A win for the environment in a Minnesota court, for a change

February 17, 2021

After recent decisions regarding Enbridge Line 3 in particular, this was good to see. Wins for the environment equal wins for the people, even if some of the people never have come around to understanding that. The Minnesota Supreme Court (Feb. 10) issued a ruling overturning a prior Minnesota Court of Appeals decision that held […]

by Dan Burns

Minnesota has another Crazy Michelle in Congress

February 8, 2021

It’s not quite the same. Former Rep. Michele Bachmann has just one “l” in her first name, while Rep. Michelle Fischbach’s parents went with the far more common spelling. That said, there was this: Two Republicans of the Minnesota Congressional Delegation, Reps. Michelle Fischbach and Jim Hagedorn, joined the six members of the Senate and […]

by Dan Burns

The newspaper landed with an extra-heavy thud on Sunday

February 7, 2021

Katherine Kersten gives even ordinary bigots a bad name

by Steve Timmer

Lost in translation – Part Two

February 6, 2021

On the mistake of giving the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency “flexibility”

by Steve Timmer

Lost in translation

February 2, 2021

The proposed MPCA rules will damage the ability of Indian tribes and environmental nonprofits to enforce the Clean Water Act

by Steve Timmer

Parsimonious twittery in the Minnesota Senate (and House) – Part Two

January 31, 2021

Hjalmer, I hear you, but . . .

by Steve Timmer

Parsimonious twittery in the Minnesota Senate

January 30, 2021

And now in the House, too!

by Steve Timmer

The power to pardon in Minnesota should be the governor’s – continued

January 25, 2021

The pardon power is the ancient prerogative of the executive

by Steve Timmer

Tina signs on to going after Hawley, Cruz

January 22, 2021

Well, I’ll be darned. The Democratic senators — Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Ron Wyden of Oregon, Tina Smith of Minnesota, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, Tim Kaine of Virginia and Sherrod Brown of Ohio — said the question for the Senate to determine is not whether Cruz and Hawley had […]

by Dan Burns

A parable for our times

January 19, 2021

This is where we are with the Boogaloo Bois, Three Percenters, Oath Keepers, their related cosplay idiots

by Steve Timmer

More underhanded crap from the sulfides-heads

January 18, 2021

These rules changes have been in the works at the Minnesota Pollution “Control” Agency for a while. It’s all getting a legal review, now. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) wants to avoid enforcing water quality standards that control pollution from mines, coal plants, and other polluters! MPCA has proposed rules to deregulate Minnesota mining […]

by Dan Burns

“A major tipping point”

January 10, 2021

Reenacting the Beer Hall Putsch

by Steve Timmer