Miscellany 1-17-15

January 17, 2015

It frequently happens that an interesting item will come along that I would like to comment on or provide a link to, but it isn’t material for a whole story. That’s where the idea of Miscellany was born. It won’t be an aggregator, exactly, and I won’t do it with any predictable regularity. Each issue […]

by Steve Timmer

Mourning opportunities lost IV

November 28, 2014

This series is turning into a regular thing. Even I’m getting tired of the graphic. There was a commentary in the Strib this morning (Friday, November 28th) about another failure that should be attributed to the DFL-controlled Legislature in 2013-14: stable and adequate transportation funding. It’s a commentary by Adam Platt, the executive editor of Twin […]

by Steve Timmer

Dario Anselmo believes in the Tooth Fairy

October 14, 2014

And he wants you to believe, too!

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#49 debate, part six

October 7, 2014

Some parting words from Barb

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#49 debate, part five

October 5, 2014

“What bill?” asks the Republican candidates

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#49debate, part 2

September 29, 2014

The 49A candidates talk about transportation funding

by Steve Timmer

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are alive!

September 26, 2014

And they’re spying for Norm Coleman and Ben Golnik

by Steve Timmer

#49debate

September 23, 2014

The candidate debate in House Districts 49A and 49B

by Steve Timmer

Waiting for Dario: getting ready for the debate

September 19, 2014

The League of Women Voters debate on September 22nd at 7 PM will be LIVE TWEETED

by Steve Timmer

Thank you Norm and Gina!

September 18, 2014

The first piece of hit lit on Ron Erhardt (that I am aware of, anyway) landed in my mailbox on September 17th. It is a remarkably amateurish bit of work, that if sent to the entire HD49A district, probably cost $5,000. It was sent by a group called the Minnesota Action Network. Here is a […]

by Steve Timmer

Don’t forget the Battle of Blackbird’s Field

September 11, 2014

Don’t forget the Battle of Kosovo! That was 1389. The Serbs sure don’t. Remember Henry’s glorious victory at Agincourt! Shakespeare did in his play Henry V. Shakespeare imagines Henry’s remarks to the troops the night before the battle in the St. Crispin’s Day speech. One hundred and fifty years later, Shakespeare probably remembered it better than it […]

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Waiting for Dario, question 5

August 25, 2014

The gasoline tax

by Steve Timmer