Mommy, what’s that noise I hear in the ground?

July 16, 2013

It’s just mining explosions, dear, go back to sleep

by Steve Timmer

What lies – not very far – beneath

July 12, 2013

Discussions about the proposed new sulfide mines in northern Minnesota always talk about an open pit mine at Hoyt Lakes and and an “underground” mine near Ely. But the “underground” appellation isn’t accurate, or not entirely so, anyway. And when he gets out of Dodge to talk about it, Duluth Metals president Vern Baker (hometown […]

by Steve Timmer

Protecting Brimstone Mountain 2

July 11, 2013

Mining Truth asks four simple questions

by Steve Timmer

The heartbreak of Pudendum Obsession Disorder

July 11, 2013

It can strike at any time without warning

by Steve Timmer

Protecting Brimstone Mountain

July 9, 2013

It’s not in the jungles of South America, either

by Steve Timmer

Why bother?

July 6, 2013

The seduction and abandonment of Minnesota

by Steve Timmer

Maybe a photograph will steal your soul

July 5, 2013

Or your identity anyway

by Steve Timmer

Scalia, um, explained

July 3, 2013

There were two op-eds in the Star Tribune on July 3rd, purporting to unpack Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s thinking. One is by Cass Sunstein, and the other is by Noah Feldman. They’re both professors at the Harvard Law School. I am sure the professors are much more familiar with the oeuvre of the longest […]

by Steve Timmer

Repealing the Civil War

June 27, 2013

One Supreme Court decision at a time

by Steve Timmer

Perhaps now we can get to the bottom of this

June 24, 2013

Did Dave work hard for the money?

by Steve Timmer

“I think there has been an incredible double standard here”

June 23, 2013

Sings the Paynesville Warbler

by Steve Timmer
Soldiers carrying coffin

What the Chaplain said at Dover

June 20, 2013

You do not want to go to Dover, at least not as a civilian. To be more specific you don’t want to go there to receive the remains of military death. Of course under the Bush administration you could not go there. No way did they want the public riled up about these deaths. But […]

by Jeff Wilfahrt