If the drawing in David Gillette's essay this week isn't up to par, you can blame the Almanac staff.
If the drawing in David Gillette's essay this week isn't up to par, you can blame the Almanac staff.
Twin Cities Humane societies have hundreds of unwanted cats and the problem is getting worse. We hear from Janelle Dixon with Animal Humane Society.
General Larry Shellito testified before Congress Thursday about ways to beef up the G. I. Bill when it comes to National Guard troops. The general joins us.
And Paul Douglas says it will this weekend. Paul stops by for his monthly Almanac meteorology chat to talk about the rainiest three-month period in modern Twin Cities history.
There are concerns this week about how aid is being distributed to flood victims in our state. Dan McElroy — head of Minnesota's Department of Employment and Economic Development — answers our questions.
Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer is the latest DFLer to enter next year's U.S. Senate race. He visits with us to lay out his platform.
Get ready for political advertising over the holidays as Iowa moves its presidential caucuses to January 3. Yes, you read that date right. A group of noted political scientists chat about the hurdling-towards-us 2008 presidential race. Larry Jacobs of the U's Humphrey Institute, Steve Schier of Carleton College and Guy Charles from the U of M Law School sit down on the couch.
Our weekly Minnesota history questions ... your comments about last week's show ... and show-ending music from the tpt vaults by Claudia Schmidt in 1982.
Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 11:21 am
As a veteran of trade missions (I went to Hollywood, Japan, China, Cuba, Canada with governors) the travel news from the governor's office is interesting. Of course Pawlenty is in China today on his second trip there. Then he leads a 73-member delegation to India. It's the state's first mission to India and a booming market with more than a billion people. Experts say India will be the second largest economy in the world. So it probably makes sense to do business there. What's more interesting to me is that Agriculture Commissioner Gene Hugoson just announced he's returning to Cuba next month. I traveled with Jesse Ventura to Cuba 5 years ago when President Bush and his brother Governor Bush told Ventura not to go. Besides getting into Castro's private compound for cigars served on silver platters, I saw the state drumming up some serious business. Participants in that mission have done millions of dollars of trade. But now agricultural exports to Cuba are drying up. Maybe it's Castro's illness. I got to see first hand the power and charisma Castro possesses. He charmed all the American business people on the trade mission. He does have an aura about him. In contrast, I also met his brother who would assume power after his death, and his brother does not have the same presence. What's also fascinating about the commissioner's mission to Cuba is the politics. It seems Pawlenty is threading a needle again. He's not personally going on the trip, a trip the president of the United States and many Republicans would oppose. I do wish I could attend some of these trade missions, but it's hard to make a case for the huge expense of international travel and news gathering without the threat of a Jesse Ventura international incident looming. Also, sorry I haven't blogged in a while, I just got back from a trip to Europe with my family. We kissed the Blarney Stone in Ireland—so I may be full of it.
As a veteran of trade missions (I went to Hollywood, Japan, China, Cuba, Canada with governors) the travel news from the governor's office is interesting. Of course Pawlenty is in China today on his second trip there. Then he leads a 73-member delegation to India.
Last week's history question ... and answer. This week's question. Your comments. And, of course, a bit of music from the station archives.
This week's version of the panel talks about politics near and far. Republicans Sarah Janecek and Andy Brehm square off against DFLers Wy Spano and Jane Ranum.
The housing market is in a slump, foreclosures are at record levels and there's a big auction next weekend of property. U of M law professor Prentiss Cox gives us the inside story on high-risk mortgages, foreclosures and the current state of real estate.
In the final installment of Mary Lahammer's Rainy Lake series, she takes us back to the beginning and the people who first set foot in the Northwoods thousands of years ago.
The U of M Equine Center has some big news. Dr. Stephanie Valberg stops by with Hercules the horse to tell us all about it.
Author Kate DiCamillo stops by to talk about her new picture book, Great Joy.
The design for the new bridge was unveiled this week. Bridge designer Linda Figg and MnDOT project manager Jon Chiglo join us.
