A David Schultz reader

August 2, 2016

Hamline’s Professor David Schultz has had a series of insightful posts about the presidential race on his blog, Schultz’s Take. Professor Schultz writes stories here once in a while, and I am tempted to crib his latest batch en masse. But I will make you go over to his blog instead. You might start with […]

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Pity the elites!

August 1, 2016

And look out for them damned Russkies

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On August 9th, you must all rouse yourselves

July 27, 2016

And vote for Natalie Hudson in the Minnesota primary

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Defending Melania Trump

July 19, 2016

To all my liberal pals: knock it off

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Joe Olson’s butt hurt

July 9, 2016

Has nothing to do with Philando Castile

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White supremacist domestic terrorism or self defense? A reprise

June 16, 2016

June 16th, 2016: Here is a story I wrote in the days following the shootings at the Black Lives Matter encampment near the Fourth Precinct police station last fall. As I figured, the shooter would claim self defense. A few days ago, there was an article in the Strib about the defendant raising that defense. […]

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Guns don’t kill people

June 16, 2016

Brown people with guns kill people

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Rep. Davids weeps

June 6, 2016

He liked being chair of the House Tax Committee

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An unapologetic love letter to Historic Fort Snelling, part two

June 4, 2016

In part one, I described the bonding request from Historic Fort Snelling and the Minnesota Historical Society to the Legislature for a new visitors’ center and the renewal and re-imagining of the site. I included some photos of fort activities involving young people. Here are some more photographs that I have taken over the years. […]

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Who’s really the hair trigger candidate, anyway?

June 3, 2016

On Thursday, June 2nd, Hillary Clinton had one of those adolescent run up to the door, ring the bell, and run away moments. She said, in a moment of actual clarity (I guess that is what it was), that this was “actual reality,” and that Donald Trump was “thin-skinned” and might plunge the US into war […]

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An unapologetic love letter to Historic Fort Snelling

June 2, 2016

  There was a crowd, just as large, on the other side of the parade grounds, too. Memorial Day 2016. Historic Fort Snelling, the crown jewel of the Minnesota Historical Society’s historic sites scattered throughout Minnesota, made a bond request to the Legislature to renew, refresh, and re-imagine the site in advance of its 200th […]

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Get thee to Crown, Kurt, saith the governor

May 24, 2016

And so saith we all

by Steve Timmer