It feels like spring outside, but it’s only February. So if your internal clock still tells you to hunker down and read, here is good fiction ranging from a carnival to Hubert Humphrey. “The Wonders ...

The 1948 Democratic National Convention was a pivotal moment in Hubert Humphrey's life as he used a major stage to try and shift his party on an issue that would define his political career. The DFL ...

But at the beginning, Humphrey vaulted into national prominence at the 1948 Democratic National Convention, where he delivered a powerful speech advocating a robust civil rights plank for the party’s ...

Hubert Humphrey has been gone for some 45 years. One can still remember hearing him, though, spouting his pet phrase "I'm as pleased as punch." How pleased, though, would Humphrey be with Sam Freedman ...

It is true that history is not generally kind to presidential losers, but the reputation of Democratic nominee Hubert Humphrey endured an especially precipitous fall with his loss to Richard Nixon in ...

Though the Civil Rights Movement came to fruition in the 1950s and 1960s, one can arguably trace its roots to Hubert Humphrey's speech at the 1948 Democratic National Convention, advocating for ...

Now I better understand why I've always been terrified of drought. Insight came as I read the terrific new book about Hubert Humphrey's early years, "Into the Bright Sunshine," by journalist and ...

Was Hubert H. Humphrey ahead of his time? Most students of American history remember the Minnesota statesman for his biggest political error — his dogged support ...

Democratic politician Hubert Humphrey was a one-time darling of American liberalism who left a deeply divided legacy. Though now arguably best known for his tenure as Lyndon Johnson's vice president, ...

"Hubert Humphrey: The Conscience of the Country," by part-time Becket resident Arnold A. Offner, is an insightful and revelatory biography of "one of the great liberal leaders of post-war American ...

MinnPost’s reporting is always free, but it isn’t free to produce. We rely on donations from our readers to fund our independent journalism. A fair amount of thoughtful reminiscing has already ...