
Only about half of those surveyed said they ever took a class in high school that included lessons on the Constitution. It shows. Read more →
Only about half of those surveyed said they ever took a class in high school that included lessons on the Constitution. It shows. Read more →
Should government boards and agencies be required to pay someone who’s been charged with a crime? Read more →
Is it hard to imagine an issue in a campaign that doesn”t involve boogeymen ? Read more →
That was a pretty extraordinary interview that Stephen Colbert conducted last night with Vice President Joe Biden.
It was a stark reminder of how rare it is to watch a politician to answer questions, and not hear the answer drop and play like a jukebox.
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There’s no reasonable economic benefit to be gained by subsidizing pro sports stadiums, most every piece of research in the last two decades has shown. But the pro-sports machine has won, anyway. Read more →
Two Minnesota lawmakers have agreed to pay fines for making out in a car parked in Lebanon Hills Regional Park in Eagan, even though they say they didn’t do it.
The Japanese audience for one of those ‘animated news’ services, though, is probably wondering who Tara Mack and Tim Kelly are. Read more →
Those of us who covered city councils and school committees as young journalists can understand what might’ve prompted the St. Paul Board of Education to stop allowing cable access TV to show the ‘public comment’ part of its meetings. But at the very least, it’s great entertainment that a lot of cable watchers might miss. Read more →
This was a nice moment at an NFL pre-season game the other day. A returning soldier surprising his cheerleader-wife at a St. Louis Rams game. It screams ‘America!’ And also: ‘Football!’ Read more →
Now here’s a reminder that far too few political reporters are noting with any clarity: It’s still ridiculously early. As The Week notes, ‘populist crushes don’t usually last long.’ Read more →
A private firm that wants to build a high-speed rail link from the Twin Cities to Rochester (and on to Chicago) is considering using the country’s immigration laws to make it happen.
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The Christian Democrats of America pushed a press release today claiming that the Republican Party is losing its hold on the “faith vote.” It cited this article on the liberal Think Progress site earlier this month that said it’s getting harder for Republican Christians to justify awarding a vote to Republican candidates. But the loss Read more →
You can hardly tell by the free-for-all, take-all-the-money-you-get nature of presidential campaigns, but there actually still is a Federal Election Commision to oversee the rules of campaigning and it’s apparently not happy with all the less-than-serious candidates who have filed in the last week or so. Read more →
If nothing else, at least the Black Lives Matter protest at the Minnesota State Fair will provide a reason for the media coverage at the Fair to be about something important. Read more →
Nobody’s public status benefits from passive voice like Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s. Read more →