Before 9/11 there was intent to deal with Iraq

May 31, 2014

Who you gonna’ believe?

Shinseki’s Replacement Ballot

May 31, 2014

Who will clean up the VA mess? Let’s VOTE!

Where the [blank] did this come from?

May 30, 2014

The DFL turns its lonely eyes look to you, Ken

Jay and his turbine

The Weekly Wrap 5-30

May 30, 2014

The Wrap™ is going up early this week, because this weekend will be devoted to Minnesota political convention coverage. Some Convention Coverage Options LeftMN, in the form of the present author, will be at the DFL convention in Duluth, live blogging it up. The UpTake will be providing audio/video coverage of both conventions, so you […]

Always abuse the veteran, it’s the American way

May 29, 2014

On 9/12/2001 Bush and Cheney should have ramped the VA

Monti Moreno

Minnesota Republicans Seeking Nomination, Ranked

May 29, 2014

This post features ten items arranged in a list!

A month of Drinking Liberally

May 29, 2014

The next four weeks will be action packed at Drinking Liberally in Minneapolis. Tonight we’ll talk about the upcoming conventions for the DFL and the Republicans, and we’ll do it out on the patio, in the first honest-to-goodness “we can sit outside” DL of the season. Note: We will also be observing the 11th birthday […]

Mt. Kersten erupts!

May 27, 2014

Shorter Kersten: Sexual abuse by Catholic priests is bad, but

Jeff Johnson and the Kuisle family

The Weekly Wrap 5-25

May 25, 2014

♣ Republican Gubernatorial hopeful Jeff Johnson announced his choice for running mate, former state legislator Bill Kuisle. A couple of notes about Kuisle. Before he was elected to the state house as a Republican, he was a DFLer: After his surprising win over Frerichs in the primary in 1996, Kuisle told the Star Tribune: “I’ve […]

So, Franz Kafka was German, right?

May 24, 2014

Really, he was a German-speaker from Prague

It is entirely apt, I suppose

May 21, 2014

That the Institute for Justice got the injunction on behalf of money

Marion Greene and Carly Melin

The Weekly Wrap 5-18

May 18, 2014

♣ Former State Rep. Marion Greene defeated St. Louis Park Council-member Anne Mavity 54%-46% for the Hennepin county commissioner seat left open by Gail Dorfman. Congratulations to Commissioner-elect Greene. ♣ The DFL announced the schedule for the state convention, in the last weekend of May, in the beautiful city of Duluth, in the Duluth Entertainment […]