospel According to Carol Johnson

Minneapolis's top teacher keeps the faith in trying times

Jeanette Kamman's Library For Orphans

Searching for the beginnings of the self and the end of the world in 100,000 cast-off books

Tempest in a Bottle

Why Aren't More Wine Lovers Brown-Bagging It?

Great Plains: Length of Growth: 1981-89

Why Aren't More Wine Lovers Brown-Bagging It?

Square Pegs

Connecting the X's of Hollywood Squares reveals a queer lineage

Use Your Illusion

Connecting the X's of Hollywood Squares reveals a queer lineage

Around the World in 12 Days

Connecting the X's of Hollywood Squares reveals a queer lineage

Culture

Connecting the X's of Hollywood Squares reveals a queer lineage

Patriot Games

Connecting the X's of Hollywood Squares reveals a queer lineage

Sir Duke

Affirmative Action: Director Bill Duke on the set of Hoodlum.

Readers respond to Michele Bachmann comix

Affirmative Action: Director Bill Duke on the set of Hoodlum.

Jon Moe's #candyclub debates the Cadbury Egg

Recapping yesterday's weekly candy discussion on twitter. And guess what famed marshmallow treat is on deck for next Tuesday?

Michele Bachmann and Barack Obama are prayer buddies

Pete Souza/White HouseObama signs the National Day of Prayer proclamation​Last week, U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb ruled that the federal law designating a National Day of Prayer was unconstitutional. And now we have President Barack Obama and Rep. Michele Bachmann -- gasp -- joining si ... More >>

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Pete Souza/White HouseObama signs the National Day of Prayer proclamation​Last week, U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb ruled that the federal law designating a National Day of Prayer was unconstitutional. And now we have President Barack Obama and Rep. Michele Bachmann -- gasp -- joining si ... More >>

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, the Jayhawks, and more

Pete Souza/White HouseObama signs the National Day of Prayer proclamation​Last week, U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb ruled that the federal law designating a National Day of Prayer was unconstitutional. And now we have President Barack Obama and Rep. Michele Bachmann -- gasp -- joining si ... More >>

John Townsend blasts Star Tribune on outing articles

Do the ends justify the means?​The reporter who outed a homophobic pastor as secretly gay on the cover of Lavender has penned a letter accusing the Star Tribune of misrepresenting his investigation.John Townsend infiltrated a support group to get the goods on Rev. Tom Brock, who has famously blame ... More >>

Keith Ellison invokes Thomas Jefferson's Koran in 9/11 mosque fight

Keith Ellison wants to know why churches, but not mosques, are allowed near Ground Zero.​Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, invoked the Constitution and Thomas Jefferson's Koran when asked last night by Larry King whether he was being "insensitive" by supporting an Islam ... More >>

Nature

Keith Ellison wants to know why churches, but not mosques, are allowed near Ground Zero.​Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, invoked the Constitution and Thomas Jefferson's Koran when asked last night by Larry King whether he was being "insensitive" by supporting an Islam ... More >>

Keith Ellison calls NYC mosque foes bigots and birthers [TRANSCRIPT]

Keith Ellison says Muslim Americans won't move to the back of the bus.​Rep. Keith Ellison has drawn a straight line from Fox News to anti-Muslim bigotry in an interview with the BBC. And the Minneapolis congressman, a Muslim, isn't backing down from insisting that an Islamic community center b ... More >>

Bill Kling retires: Live blogging

​Bill Kling, the only CEO Minnesota Public Radio has ever known, announced this morning he was retiring after building the largest public broadcast organization in the country. We wrote about it here, earlier. Kling was interviewed at noon by MPR's Gary Eichten. We live-blogged the interview ... More >>

Keith Ellison calls out "armed and dangerous" Michele Bachmann after Gabrielle Giffords' shooting

Gabrielle Giffords was shot, but survived, in an attack that left six others dead.​It's not at all clear yet that Jared Lee Loughner tied to kill Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords for political reasons in Arizona on Saturday. But after the massacre that left six others dead and 13 w ... More >>

Michele Bachmann shoots from the lip: A timeline of the congresswoman's incendiary statements

​Rep. Gabrielle Giffords barely survived a massacre in Tucson on Saturday, after gunman Jared Lee Loughner opened fire on her and a crowd of supporters and staff. Six people died in the attack, including a judge and a 9-year-old girl. Many more were injured. And now there have been calls for ... More >>

Michele Bachmann scolded on House floor for "armed and dangerous" talk [VIDEO]

Armed and dangerous.​GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann's guns-and-ammo talk about voters being "armed and dangerous" has gained a whole new shelf life in the wake of Jared Loughner's Tuscon rampage last week. On the floor of the House of Representatives, Democratic congressman John Dingell has now in ... More >>

Top 5 presidential food favorites

Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are​Happy snow day and Presidents' Day. Just as the American mosaic is composed of people with different backgrounds and ideas, each of our presidents presents a unique gastronomic portrait. Let's take a look at five presidential food favor ... More >>

Keith Ellison isn't patriotic enough for Herman Cain

Godfather's Pizza millionaire Herman Cain.​In pizza millionaire Herman Cain's world, all Muslims are anti-American Sharia freaks bent on forcing their religion down everyone's throats. And Cain, a Christian Republican who is toying with a presidential run, and who figures it's OK to force his ... More >>

Bill Kling conquered Minnesota radio, but can he save NPR?

Godfather's Pizza millionaire Herman Cain.​In pizza millionaire Herman Cain's world, all Muslims are anti-American Sharia freaks bent on forcing their religion down everyone's throats. And Cain, a Christian Republican who is toying with a presidential run, and who figures it's OK to force his ... More >>

Brad Pitt in The Tree of Life

Godfather's Pizza millionaire Herman Cain.​In pizza millionaire Herman Cain's world, all Muslims are anti-American Sharia freaks bent on forcing their religion down everyone's throats. And Cain, a Christian Republican who is toying with a presidential run, and who figures it's OK to force his ... More >>

Keith Ellison says Herman Cain flunks Pledge of Allegiance

Herman Cain wants loyalty oaths for Muslims.​Herman Cain tried to put a moderating gloss on his anti-Muslim paranoia the other night during the Republican presidential debate, but he's pretty up front about his bigotry. Any Muslim wanting to serve in a Cain administration would have to take a ... More >>

David Letterman jokes about Michele Bachmann's ass in Top 10 List [VIDEO]

Letterman turns Bachmann into a punchline.​David Letterman is hot on Michele Bachmann's tail, making fun of her ass and her makeup in Tuesday night's Top 10 list: "Signs There's Already Trouble at Michele Bachmann's Campaign Headquarters." It surely won't be long before Republicans complain t ... More >>