Katherine Kersten

Conservative Star Tribune columnist Katherine Kersten this morning called out an online petition that demands her firing. The petition (which has 191 signatories at present — hardly the “droves” Kersten writes of, although since she drew attention to it, the numbers are steadily climbing) accuses Kersten of “journalistic malpractice” for her columns on the majority-Muslim [...]

Andy Birkey’s story suggesting that Star Tribune columnist Katherine Kersten borrows themes and language, er, liberally from fellow conservative media figures isn’t exactly new. Brian Lambert, in the Feb. 2007 issue of The Rake, wrote of “concern with Kersten’s near-lockstep choice of topics and point of view with influential conservative bloggers — chief among them [...]

About a week ago I was perusing Power Line when I came across a bit about an anti-abortion activist who was denied space for her speech at the University of St. Thomas — in part because the group bringing the speaker in was also responsible for a controversial visit by Ann Coulter. A day later [...]

Inver Grove Heights police are beefing up patrols at Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy, a charter school with majority Muslim population, after school officials there received threats. Those threats came days after Star Tribune columnist Katherine Kersten showcased the testimony of Amanda Getz, a Republican and education activist, who was a substitute teacher at the school, [...]

Earlier this week, Star Tribune columnist Katherine Kersten went after a student group at the University of Minnesota, “Kinky U,” after reading in The Minnesota Daily, the university’s student-run newspaper, about the group’s quest to become an official student organization.

She should be less judgmental. The information disseminated by Kinky U can save lives, even those [...]

The Daily Mole thinks Star Tribune columnist Katherine Kersten needs professional help.

So editor Steve Perry first ran a recent Kersten column through Juicy Studios’ readability tester (her writing was judged to be on a sixth-grade reading level) and then sent it to a high school English teacher in Alaska, asking her  to “assign a letter [...]

A recent decision by the University of St. Thomas to restructure the institution’s board of trustees has led to criticism by conservative Catholics and Christian news outlets that the university is moving away from conservative Catholicism.

When Archbishop Harry Flynn retires in 2008, it will be the first time the school will not have a current [...]