Sigmund Spot’s newest patient (reprise) II

December 19, 2012

Tom Hackbarth sees Sigmund Spot about his issues

by Steve Timmer

Sigmund Spot’s newest patient (reprise)

December 18, 2012

Tom Hackbarth sees Sigmund about his issues

by Steve Timmer

“Guns Don’t Kill People”: Means Matter Revisited

December 17, 2012

In one way, they’re right:  guns alone don’t kill people. Our fantasies about guns kill people. Americans love the way guns make them feel:  powerful, secure, and in control. We have transferred these qualities onto our totem object, the gun. If we own a gun, the thinking goes, we can fend off criminals who might […]

by Jennifer Tuder

Killing James Dean

December 17, 2012

the battle against gun violence will turn on marketing, not laws

by Aaron Klemz

Girls will be boys and boys will be girls

December 16, 2012

It’s a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for Lola

by Steve Timmer
LeftMN Radio Hour

LeftMN Radio Hour 12-16

December 16, 2012

This week we talk with Representative-elect Jason Isaacson (well, we did last week, but for reasons explained within we are re-running that interview)

by Tony Petrangelo

A Spotty ™ winner on gun control

December 15, 2012

Donald Bronsky’s brilliant and bitter letter to the editor in Saturday’s Strib wins a Spotty™. It is vital to remember that now is not the time to be discussing anything resembling tighter gun-control legislation. It is far too early, and emotions are running too deeply, to discuss anything that would even begin to limit the number of […]

by Steve Timmer

Because shoulder-fired rockets don’t shoot down airplanes (reprise)

December 15, 2012

People do!

by Steve Timmer
Marjorie Holsten Capitol Pig

The Weekly Wrap 12-14

December 14, 2012

Twitter lists, candidates for Republican Party Chair and the DCCC are featured in this weeks wrap

by Tony Petrangelo

Dave Senjem: “We need some cement around our heels”

December 13, 2012

Dave and Luca sleep with the fishes

by Steve Timmer
Paul Thissen speaks at microphone

Marriage Equality in 2013: The In-between Representatives

December 11, 2012

[Updated: The original version of this post contained erroneous information about Representative-elect Roger Erickson’s voting record. As an incoming representative, he has no voting record on the amendment in question.] I started this series of posts, this post being the third in a series, with a post that introduced the series and discussed its purpose. Generally that’s what you do with […]

by Tony Petrangelo

What if you created a half a billion in debt

December 9, 2012

But nobody owed it?

by Steve Timmer