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Tag: Politics

The politics of food stamps

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2012, 10:51 AM Jan 9, 2012
9

Should the food stamp program be ended and the money given to states instead?

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Surveys and trivia

Do people watch politics for the pretty people?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 6, 2012, 11:41 AM Jan 6, 2012
14

Israeli researchers have concluded that more physically attractive members of Congress get more coverage on network television.

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Ventura vs. a SEAL?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 6, 2012, 10:26 AM Jan 6, 2012
3

Former Gov. Jesse Ventura is in the thick of another controversy, this time with a Navy SEAL who says the governor disrupted the wake of a SEAL.

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Truth, lies, and campaign speeches

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 5, 2012, 12:55 PM Jan 5, 2012
5

Two separate comments from politicians and/or experts today raise an interesting question: Should you hold politicians accountable for what they say, if they say it at a campaign speech?

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Facts vs. truth in Bachmann reporting

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 4, 2012, 10:21 AM Jan 4, 2012
19

When it comes to headlines, facts may not be truth.

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The Cain interview

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 3, 2012, 12:39 PM Jan 3, 2012
12

CBS has now posted its video from its strange interview this morning with Herman Cain, the presidential candidate with the suspended campaign.

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Iowa faux pas

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 3, 2012, 11:45 AM Jan 3, 2012
7

Something’s missing this afternoon from the front page of the Des Moines Register’s website.

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Secrecy and the school board

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 22, 2011, 4:09 PM Dec 22, 2011
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The best thing that ever happened to politicians may well be the ability to cite data practices law in Minnesota as the reason for their silence on controversial issues. Fewer laws, however well intended, have cast as much secrecy over the workings of government.

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Stand up for ‘lame duck’

Eric Ringham December 16, 2011, 1:10 PM Dec 16, 2011
5

The term is degenerating to include anyone who won’t stay in a job forever. That’s pretty much everyone.

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Threaten a boycott, boost the ratings

Eric Ringham December 13, 2011, 11:15 AM Dec 13, 2011
10

Attempts to silence ‘All-American Muslim’ are sure to increase the show’s audience.

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How a weak anti-bullying bill became law

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 7, 2011, 10:57 AM Dec 7, 2011

On the day the Minnesota Senate passed the bill, it spent ore time debating renaming a stretch of highway in Duluth after Walter Mondale.

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The voting booth is private, but the cash drawer is public

Eric Ringham December 6, 2011, 2:00 PM Dec 6, 2011
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Want to know your neighbor’s politics? The FEC website makes it easy.

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Ever-diminishing benefits causing rash of retirements

Michael OlsonMichael Olson December 6, 2011, 11:29 AM Dec 6, 2011
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If you’re a state employee, we’d like to hear what you’re seeing. Are people retiring in your department? Are you considering it yourself? Why?

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The Gingrich divorce

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 5, 2011, 10:50 AM Dec 5, 2011
5

Now that Newt Gingrich is the frontrunner du jour in the Republican presidential contest, the story about his divorce from his first wife is, again, fodder for his opponents.

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Behind the bedroom door

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 28, 2011, 4:33 PM Nov 28, 2011
15

Herman Cain’s attorney says the media right to report ends at his client’s bedroom door.

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