Nullification is in the air II

July 11, 2015

With all the rebel flag waving and refusal to issue marriage licenses and the refusal of a civil judge to marry a gay couple, it’s apparent that nullification is in the air again. And it’s brought me back to the thrilling days of yesteryear and the campaign for governor in 2010. Some of you will […]

by Steve Timmer

Salaries are back in the news!

July 10, 2015

Please see the update below . . . During the one day window that was given to him, Mark Dayton raised the salaries of his commissioners. You will remember that he raised them this spring, pursuant to authority given him by the Legislature, and Speaker Kurt Daudt cried piteously at the outrage, and Majority Leader […]

by Steve Timmer

Getting the Money Out of Politics: Two Essays

July 9, 2015

On July 8, I had two different essays published which address the role of money in politics. One essay takes us along the history of how our campaign finance laws broke down, the other describes four fixes the president can take to act. Here are reprints of both essays. “The Supreme Court, Public Opinion, and […]

by David Schultz

There’s a reason the left cannot reason with the right

July 8, 2015

Left, right, we just can’t help our genetic selves

by Jeff Wilfahrt

Nullification is in the air

July 7, 2015

During the 2010 gubernatorial campaign in Minnesota, one of the issues aired was the authority of the state to nullify federal law. Tom Emmer, a state representative who was leaving the House to run for governor, was a proponent of nullification. He authored, among others, the Incandescent Light Bulb Freedom Act, which he believed necessary […]

by Steve Timmer

CNN takes the Clinton damage control bait

July 6, 2015

Why are the Clintons always in damage control?

by Jeff Wilfahrt

Even Democrats use $ to get what they want

July 6, 2015

Another in the money gets what money wants series

by Jeff Wilfahrt

Strib letter writer wins a Spotty!

July 5, 2015

Last Sunday, Katherine Kersen — after a layoff that obviously allowed her to build up a head of steam — had a commentary in the Strib decrying sustainability as a heretical plot. Well, a lot of Strib readers parked that hanging curveball in the seats. Today, the Strib published six (6) of them; not one supported the […]

by Steve Timmer

Rx of Doctor Bernie Sanders

July 3, 2015

Will voters turn their back on PAC money and support a groundswell campaign?

by Jeff Wilfahrt

Getting ready for the 4th of July, 1863

July 2, 2015

The heroism of the 1st Minnesota Volunteers

by Steve Timmer

Aw, he was just snoring

June 30, 2015

Please see the update(s) below. Just before donning their flip flops and sunglasses and heading out the door for the summer, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court gave Sammy Alito — who frankly has been waiting in the wings a lot in the waning days of the session — his spot in the sunshine, […]

by Steve Timmer

Hilton Hillary, a limousine liberal?

June 29, 2015

Why does Hillary make a lefty sympathize with Bernie’s askance expression?

by Jeff Wilfahrt