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STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Gay marriage rally includes moms
By Don Davis Three mothers of gay men joined hundreds of others in the Minnesota Capitol on Thursday with one goal. Its important that they be treated equally, Mabel Galvin said. Government shoul...
Posted on 2/14/13 at 7:06 PM
THE BRIDGEHUNTER'S CHRONICLES Presidential Elections and Historic Bridge Preservation: An Author's Perspective
To start off this column, I would like to start with a quote in connection with the results of the Presidential Elections: "When you give someone a Herculean task, which takes a lot of time to compl...
Posted on 11/9/12 at 9:35 AM
THE FLENSBURGER FILES We have our man for the job! Now let's get to work! Thoughts on the US Elections
What does it take to become the President of the United States? And what does it take to ensure that the man you voted for is elected to office? These are the questions I've been asking myself ever...
Posted on 11/7/12 at 5:40 AM
CRACKER-BARREL PHILOSOPHER Mitt - Champ or Chump?
Mitt Romney, the chosen Republican presidential candidate for 2012, has said many times in the last several weeks things that I would like to re-familiarize all of us with. He's said that there are 2...
Posted on 11/2/12 at 3:32 PM
SUNDOG The RNC, Invisible Obama and Eastwooding
I have absolutely no desire to get into a political discussion on this blog, but Clint Eastwoods speech at the Republican National Convention just needs to be commented on. Not only was it a funny and...
Posted on 9/12/12 at 3:14 PM
Reader's view: Thank goodness for America’s socialism 
An Aug. 16 letter advocated the splitting of the United States into separate socialist and libertarian countries. In it the letter writer admitted his theoretical experiment was simplistic.
August 26, 2011
U.S. troops continue to fight as Iraqi forces struggle
In the two weeks since President Obama declared the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, a series of bloody skirmishes has sharpened the questions about the Iraqi security forces’ ability to protect the country.
By Shashank Bengali and Mohammed al-Dulaimy , September 19, 2010
Bulldogs take another walk on South Lawn
While the members of 32 NCAA championship teams mingled Monday on the south lawn of the White House, Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey player Lana Steck was busy shaking hands with President Obama.
September 14, 2010
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Obama’s $50 billion idea: Build roads, rails
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday proposed a quick $50 billion boost in federal spending to rebuild roads, railways and runways — a move he said will create jobs and which Democrats hope will improve their election prospects in November.
By Steven Thomma , September 07, 2010
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National champ Bulldogs invited to White House
The Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey team, the 2010 NCAA Division I champion, has been invited to a White House reception with President Obama on Sept. 13 in Washington, D.C., which will honor championship teams and student athletes, according to a White House news release.
By Kevin Pates , August 17, 2010
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Faces & Names: Former Duluthian wins award for innovation
A former Duluth and Superior resident informs the News Tribune that an entry he wrote has been chosen for an R&D 100 Award, which is an award that people in the business call the “Academy Award of Innovation.”
By Duluth News Tribune, AP , July 30, 2010
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Obama pressures Afghanistan during surprise visit
KABUL — On an Afghanistan trip shrouded in secrecy, President Obama demanded accountability from the country’s leaders, greater vigilance against corruption and better governing as he widens America’s commitment to the 8-year-old war he inherited and then dramatically escalated.
By Jennifer Loven , March 29, 2010
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Conservative view: With reforms passed, Obama’s real work begins
Thought the president’s yearlong infomercial was over? You were mistaken. Barack Obama now will try to persuade the country to like what was imposed upon it, lest America decide that instead of radical transformation, it would prefer a functional health-care reform.
By Patrick McIlheran , March 28, 2010
Liberal view: Health-care reform enshrines country’s ideals
“This is what change looks like,” President Obama said after succeeding where Bill Clinton, Lyndon Johnson and Harry Truman failed. Last Sunday, as comprehensive health-care reform was becoming a reality, some people couldn’t bear what they saw.
By Eugene Robinson , March 28, 2010
House sends health care overhaul bill to Obama
On the cusp of succeeding where numerous past congresses and administrations have failed, jubilant House Democrats voted 219-212 late Sunday to send legislation to Obama that would extend coverage to 32 million uninsured Americans, reduce deficits and ban insurance company practices such as denying coverage to people with pre-existing medical conditions.
By By ERICA WERNER , March 22, 2010
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Obama rallies Capitol for health-care reform
Victory within reach, President Obama rallied House Democrats on Saturday for a final health care push, and party leaders appeared confident they had overcome a flare-up over abortion funding restrictions in the legislation.
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Alan Fram , March 21, 2010
Column: How does a Blue Dog become a lap dog?
The White House is counting on Representative Oberstar’s vote to pass the senate version of the health-care reform bill. But is Oberstar so eager to oblige President Obama’s wishes for this signature piece of legislation, that he and some of his fellow Democrats are willing to swallow a poison pill?
By William D. Balgord , March 16, 2010
National view: Saying the United States is ungovernable is nonsense
In the latter days of the Carter presidency, it became fashionable to say that the office had become unmanageable, that America had become ungovernable.
By Charles Krauthammer , February 21, 2010
National view: Even Cheney wants to reconsider military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ ban
Dick Cheney became perhaps the most prominent conservative voice thus far to speak out in support of the Obama administration’s decision to end “don’t ask, don’t tell” and allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military.
By Eugene Robinson , February 21, 2010
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Deficit throws wrench into Obama’s budget plans
WASHINGTON — With the clock ticking toward a massive, automatic tax increase at the end of this year, President Obama on Monday will launch a political battle over who will pay higher taxes and who won’t.
By Steven Thomma and David Lightman , January 31, 2010
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