The Fall of Miss Saigon

October 7, 2013

Tomorrow night there’s going to be a protest against the touring production Miss Saigon. Miss Saigon has been around for over two decades and raked in millions, the two biggest reasons the Ordway is choosing to bring in the show. There’s just a tiny little problem:  the show is a non-stop jingoistic glorification of racist/sexist Asian […]

by Jennifer Tuder

If Catholic money talks, Nienstedt walks

October 7, 2013

Nienstedt has the mitre, but the parishioners have the cash

by Jeff Wilfahrt
2013 Minneapolis Sample Ballot

Ask Me Anything: Ranked Choice Voting

October 7, 2013

It’s an election year this year! In the City of Minneapolis that is. St. Paul too, and a few other places, but Minneapolis is where all the serious action is. This is the cities second year with the new Ranked Choice Voting system that was approved by Minneapolis voters in 2006. Despite this being the […]

by Tony Petrangelo

Pick us! Pick us!

October 6, 2013

These guys never stop

by Steve Timmer

GOP more willing to shut down government than the war they kicked off

October 6, 2013

Four more Americans dead in Afghanistan. Now why isn’t this the GOP priority? They have the upper hand since 2008. They can blame it all on Obama now, the surge, the continued fatalities. It was all kicked off by the predecessor but like most of their unfinished business (political messes) the GOP pursues subterfuge. Let’s […]

by Jeff Wilfahrt

Who will keep PolyMet’s grave clean?

October 5, 2013

Because it sure won’t be PolyMet

by Steve Timmer

You Can’t Have the Hall Without the Orchestra

October 5, 2013

Former Governor Arne Carlson is on to something: “The leadership has to wake up and realize that losing the orchestra is comparable to losing the Vikings.” His solutions, though, leave something to be desired. Expecting the Vikings to pony up money is like asking the hungry defensive back in front of you on the lunch […]

by Jennifer Tuder
integrity yo

The Weekly Wrap 10-5

October 5, 2013

Not much happened this week as far as The Wrap™ is concerned (being the persnickety beast that it is, The Wrap™ deals only with, or mostly with, elections news and not process and policy, or lack of process and policy, news) as all of the oxygen in the world of politics is being sucked up […]

by Tony Petrangelo

Congressional GOP – like crying babies

October 3, 2013

Congressional Tea Party acts like children in a store – locally that’d be Bachmann, Kline, Paulsen right on down the line, imps at best

by Jeff Wilfahrt
ethnicity map

The Weekly Wrap 9/28

September 28, 2013

♣ The long and winding road that was Michael Brodkorb’s lawsuit against the Minnesota Senate is now over. The Minnesota Senate will pay former Republican staffer Michael Brodkorb $30,000 to settle a wrongful termination lawsuit that it has already spent more than $300,000 to defend. The only winners are the lawyers that represented the Senate. […]

by Tony Petrangelo

Nanotechnology is coming to a home near you

September 26, 2013

Change too small to see but you will notice it when it arrives

by Jeff Wilfahrt

Looking for small government? Try the third world

September 26, 2013

Do you think this child could make it in the TBaalParty?

by Jeff Wilfahrt