Killing James Dean

December 17, 2012

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

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

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)

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 […]

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

December 15, 2012

People do!

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

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

December 13, 2012

Dave and Luca sleep with the fishes

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 […]

What if you created a half a billion in debt

December 9, 2012

But nobody owed it?

LeftMN Radio Hour

LeftMN Radio Hour 12-9

December 9, 2012

This week we talk with Representative-elect Jason Isaacson about the election, freshman orientation and of course, the budget

RT Rybak

The Weekly Wrap 12-7

December 7, 2012

In which I am on the Very Important Twitter People List and Aaron and Steve are not

Cub Foods at 2010 Pride

Decline: SUPERVALU CEOs continue to cash in while the company underperforms

December 6, 2012

A Minnesota retail giant that employs over 150,000 people nationwide is floundering.  Constant changes in leadership.  Cuts that hurt the rank-and-file while the executives skate by.  A future very much in doubt. No, not that one. I’m talking about Supervalu.  Most people don’t realize just how large a company Supervalu is.  With $36 billion in […]