The Annals of Muffing It

June 13, 2018

Last Friday, June 8th, Tina Smith pulled the most odious stunt of her admittedly short senatorial career. I am reluctant to call Tina Smith a senator because she never won the job in an election. She is an incumbent in only the most jocular sense. When she was appointed to the job by Governor Dayton, I […]

by Steve Timmer

Richard Painter speaks at Drinking Liberally

June 6, 2018

Thursday, June 7th at the 331 Club

by Steve Timmer

What color are your herring, part two

May 28, 2018

Read part one here. You should, for context. According to the Lakeshore Weekly News, a couple of organizing groups want to stage a parade and rally in support of gun control measures in Excelsior to be held on July 14th. Not so fast, says Excelsior City Attorney Kevin Staunton. The city is worried about crowd […]

by Steve Timmer

Children aren’t a special interest group, Eric

May 25, 2018

Trying to rejigger the Separation of Powers

by Steve Timmer

Latest Spotty ™ winner has read Charles Dickens

May 25, 2018

Maybe we should consult the Ghost of Christmas Present

by Steve Timmer

What color are your herring?

May 20, 2018

Somebody might not get to see her dying mother. An ambulance might not be able to get through. A protester might get hurt. These and others are all reasons supporting the Elk River Republican Nick Zerwas’ bill to treat protesters blocking freeways more harshly than other violators. The scolds on the Strib’s editorial board are […]

by Steve Timmer

A great Drinking Liberally program on May 17th

May 15, 2018

Michael Brodkorb, a longtime Republican activist and former RPM officer, now a commentator, and soon to be book author (I think that about covers it) will be our guest at Drinking Liberally this week. He’ll be joined on the stage by DL’s Aaron Klemz, and they’ll talk about the upcoming party conventions and the primaries […]

by Steve Timmer

Read the latest Spotty ™ winner

May 12, 2018

A man from Eden Prairie is the newest Spotty ™ winner

by Steve Timmer

Did you ever have to make up your mind?

March 25, 2018

We live in interesting times here in Edina, Dario, no?

by Steve Timmer
Justice Page Middle School

Minnesota Senate District 62 Convention: Retirements, Credentials, Walkouts and Quorums

March 14, 2018

As you may have heard, the Minnesota Senate District 62 Convention, which took place on Saturday March 10th, had some – let’s say – difficulties. The results of these difficulties were that the A side of the district didn’t endorse a candidate for an open House seat, and for that matter, never even completed a […]

by Tony Petrangelo

A rifle is a rifle, and a minnow and a shark are both fish

February 28, 2018

In a pre-session newser with legislative leaders and the governor, Sen. Majority Leader Paul Gazelka said, when asked about assault rifles, Well, a rifle is a rifle. I can’t find the link at the moment, mostly because the Strib search engine isn’t up to the task. (And Stribbers, I say that in the most loving […]

by Steve Timmer

There are no Caesar’s wives

February 22, 2018

In the wake of the Florida school shooting last week, the subject of gun control has appropriately and perhaps finally, animated political discussions around the country, including in the Minnesota governor’s race. And maybe, just maybe, it’ll be young people – Millennials are now the biggest voter cohort – who will lead the way on […]

by Steve Timmer