Corps of Engineers: tear up this permit

April 27, 2022

Polymet’s 404 wetlands destruction permit must be revoked

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MN lege: Legitimate taxpayer protection

April 25, 2022

From having to pay to clean up a disaster

Friends close, etc.

April 21, 2022

Springing fully formed from the forehead of Kashkari

Strolling through the garden of logical fallacies – Finis

April 20, 2022

“You,re either with us or against us,” say the Page People

Strolling through the garden of logical fallacies – II

April 18, 2022

An apocalypse in four words

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Biden takes a little first step for public schools

April 16, 2022

A lot better than nothing

Strolling through the garden of logical fallacies – I

April 12, 2022

Looking at assertions in a Minnesota Reformer Counterpoint

The Page Amendment is a Trojan horse, cont., part two

April 6, 2022

A dog’s breakfast

The Page Amendment is a Trojan horse, cont.

April 1, 2022

The Page Amendment adds nothing to the Minnesota Constitution, but it takes something very important away

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MN lege: What’s the real deal with the Party of Trump insanity?

March 23, 2022

From earlier this month: A Minnesota program that protects the addresses of victims of intimate partner violence and others with high safety needs has become the latest target in the Republican drumbeat over voter fraud, stalling a proposal at the Capitol that proponents say is needed to ensure the safety of participants. Changes related to […]

The Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances

March 16, 2022

The US guaranteed the territorial integrity and soveignity of Ukraine in 1994 and reaffirmed it in 2009

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What President Biden should really do about gas prices

March 9, 2022

Over the years I’ve seen estimates that oil speculators drive up prices by anything from 15 to 25 percent during spikes. (Even the ultra-conservative, market fundamentalist Fed acknowledges that they’re a real factor.) Here’s why they do that. Traders with connections to the oil companies can also make big bets on the opaque crude oil […]