A panel appointed by the Legislature has recommended to Gov. Tim Pawlenty six candidates to serve on the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees.
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A heated exchange at the Legislature has spawned a minor blog storm in recent days—not because it was heated but because it illuminated a feature of government that conservatives and others find so frustrating.
Read More »Bill Hosko: Artist, outlier, agitator
Bill Hosko loves St. Paul so much that he spends a good deal of his time and energy criticizing city policy — and city officials.
Read More »Policinski: Push for privacy shouldn’t come at expense of other freedoms
Beliefs about the right to privacy are colliding ever more frequently with claims of free expression in a web-wired world.
Read More »Martin: Daylight Savings is a lesson in government overreach
Get ready for that twice yearly ritual, the changing of the clocks. Yes, this Sunday, Americans will endure another unnecessary inconvenience and expense imposed by our well-meaning, over-powerful and ill-informed government: Daylight Saving Time.
Read More »Policinski: A few ironies beset our first freedoms in 2009
The five freedoms in the 45 words of the First Amendment are simple enough to list: religion, speech, press, assembly and petition.
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