What color are your herring?

May 20, 2018

Somebody might not get to see her dying mother. An ambulance might not be able to get through. A protester might get hurt. These and others are all reasons supporting the Elk River Republican Nick Zerwas’ bill to treat protesters blocking freeways more harshly than other violators. The scolds on the Strib’s editorial board are […]

by Steve Timmer

Bloomington Ten exonerated!

January 18, 2015

On charges of “crimes against shopping”

by Steve Timmer

Is Bloomington a company town?

January 6, 2015

Or do #BlackLivesMatter?

by Steve Timmer

They shall serve as examples for all to see

December 26, 2014

The words of Bloomington city attorney Sandra Johnson still ring in my ears: “It’s important to make an example out of these organizers so that this never happens again,” Johnson said. “It was a powder keg waiting for the match.” If you go to the Bloomington website, you will see a note that the police […]

by Steve Timmer

Inspector Javert

December 24, 2014

In the last story about the MOA Black Lives Matter rally on the 20th, I suggested that Bloomington city attorney Sandra Johnson was the protagonist in a Greek tragedy, doomed by circumstances, but obsessed to carry on in the face of a fate that was obvious to everyone but her. That metaphor was completely wrong. She isn’t a tragic […]

by Steve Timmer

Barbarians breach the gate at the MOA

December 23, 2014

We must have revenge!

by Steve Timmer