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

Unions and shared prosperity

September 24, 2013

In science, where reason rules, this suggests an inverse relationship. The demise of organized Labor has given the top end a chance to provide some trickle down.

by Jeff Wilfahrt

Deform’s dowager queen

September 24, 2013

Types through clenched teeth

by Steve Timmer
Canoeing the BWCA

Mining poll shows Minnesotans like the environment

September 23, 2013

Last week Mining Truth, a coalition of Minnesota environmental groups, released the results of a poll they had Public Policy Polling commission concerning Minnesota’s feelings about issues around sulfide mining. They released the results of two polls, one of the entire state of Minnesota, one of just the eighth congressional district. These are the results […]

by Tony Petrangelo
Mark Andrew

The Weekly Wrap 9-21

September 21, 2013

Mark Andrew responds to the Strib poll and Julianne Ortman’s campaign roll out continues

by Tony Petrangelo

Pulitzer Prize winner Steve Sack at Drinking Liberally

September 20, 2013

Star Tribune cartoonist Steve Sack was the guest at Drinking Liberally last night, September 19th, at the 331 Club in Minneapolis. Steve showed us a couple of dozen of his favorite cartoons and told us a little about how they came to be. (The one above is from a presidential election cycle before the most […]

by Steve Timmer