Stephen B. Young is Katherine Kersten in drag

January 7, 2018

And I can prove it. Just read this. Now that Katherine Kersten doesn’t appear in the Strib so often, Young is it go-to guy for turgid polemics about American decline. His op-ed piece on Sunday the 7th of January (in the paper edition) was an epic vent-a-thon and an avatar for the genre. Before continuing, […]

by Steve Timmer

Appointed Senators are actually good at re-election

December 11, 2017

In which the author takes down a Twitter hot taker

by Tony Petrangelo

hPVI 2017, House edition

December 5, 2017

Partisan scores for Minnesota House districts

by Tony Petrangelo

hPVI 2017, Senate edition

December 4, 2017

Partisan scores for Minnesota Senate districts

by Tony Petrangelo

hPVI 2017 Explainer

December 4, 2017

A primer for the fifth edition of hPVI, Minnesota’s most beloved Legislative district metric

by Tony Petrangelo

Steve Sack returns as a guest to Drinking Liberally

November 11, 2017

This is early notice but for a reason. [Update: The Strib distribution people say it takes about a week after placing an order for the book to arrive. With the Thanksgiving holiday next week, I suggest you get any order in by say, Saturday the 18th.] On Thursday, November 30th, the Star Tribune cartoonist Steve Sack […]

by Steve Timmer

White flight, racial covenants, and sundown town

November 5, 2017

Carpet bombing with racism

by Steve Timmer

Suck it up, boys

November 1, 2017

“Quite Frankly” Sutter’s husband spouts off

by Steve Timmer

Longing for the days of Jim Crow

October 31, 2017

Charles and Tanner take Katherine Kersten to the woodshed.

by Steve Timmer

Don’t listen to Doug, part about, oh, 100 or so

October 29, 2017

It is always gratifying when Doug Tice gives Democrats advice. We appreciate it. However, he’s like the creepy old man who tells you to walk closer to the edge of the cliff so you can see better. “No thanks, Mister!” In the Sunday newspaper, Tice again selflessly shares in the Democratic angst. As he does sometimes, […]

by Steve Timmer

No Spotty ™ for you!

October 27, 2017

The letter of the day today in the Strib was a doozy, accompanied by a photo of Donald Trump waving as he boards Air Force One. Here it is: There is an old saying: “When you are on a plane, root for the pilot.” Good advice for the members of Congress, the media in general […]

by Steve Timmer

Linert & Timmer v. MacDonald

October 15, 2017

The deets and some thanks . . .

by Steve Timmer