Bob CollinsThe state Senate is moving to close a loophole in the state’s sexual conduct law which grants an exception to people who grab someone’s butt as long as they still have their clothes on. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Politics
It’s Wednesday confession day so allow me to unburden my tortured soul. I’d put red light cameras at every traffic light in Minnesota. I don’t care if the person driving isn’t the person who gets the ticket. I’ve seen too many close calls with people who just had to get to the next red light 30 seconds sooner, risking death and injury to everyone else on the road.
The same goes for speed traps. I’d run one on I-94 in the East Metro all day and night and I’d use the newfangled cameras for them too. Read more →
It’s a fool who suggests s(he) has seen the depths of the political catastrophe that is the United States right now, but former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg’s round of appearances on TV last night is going to be hard to beat. Read more →
If a congressman doesn’t think he can help fix a process that he says doesn’t work and it can’t be fixed, what are we doing? Read more →
Paul TostoI’m not a great Supreme Court watcher, but when you see ‘(laughter)’ in the transcript during your arguments, it probably is not a good thing. Read more →
The politicians of Georgia, ticked off that Delta has joined the list of companies that have cancelled discounts to members of the National Rifle Association, have unwittingly revealed what a giveaway unnecessary tax breaks to corporations are. Read more →
There’s no reason for the Russians to stop messing with our democracy. They’ve figured out Americans, who too often only see what they want to see and won’t question where the information came from nor what they’re told.
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If the slaughter of children cannot bring a nation together, can anything? Read more →
A Michigan woman has sparked an outpouring of checks for the campaigns of members of Congress opposed to any restrictions on firearms after Wednesday’s rampage at a Florida school. Fern Malila, of Ontonagon, Mich., wrote a check to her congressman after he tweeted his reaction to the massacre, sending ‘thoughts and prayers.’ Read more →
If you’re smart enough to become a university professor, you ought to be smart enough not to wish the president of the United States dead when giving a lecture. Read more →
St. Paul’s new mayor, Melvin Carter has provided a bit of a simple roadmap for untangling the gridlock of political America. Read more →
Few cities have wrestled with the idea more than Willmar, Minn., where the City Council has voted 5-to-2 to embrace a resolution on welcoming after months of debate. Read more →
‘Impeach’
That word on a crude sign on a lawn in La Crosse, Wis., has reinforced the First Amendment. Read more →
If there’s one radio listener complaint that’s as predictable as rain, referring to the person in the Oval Office as ‘President’ or ‘Mr.’ is it. Read more →
Housing officials in Eau Claire says more people are going to be sleeping in cars and on the streets now that the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has pulled funding from two agencies in the region that find housing for the homeless. Read more →