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Legislature might consider an ‘early voting’ system for Minnesota
It’s looking possible that early voting will rise from the ashes of the voting amendment in Minnesota.On the surface, early voting, now allowed in 32 states, might seem to represent the opposite end of...
View ArticleMinnesota House names committee chairs, completes legislative leadership
House Democrats finalized their committee chair appointments on Friday, completing the legislative leadership decisions for the coming session when DFLers will be back in control of both chambers.House...
View ArticleFranklin Graham blames Christians for not voting
Evangelist Franklin Graham (son of Billy) told the Christian Broadcasting Network that Pres. Obama was re-elected because the majority of Christians didn't vote. "We know that from of the statistics...
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Long line forming with spending requests for DFL Legislature
The ball is being placed on the tee for every “government spending” crank. At MPR, Tim Pugmire writes: “As Democrats prepare to take control of the Minnesota Legislature, interest groups have started...
View ArticleThe Electoral College is an accident waiting to happen
If you've been reading my Constitution series, you know that I am no big fan of the Electoral College System. If you want to read a heartfelt defense of the ECS, I commend you to this piece by my buddy...
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Bikes mean better business
“Biking is definitely part of our strategy to attract and retain businesses in order to compete in a mobile world,” says Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak as we glide across the Mississippi river on a...
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MN Blog Cabin Roundup, 11/16
Splitting hairs on unmarked crosswalksfrom streets.mn by Reuben CollinsI’m really splitting hairs here. Does any of this matter (especially since the law is clear that vehicles have to yield regardless...
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Pollenites' inspirational links from Issue #64
Read about Ellen, a mom with entrepreneurial spirit, in “Honey, I Lost My Job,” the latest post on The Will To Work blog. Eutectics Consulting, LLC, a clean energy finance and policy firm, is launching...
View ArticleDayton administration commits to state-run health exchange
The Dayton administration on Friday sent an early signal to the federal government that Minnesota will pursue a state-run health insurance exchange and apply for an additional $39 million in grant...
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Minnesota's Lt. Col. Mark Weber talks about his former boss, Gen. Petraeus
Lt. Col. Mark Weber, a former aide to Gen. David Petraeus in Iraq, has become known in Minnesota as a celebrated war veteran who's dying of cancer and wants to pass along his life story and his life's...
View ArticleWhy Gallup hates Nate Silver
Gallup hates the New York Times’ political polling analyst Nate Silver for the same reason the newspaper business hates Google. Both are aggregators that are undermining established business models....
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Why should the unelected Supreme Court get the final say about our laws?
One in a series of articles. You can read the whole series here.In the previous installment, I committed major (but scrupulously factual) sacrilege in suggesting that Chief Justice John Marshall’s...
View Article$37,000 spent in precedent-setting school board race
Steve Brandt of the Strib looks at a possible precedent-setting school board race:“The campaign that put Josh Reimnitz on the Minneapolis school board this fall may go down as the one that brought...
View ArticleHow a goat and a handshake could save Somalia
HARGEISA, Somalia — To the outsider, haggling for sheep in the livestock market here might look like an elaborate secret handshake.Two men lay a piece of cloth over their grasped hands and begin...
View ArticleFor Peru's rebels, terror didn't work, now for politics
LIMA, Peru — Two decades ago, security forces captured the Shining Path's messianic leader, precipitating the group's rapid military decline. Now, supporters of the Maoist insurgent group that once...
View ArticleTop issue as Colombia-FARC negotiators meet? Land
The earth in this part of northern Colombia is dark, rich, and fertile. Spit out a seed of any type of fruit or vegetable, the peasants here say, and a plant will sprout wherever it lands.Gabriel...
View ArticleThousands protest in Ireland to liberalize abortion laws
Thousands gathered on the streets of Irish capital Dublin today to demand liberalization ofIreland's stringent anti-abortion laws.The street protest, the second the city has seen in three days, was...
View ArticleDeadly oil rig explosion puts spotlight back on embattled Gulf drillers
A day after BP agreed to pay a record $4.5 billion criminal fine for its role in the deadly Deepwater Horizon environmental disaster in 2010, another Gulf of Mexico oil rig exploded, killing at least...
View ArticleIAEA: Iran making steady advances on nuclear program
The UN's nuclear watchdog agency says Iran is making steady advances in its nuclear program, boosting its uranium enrichment capacity as diplomatic efforts to limit it nuclear work are due to...
View ArticleGazans flee border areas, fearing Israeli ground invasion
As Israel pounds Gaza with airstrikes for the fifth straight day, residents are increasingly worried that the rockets' reign of terror may give way to an even more deadly Israeli ground invasion. Some...
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