Education Department findings on Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy contradict published reports

The Minnesota Department of Education released findings in the review of Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy (TIZA), the majority Muslim elementary school that became a target of conservative Star Tribune columnist Katherine Kersten. She claimed that TIZA…

Kersten calls attention to anti-Kersten petition; Pulitzer winner among the signers

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…

MinMon Audio: K-12 finance chair calls Katherine Kersten a ‘thug,’ says she should resign

Kersten’s St. Thomas column nothing ‘to be particularly concerned about,’ says her editor

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…

Kersten and the conservative echo chamber: a brief case study

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…

Kersten column on Muslim school followed by threats, police patrols

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…

“Kinky” column borrows from Minnesota Daily, but misses the mark

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…

Schooling Kersten

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…

St. Thomas Board Changes Create Conservative Stir

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.