Biden takes a little first step for public schools

April 16, 2022

A lot better than nothing

What kind of year will Minnesota’s farmers have?

May 26, 2021

Heck if I know. For that matter, heck if anyone knows. Some data points (I’m focusing here on Minnesota’s major crops, corn and soybeans, and also meat and dairy): – Corn and soybean prices have spiked. Experts in the soybean market like Davis attribute high corn and soybean prices to poor weather conditions in South […]

by Dan Burns

Yes, lift the sanctions. All of them.

April 12, 2021

From last week. Mr. Malley called the Iranian position that Trump’s financial and economic blockade is illegal and must be lifted before Iran would begin taking compliance steps “not serious.” He said, “it’s not going to work that way.” Araghchi fired back, “Mr. Malley’s remarks show the lack of seriousness on the part of the […]

by Dan Burns

High-stakes standardized testing, this year? WTF?!!

March 3, 2021

This is quoted from an article dated a couple of weeks ago. I looked around this morning, and the administration has not pulled back. The Biden administration chose a pro-testing advocate, Ian Rosenblum of Education Trust New York, to announce the decision that states must administer the federally mandated tests this spring… Joe Biden said […]

by Dan Burns