Bob Collins
It’s not too late to stop the nation’s descent. It only takes the courage for someone to stand up to say ‘this is wrong.’ Read more →
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Politics
In many ways, the debate surrounding a candidate’s proposal that we track Muslims is a debate that, perhaps, should have been held 20 years ago, before we became data and, more importantly, before we willingly became data. Read more →
Mayor Betsy Hodges gave voice to the unspoken but hinted assertion that’s been percolating a bit on social media since the demonstrations started at Minneapolis’ 4th precinct police headquarters the other night. Read more →
In the category of politicians and cartography, Minnesotans are pretty well spoiled by Sen. Al Franken, who can draw a map of the United States freehand while speaking of each of the states. So we’ll allow ourselves to heartily chortle over the campaign staff of presidential candidate Ben Carson, which has created the great state Read more →
Counties are sending out Truth in Taxation notices, indicating the proposed property taxes for the coming year. Each year I invite people to put some hard numbers to the usual debate on taxes. Read more →
Like our neighbor to our east, our neighbor to our south has said if Syrians end up in the state, it will not provide any help with housing or services. Read more →
We have our first political ad using the Paris bombings.
David Vitter, who is running for governor of Louisiana, unveiled this ad today. Read more →
In hindsight, it’s, perhaps, not too surprising that the ‘local company’ that wants subsidies to add jobs in St. Paul is one of the largest corporations in the country. Read more →
All it took for Howard Dean to be forced out of the race for president was a caucus-night scream. Those were good times for off-the-wall moments.
It takes more to be considered ‘unhinged’ in Iowa now, but Donald Trump met the new standard last night. Easily. Read more →
The Minnesota Department of Revenue has released its annual list of preliminary maximum property tax levies from local governments, which in many cases could lead to higher individual tax bills.
Not surprisingly, considering last week’s local school referenda, the more sizable increases are from the schools. Statewide, it’s about a 7.5 percent increase, with about half of that with the permission of voters in those referenda. Read more →
A state senator in Milwaukee is finding that Facebook can be dangerous for a reputation.
Lena Taylor was downtown last night when she snapped this picture of a protest during the debate of Republican presidential candidates. Read more →
It’s farmers vs. anti-ethanol individuals as the Environmental Protection Agency nears a decision on an ethanol mandate. Read more →
Neel Kashkari, 42, named today to be the head of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve, isn’t entirely like past heads of the Fed around these parts. Here’s a few things to know about the guy.
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There’s no such person as Gil Fulbright, although the group, Represent.Us, contends that they’re everywhere; the financial elites that control politics and the candidates who take their cash. Read more →
When students set up a camp to protest racism on campus, they declared their public space a no-media zone, then assaulted reporters who tried to do their job and tell the story. Read more →