“I think there has been an incredible double standard here”

June 23, 2013

Sings the Paynesville Warbler

by Steve Timmer

The Weekly Wrap 6-22

June 22, 2013

Zellers to announce, Abeler, Benson, Hilstrom get in and Schiff gets out

by Tony Petrangelo

What the Chaplain said at Dover

June 20, 2013

You do not want to go to Dover, at least not as a civilian. To be more specific you don’t want to go there to receive the remains of military death. Of course under the Bush administration you could not go there. No way did they want the public riled up about these deaths. But […]

by Jeff Wilfahrt

The dithering Prince of Maple Grove wants a new job!

June 20, 2013

He just doesn’t know which one, yet

by Steve Timmer

The Mad World of Climate Change Denial

June 19, 2013

Book review: The Mad, Mad, Mad World of Climatism; Mankind and Climate Change Mania (by Steve Goreham, New Lenox Books, 2012) (Note from Tony and Steve: Lois is a DLer and told us one evening recently about this absurd book that had been sent to her as an environmental chemistry instructor. We said, why don’t […]

by Lois Schadewald

Mark Dayton rebounds

June 19, 2013

With the legislative session over, things get back to normal

by Tony Petrangelo

Teach for America extends the franchise!

June 18, 2013

In a bold and entirely unpredicted move, Teach for America officials have decided to extend the franchise across the board. According to a TFA spokester: With racial gaps everywhere you look: education, income, housing, health care, we thought to ourselves, “Heck, why limit our horizon to just K-12 education?” The Teach for America model will […]

by Steve Timmer

We can expect a Prop 8 decision any day

June 17, 2013

And St. Thomas law professor Teresa Collett is on pins and needles. The Supreme Court may — probably will — find a way to overturn Prop 8 without the nationwide consequences that Collett is so worried about. N.B. This is a repost of a video done earlier this year. Update: And the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal […]

by Steve Timmer

Flowered shirt competition at Drinking Liberally

June 17, 2013

Playing for that lost shaker of salt

by Steve Timmer

Standing against the wolfpack

June 16, 2013

Defending his father

by Steve Timmer

The Weekly Wrap 6-15

June 15, 2013

More Republicans, and even some Democrats, pile into MN-6

by Tony Petrangelo

Roger Goodell defends legacy of racist

June 13, 2013

There are four teams in Major League Baseball and the National Football League that still use Native American themed names and imagery for their team identities; the Kansas City Chiefs, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians and Washington Redskins. While they all have their own specific problems (Chief Wahoo immediately comes to mind), one of them stands […]

by Tony Petrangelo