MN lege: 2022 races of particular interest, Districts 1-14

September 17, 2022

First in a series

by Dan Burns

hPVI 2019, Senate edition

September 9, 2019

Partisan scores for Minnesota Senate districts

by Tony Petrangelo

An unapologetic love letter to Historic Fort Snelling, part two – a reprise

May 5, 2017

2017 note: This is part two of my story from the end of the last legislative session about bond funding for the restoration of Historic Fort Snelling. The Minnesota Historical Society is trying again this year. o O o In part one, I described the bonding request from Historic Fort Snelling and the Minnesota Historical […]

by Steve Timmer

An unapologetic love letter to Historic Fort Snelling, part two

June 4, 2016

In part one, I described the bonding request from Historic Fort Snelling and the Minnesota Historical Society to the Legislature for a new visitors’ center and the renewal and re-imagining of the site. I included some photos of fort activities involving young people. Here are some more photographs that I have taken over the years. […]

by Steve Timmer

Michael Brodkorb returns to Drinking Liberally

October 20, 2014

Michael Brodkorb was Drinking Liberally’s guest in May of this year (before the party conventions) to help us size up the campaigns with DL and LeftMN’s Tony Petrangelo. We thought it would be fun to have him back on the eve of the election. Michael Brodkorb will be Drinking Liberally’s guest this week, Thursday, October 23rd. […]

by Steve Timmer

Octogenarian question

June 12, 2014

A question of significant events

by Jeff Wilfahrt

Minnesota Republicans Seeking Nomination, Ranked

May 29, 2014

This post features ten items arranged in a list!

by Tony Petrangelo

The Weekly Wrap 3-30

March 30, 2014

The Wrap™ has been off for the last few weeks, taking a break from doing it’s wrappy thing. But now it’s back, but you know that, because you’re reading this post. To make up for the prolonged absence, the Wrap™ would like to present this picture of Julianne Ortman giving Sarah Palin the finger: And […]

by Tony Petrangelo

The Weekly Wrap 8-31

August 31, 2013

♣ Sad news earlier this week. Minneapolis School Board member Hussein Samatar, pictured above, succumbed to leukemia on Sunday at the age of 45. Besides the family he leaves behind, Samatar’s legacy includes the African Development Center he founded, and whose mission is to: African Development Center works within the African communities of Minnesota to […]

by Tony Petrangelo

Minnesota House hPVI, 2013 edition

July 16, 2013

This post is part of a series of posts concerning hPVI. The first phase of this series involves the introduction of brand spanking new 2013 hPVIs. That phase, the first, is the one in which this post belongs. This part of the first phase, the third part, concerns the actual hPVIs for the Minnesota House. […]

by Tony Petrangelo

Minnesota Senate hPVI, 2013 edition

July 8, 2013

This post continues a series of posts concerning hPVI. The first phase of said series of posts involves the introduction of brand spanking new 2013 hPVIs. The first phase is the phase in which we currently find ourselves. All of this implies that this series will go through multiple phases. This part of the first […]

by Tony Petrangelo

The Weekly Wrap 4-13

April 13, 2013

♣ Yet another Some Dude business type (the other being Scott Honour) has indicated that he might be running against Al Franken in 2014. Mike McFadden of the firm Lazard Middle Market has been meeting with political consultants and Republican Party leaders to talk about a possible run. The MNGOP really doesn’t have much of […]

by Tony Petrangelo