This is why you can’t get a majority opinion out of the Supreme Court

November 6, 2016

In the Op Ex section of the Strib on today, rather than trying to write a single editorial about What the Hell is Going On, they gave everybody some ink in signed pieces. They called it What, us worry? It was pretty good, really. I can only imagine the editorial board meeting leading up to […]

by Steve Timmer

Ron Erhardt is the far better choice for women

November 5, 2016

This story is necessary because of the odious effort to smear a long time and popular Edina representative, Ron Erhardt. The Republican house caucus campaign committee figured a smear was necessary, because there was no way on earth it was going to defeat Ron on policy. Heck, the people who put this stink bomb together […]

by Steve Timmer

Ron Erhardt is still the guy

November 2, 2016

To sit in the House, that is

by Steve Timmer

Projecting the Minnesota House

November 2, 2016

Which party will control the Minnesota House in 2017 – UPDATED

by Tony Petrangelo

The William and Ian reunion tour begins at Drinking Liberally

October 22, 2016

And you thought the Kiss reunion tour was big? This is bigger. On Thursday, October the 27th, Drinking Liberally’s Pre-Election Big Show will feature the long-awaited — and highly anticipated — reunion of William Davis and Ian Levitt (not shown above), formerly of the hit radio show The Best of Ian and William on AM950, The Progressive Voice […]

by Steve Timmer

Trump is right: The election is rigged — but in his favor

October 21, 2016

Professor Schultz’s recent article in The Hill

by David Schultz

Michelle MacDonald’s loose grip on the law

October 20, 2016

Specifically, Minn. Stat. sec. 211B.02 (2016)

by Steve Timmer

Jennifer Janovy for Edina City Council

October 19, 2016

And, of course, incumbent Mary Brindle, too

by Steve Timmer

Mourning opportunities lost, a reprise

October 18, 2016

Below the bubbles is a story I wrote in the wake of the 2014 elections and the DFL’s loss of the Minnesota House of Representatives. One of the things I predicted — although it wasn’t that hard — was this: My friends, you can look forward another [2016] election cycle just like the last [2014] one, only […]

by Steve Timmer

And Amy’s not a journalist, either!

October 15, 2016

And yet another update (10/19): The instances of people trying to divide the media from everyone else and decide who’s a journalist continue apace. Here’s constitutional lawyer Eugene Volokh in the Washington Post on CNN’s Chris Cuomo: “Also interesting is, remember, it’s illegal to possess these stolen documents. It’s different for the media. So everything you […]

by Steve Timmer

Who runs this burg, anyway? Part Two

October 13, 2016

In Part One, I described the outsized role in making policy held by the staff (well, and consultants, too) in a city like Edina, and in fact, in Edina. And I cautioned against stacking the city council with members who are themselves professional municipal technocrats, likely to be staff and developer oriented, rather than resident […]

by Steve Timmer

Who runs this burg, anyway?

October 12, 2016

Playing Sim City with other people’s money

by Steve Timmer