Bob CollinsFrom the sound of things from the Capitol, just about everyone elected to govern the state hates the way the state was governed during the Minnesota legislative session. But this is what we elected; nobody to blame but ourselves.
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Was NPR complicit in selling the Iran nuclear deal to the public? It matters of journalism ethics, only perception matters. Read more →
It’s no surprise that the Minnesota Legislature has waited until the last minute to try to get any work done. Increasingly, it’s as dysfunctional as its federal counterpart in Washington and reached a new level of paralysis in this session.
When it comes to open government, Minnesota spends far too much time patting itself on the back. Read more →
Here’s the audio of the show I hosted today on third-party candidates. Read more →
According to reports today, David Stras, a justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court, is on the short list of people who would be under consideration to fill Antonin Scalia’s seat if Donald Trump were to be elected president. Stras has not been, at least from this non-lawyer’s perspective, particularly flashy or even ideologically driven, at Read more →
A Florida man allegedly killed his wife because he didn’t have money for her medication. That should be a starting point for political candidates and the media to start talking about the problems. Read more →
There is a growing trend in obituary humor that makes anyone tired of politics ask the question, ‘Shouldn’t there be a place that’s campaign free?’ Read more →
School officials in the Crosby-Ironton school district reportedly have threatened to withhold the diploma of a senior because he showed up at school yesterday with a Confederate flag attached to his car.
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Minnesota is one of two states that requires you to wait once you sign an application for a marriage license. We’re not exactly sure what’s supposed to happen in the five days between the time you ask for permission to be married and the time the state says “OK.” But neither does anyone else, apparently. Read more →
Here’s a pro tip from Washington Post syndicated political columnist Dana Milbank. Don’t ever declare you’ll eat your words if you’re wrong about something. Read more →
It’s such a shame that Congress couldn’t have passed the legislation allowing women who served as pilots during World War II to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery, while Betty Strohfus of Faribault was alive to see it.
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Accomplishments have been hard to find so far with the Minnesota Legislature but a law benefiting the estate of Prince is chugging along despite increasing warnings that it’s going too fast and with not enough inspection. Read more →
Companies of more than 50 people would be required to have policies establishing the hours during which employees would not send or answer emails.
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Jeff Daniels, who starred in HBO’s West Wing, recreated his Will McAvoy role — and the famous scene that launched the series — in a Bloomberg skit on Donald Trump.
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Granted, knowing more about how our brains work isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. The $51,326 that was spent on it could’ve been better spent somewhere else.
On the other hand, that’s less than a third of what we pay United States senators and we’re learning more about how neurological circuitry from drunk finches than sober politicians. Read more →