Inept voters disenfranchise the majority of Minnesotans

By John Hegstrom , January 09, 2009

There are solutions to avoid recount problems

By Steve Schier , January 09, 2009

Still no perfect way to decide a close election

By Richard Hasen , January 09, 2009

Minnesota Supreme Court flubbed the big issue

By Norman Ornstein , January 09, 2009

Ahead or behind, candidates follow different paths

By Jan Witold Baran , January 09, 2009

SAM COOK: Hurry can cause worry in the cold

They should put up a sign: “January. Slow down.” That’s the only way to endure this month. Be deliberate. Go forth with care. Don’t rush. Too many factors conspire against us to move any other way in January. Snow. Ice. Darkness. Cold.

By Sam Cook , January 09, 2009

The Old Scout: The perils, joys of self-esteem

When you look at the audience numbers for TV and then add up the incarcerated felons, Alzheimer’s patients and confirmed barflies, it dawns on you who is watching TV these days — people unable to lead normal productive lives.

By Garrison Keillor , January 08, 2009

Local view: Hunters oppose sales of state Wildlife Management Areas

Wise leaders like the great hunter-conservationist Theodore Roosevelt recognized the need to set aside lands as unspoiled and to preserve wilderness, wildlife and freedom for future generations of Americans. Roosevelt once said, “Shortsighted men … in their greed and selfishness will, if permitted, rob our country of half its charm by their reckless extermination of all useful and beautiful wild things.”

By Darrell Spencer , January 07, 2009

For investors, now what?

Like most market watchers, last year’s participants in the Minneapolis Star Tribune Investor Roundtable failed to predict that 2008 would be a year of stomach-churning stock market declines, failed financial institutions, multibillion-dollar bailouts and credit markets as frozen as a Minnesota lake in January.

By Kara McGuire , January 05, 2009

Dangling items from rearview mirror illegal

Q: My friend says having anything hanging from the rearview mirror is illegal. Is that true? And if so — would I really get pulled over just because of that?

By Sgt. Mark Baker , January 04, 2009