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Money for nothing in north Minneapolis
Ask a Democrat what the solution to any problem is, and you are likely to get one of two answers: Ban something, or spend a ton of money to deal with it. In response to the unrest in north Minneapolis, Gov. Mark Dayton chose the latter option: He proposed spending $15 million to address racial ...
Winning elections and losing power
Under President Barack Obama the Democratic Party has taken an enormous electoral beating.
David Strom: Politics and postmodernism
Ask a Democrat what the solution to any problem is, and you are likely to get one of two answers: Ban something, or spend a ton of money to deal with it. In response to the unrest in north Minneapolis, Gov. Mark Dayton chose the latter option: He proposed spending $15 million to address racial ...
Minnesota’s education crisis requires action
Almost no average Minnesotan understands just how bad the situation is, and to what extent the achievement gap is a crisis for our state.
Stadium shows what’s wrong with politics
Backbiting, resignations of highly respected figures, complaints about the inadequacy of six-figure paychecks, and name-calling are now business-as-usual at the scion-run Metropolitan Sports Facility Authority.
Confusion, nastiness yield politics of frustration
Politicians will always be sensitive to their supporters, but policies needn’t be driven solely by payback.
Wholesale tax on gasoline a dumb idea
Neither liberals nor conservatives think it is a good idea to doom a government agency to failure before dime one is spent,yet that is exactly what the wholesale tax on gasoline is likely to do.
Minnesota has a religious freedom law
The state’s constitution is pretty comprehensive, both protecting an individual’s freedom of conscience on the one hand, and everybody’s right to be immune to others’ attempts to make them support or pay for their religious views.
Politicians always disappoint purists
Congressman Tom Emmer has chosen to become a legislator, not an activist.
Public service, or patronage?
Public servants shouldn't have to beg for rice and wear hair shirts, but there needs to be a balance between protecting the public purse and ensuring that political appointees are well compensated.
Mailed fist in a velvet glove
Gov. Dayton's budget proposal shortchanges Greater Minnesota in a way that smacks of political retaliation against regions that were not enthusiastic about Dayton’s re-election.
Je suis Charlie?
Commitment to the principle of free speech has weakened in Western culture.
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