The urban environment is far too often a reflection of past mistakes that have long-lasting social and economic consequences. The conflict between suburban and urban planning while designing Hennepin County...

In response to the numerous accounts by U.S. troops in Iraq regarding the reconstruction work, I thank them for remaining positive about the situation. However, their positivism has blinded them to the...

Take these facts into consideration: Close to half of all U.S. senators are millionaires. The Legislature is only 27 percent women and less than 4 percent people of color. Coincidence? I think not. Big...

Over the past few years I've noticed a trend: People seem to be getting more confused about what is and what is not a sport. Lately the general inclination has been to classify anything that takes some...

A most radical and unsettling political movement is taking hold in the United States. Gay and lesbian people in loving, long-term relationships are seeking the right to marry each other. Not just be together...

If "anyone but Bush" is the electoral doctrine for many voters this year, then the list of candidates proffered by the Democratic Party is just generic enough to put that philosophy to the test. One might...

I'm in Baghdad, Iraq, as a soldier with the U.S. Army in the 16th Combat Engineer Battalion. The news stateside is awfully depressing and negative. The reality is we are accomplishing a tremendous amount...

I'm not what people would call a big sports fan, but I do have a few soft spots. Besides Gophers hockey - men's and women's (I think it's a shame the women don't get as much coverage as the men) - I like...

Remember when people used to think fat made you fat? Store aisles were stocked with low-fat cheese, low-fat salad dressing, low-fat yogurt - everything was low-fat. But that was a long time ago, the '90s....

Life imitates art far more than art imitates life," has been an operative axiom since Oscar Wilde quipped it more than a century ago. But its central premise - that the direction of influence between reality...