Amidst a cascade of world events, Barack Obama announced the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court on Monday. The LA Times reported from Washington Tuesday that “Elena Kagan’s limited...

If you’ve read any national and world news in the last couple weeks, you have probably thought to yourself, “What the hell is going on?” So far this spring, we have the Tea Party being criticized...

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One has to wonder, after the landslide Democratic super-victory in 2008, why so little has been accomplished. The usual suspects tend to be a weak Democratic Party or an obstructive Republican one, but...

"Thirteen people have been killed and thirty-one wounded. ...The major was Nidal Malik Hassan. ...he'd become increasingly hostile about the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...BBC World News."  At...

The Minneapolis City Council may soon have on its agenda a proposal to hold bars responsible for what patrons do off-premises. The move would ask the state to give cities the power to suspend or revoke...

Amid the greatest rut in recent memory, America starving for action, the prudish conservatives can’t help but cringe at the sight of Obama's much-anticipated stimulus. While the GOPassé grumbles,...

The Minnesota Daily has been host to myriad opinions regarding the University's proposed outdoor smoking ban. Letters both pro and con have poured in throughout the semester; clearly this...

If you prayed to God all night long that Michelle Bachmann would lose her Sixth District Congressional seat November 4th, look on the bright side: you get to have Michelle Bachmann represent...

Two years ago on Election Day I went door knocking in Bailey Hall and other University dorms with the Minnesota Student Association. Much to my chagrin I was met with thick apathy, finding that less than...