Bob CollinsThere’s much more involved in today’s awful housing sale reports, but it points out a continuing flaw with efforts to jump-start the economy — they tend to delay the inevitable rather than fix the problem.
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The money behind the tea party, what would you do in a nine-day traffic jam, building community in bad times, could you spend four months trapped with your work colleagues, and power from pee.
Independence Party gubernatorial candidate Tom Horner thinks so. He included an increase in per-drink alcohol taxes in his announcement of a sweeping budget plan today. His plan would increase alcohol by 10 cents a drink.
What’s the problem here?
A tree falls in Amsterdam
What’s the strangest thing on your school supplies list? What’s it like to be homeless? Farewell Tettegouche arch. Steam engines in western Minnesota. And four protests that won’t depress you as much as the one in New York yesterday.
St. Paul UFO mystery solvedLast week’s high score was 13, posted by Kevin Watterson, Director of Public Affairs for the Minnesota House Republican Caucus. It might well be the high point for Republicans in Minnesota this week. His prize is that he will now be followed by Midmorning host Kerri Miller on her new Twitter account. We”re happy for Read more →
In New York, a group of ex-pat Minnesotans will, instead, celebrate the State Fair in spirit, and dangerously fatty food.
The greatest speech ever given, the non-disappearing disappearing oil, the coal plant controversy on the Iron Range, construction in downtown St. Paul, and a new parachuting record.
The debate over the community center/mosque in New York has often overshadowed the real issue for many people opposed to it — are Muslims a threat to America?