Walter Mondale

The Good, the Bad, and the Puritans

Reviewed by Abram Van Engen | posted 11/24/08 The Puritans are still with us. Yet Vowell does not stop at a knee-jerk fear of exceptionalism or a blanket condemnation of Puritanism. It is that deep meaning that drives Vowell to...

Is There Still Room For BFF Biden?

When Barack Obama and Joe Biden first hit the campaign trail, it seemed the two were Best Friends Forever. Every picture showed them laughing, patting each other on the back, whispering and cheery. Michelle and Jill were...

Political Slogans to Vie For

Marketing guru Steve Cone offers his choice for the best and worst political slogans of all time and explains how a slogan can make or break a campaign Quick. A political junkie might recall that Reagan's 1984 slogan was "It's...

Time to put 'Minnesota nice' on ice?

Marlin Levison, Star Tribune Jesse Ventura's inaugural ball With rude, crude and unattractive behavior rampant this year, it might be time to excise "Minnesota Nice" from our vocabulary. How can we consider the biggest flubs...

Inside the Vice President's Residence

A dozen members of the Cheney family will gather today for roast turkey with oyster dressing at the vice president's official residence on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory. The dining table will be set with white vice...

Faulty ballots rejected in Minn. Senate count

Wednesday, November 26, 2008 | 4:13 PM Voters line up outside the May Town Hall to cast their ballots in Minnesota's elections Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2002 in May, Minnesota. Minnesota has a close U.S. Senate race between Republican...

Good Thing Minnesota Has Someone in Charge Who Cares About Counting Every Vote

Mark Ritchie -- the man in the middle of Minnesota's Senate race recount -- is passionate about making sure every vote counts. Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie finds himself smack in the middle of what pundits say is...

Female U.S. judoka Kanokogi receives award from Emperor

NEW YORK (Kyodo) Rena "Rusty" Kanokogi, the highest-ranking female American judoka, has been decorated with a prestigious civilian honor by Japan for her work in establishing U.S. national and Olympic...

Lupica: Hillary, it's time to stop running

Hillary Clinton is a politician, now and forever. She is a politician and a Clinton. So of course she is still going to think the whole thing is about her, even when it is not, when it is about Barack Obama, about his vision...

For the record

'Wind farm in doubt after backer quits' (Business, last week) cited the 'credit crunch' as the reason Econcern is no longer involved in the Sheringham Shoal project. We should clarify that in 2005 it was agreed that...

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