Because shoulder-fired rockets don’t shoot down airplanes (reprise)

December 15, 2012

People do!

by Steve Timmer

Dave Senjem: “We need some cement around our heels”

December 13, 2012

Dave and Luca sleep with the fishes

by Steve Timmer

What if you created a half a billion in debt

December 9, 2012

But nobody owed it?

by Steve Timmer

Decline: SUPERVALU CEOs continue to cash in while the company underperforms

December 6, 2012

A Minnesota retail giant that employs over 150,000 people nationwide is floundering. Constant changes in leadership. Cuts that hurt the rank-and-file while the executives skate by. A future very much in doubt. No, not that one. I’m talking about Supervalu. Most people don’t realize just how large a company Supervalu is. With $36 billion in […]

by Suburban MNer

Politics is the art of the possible

December 5, 2012

Easily, one of the most contentious and public pieces of legislation in the 2013 session of the Minnesota legislature will be a proposal to repeal a portion of Minn. Stat. sec. 517.03 – specifically, the language that precludes marriage recognition from same-sex couples. Complicating matters is the odious Defense of Marriage Act, and its current […]

by NorthernMNer

How to become a citizen lobbyist

December 3, 2012

Advice from people who do this important work

by Aaron Klemz

Tony Sutton: the gift that keeps on giving, part deux

November 28, 2012

Conservatives ought to be thankful for Common Cause Minnesota

by Steve Timmer

Citizen environmental forum provides a ray of hope

November 28, 2012

For a couple of hours on a Tuesday night in Bloomington sanity reigned. People talked thoughtfully and openly about their desire for a green, sustainable economy. Citizens spoke to other citizens with words both sophisticated and simple. It was the way democracy should be: bottom-up, future-oriented, long-term, civil, and passionate. This citizen forum organized by […]

by Aaron Klemz