Minnesota Lawyer

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 ...

Under President Barack Obama the Democratic Party has taken an enormous electoral beating.

My college and graduate school studies were in political philosophy. At the time, one of the most charming characteristics of political philosophy was its nearly ...

Almost no average Minnesotan understands just how bad the situation is, and to what extent the achievement gap is a crisis for our state.

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.

Politicians will always be sensitive to their supporters, but policies needn’t be driven solely by payback.

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.

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.

Congressman Tom Emmer has chosen to become a legislator, not an activist.

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.