IS-LM models explain the past as well as anything else we’ve got
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President Obama has decided to rely upon an aggressive and expansive definition of his executive powers in order to make policy regardless of congressional preferences.
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Adults and teens learn the value of resilience and relationships as part of the Itasca Area Initiative for Student Success.
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In 1968, McCarthy imposed his personal resentments toward Hubert Humphrey and Lyndon Johnson on the American people.
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In today’s economy, Greater Minnesota has a terrific story to tell, and in many ways deserves more attention from policymakers than the Twin Cities urban region.
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It’s still not likely to be successful, but the fact that more than two dozen states have called for a convention to change the Constitution is evidence the effort is more serious than before.
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Repeatedly, the evidence suggests that we remain as racially divided today as we were 60 years ago when the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision supposedly desegregated America’s schools and launched a civil right revolution.
Read More »Time to focus on rural education, workforce
Legislators and top partisan political leaders from both sides of the aisle could learn a lot from the Minnesota Rural Education Association’s annual conference.
Read More »Ideology: a central divide in politics
Much of America’s political discourse involves ideological labels that are full of content and explain the stakes of contemporary politics.
Read More »Second thoughts on the midterm elections
Too much money, too few voters, too much cultural division, too much mistrust is eroding the confidence in our country's future.
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