There’s going to be another inquiry into why the bridge fell. On top of the NTSB, the Legislative Auditor, and the Governor Pawlenty-hired consultants, we’re going to have the Minneapolis law firm of Gray Plant Mooty looking into things on behalf of a bi-partisan State House-Senate committee. One wonders why we need another such investigation. … Read more
Game #24, Home Game #12: Golden State 111, Minnesota 98 Season Record: 3-21 First, a confession: An interview for another story I’m working on lasted much longer than anticipated, and as it turned out, I walked into Target Center at halftime, with the Wolves holding an 8-point lead. Thus, I only saw the collapse and … Read more
MUSICMorrison’s Down in the Hallow Precious time is slipping away for a chance to see classic rock icon Van Morrison perform. On the heels of the release of his greatest hits album he is back in the cities for one night only to play a show at Northrop Auditorium. —Kate McDonald 7:30 p.m., Northrop Auditorium, … Read more
Let’s suppose you –the hypothetical, perhaps wholly imagined You– stumble in here to Yo Ivanhoe on an occasional, one-time, or even purely accidental basis (one of those Google mishaps, say), completely unaware that this little futility closet is in fact a mere, very minor adjunct to a giant media empire (Rake Media Worldwide), which produces … Read more
Don’t think all the Hillary Clinton hullabaloo has gone unnoticed by the likes of me. Truth be told, I’ve been very busy at work this work, whereas my inner life has been consumed by a rage caused, for one, by the MPD’s horrific, paramilitary-style antics, but also by the revelation that certain political conservatives hate … Read more
In The Kite Runner (opening Friday in area theaters), actor Homayoun Ershadi plays Baba, an Afghani intellectual and father of the child Amir, whose friendship and eventual betrayal from the servant boy Hassan forms the crux of the story. Ershadi is a graceful actor, whose intelligence and dignity shines in this movie. Originally an architecht, … Read more
In the lean years that will soon follow, survivors will look back upon December 19, 2007 with pain and sorrow in their haunted eyes — for this day marked the beginning of the end. The Seventh Seal will soon be open, for the passage of the first increase in CAFÉ standards in more than 30 … Read more
I heard that Mike Huckabee is pals with Chuck Norris and that the "Huck and Chuck" show plays well in Iowa. Apparently the former preacher also takes alot of fitness breaks because he doesn’t want to slip and fall on the black prairie ice. And this guy is pals with Chuck? That sucks. I would … Read more
Maybe it’s an Edina thing. You step inside the city limits and suddenly you rather like a restaurant server who eyes you suspiciously for several minutes, then approaches sniffily to ask what you want. You don’t mind paying 20 percent more for a loaf of bread with goat cheese and olive tapenade than you would, … Read more
MUSICBustin’ Beats from Belfast In preparation for the real Van the Man show tomorrow night, jam to the tunes of one of his most popular tribute bands The Belfast Cowboys. They’ll be playing all the Van Morrison greats this evening — for a fraction of his concert prices. Whether or not they’ll actually play anything … Read more