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If you have ever wondered how outsiders like Jesse Ventura or Donald Trump were elected to high office, then you remain unaware of the gulf th…
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If only he would grow a beard and put on a red suit, Minnesota’s governor could do a reasonable impersonation of the jolly old elf himself. Le…
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Two months ago, University of Minnesota Regent Steve Sviggum asked an impolite question that gave the political class a chance to do what it d…
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One has to wonder if Minnesota Republicans will ever get tired of losing. Despite the most favorable political climate in decades, they now ha…
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This has to be the most unusual election cycle in any present-day American’s life. Weirdness abounds.
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If one were to name the worst governor in Minnesota history, who would it be? Although Minnesota has made great progress since statehood began…
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Two months ago, the Minnesota Department of Health reported that deaths from drug overdoses in the state were up 21% in 2020 to 1,286, double …
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School is restarting, and for many boys that means football, America’s one, true passion, is upon us. My own football career ended back when r…
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Talking with friends around the state in recent days, the consensus is that the nation is teetering, to use their word. The thought is that it…
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During the first half of the year, Republicans were crowing that the 2022 election would result in a wipeout of the Democrats. Many incumbents…
Two months ago, University of Minnesota Regent Steve Sviggum asked an impolite question that gave the political class a chance to do what it d…
One has to wonder if Minnesota Republicans will ever get tired of losing. Despite the most favorable political climate in decades, they now ha…
This has to be the most unusual election cycle in any present-day American’s life. Weirdness abounds.
If one were to name the worst governor in Minnesota history, who would it be? Although Minnesota has made great progress since statehood began…
Two months ago, the Minnesota Department of Health reported that deaths from drug overdoses in the state were up 21% in 2020 to 1,286, double …
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In the aftermath of the Nov. 2 off-off-year election, largely because of what happened elsewhere in the nation, Democrats were in shock over t…
The polarization of U.S. politics is far beyond what you may believe. It’s not just Uncle Harry or Aunt Sue who have gone off the deep end, ma…
Recently, while going through old files, I came across a 40-year-old column from a Chicago newspaper listing the dumbest songs of all time. Nu…
A retired law-enforcement friend says we should be asking our county commissioners how much they plan to pay for law enforcement five years fr…
For the third year now, my husband and I have embarked on a three-week road trip across the South, searching for sunshine and warmth, and spen…
I hesitated to write about the coronavirus this week because so much remains unknown and conditions change rapidly. Nevertheless, the news thi…
These are unusual times politically in America, what with the rise of populism and socialism as cures for all that ail U.S. society.
Minnesotans will finally get to vote Tuesday in their first presidential primary in 28 years. Those going to the polls will first have to decl…
Almost a half century ago, I spent a couple of years living in Minneapolis near the University of Minnesota. I even took some journalism class…
Someday, historians will look back at Jan. 31, 2020, as one of the most pivotal days in history, ranking up there with Dec. 7, 1941, and Sept.…
Football season ended last weekend with the Super Bowl, and, at least for those of us who cheer hardest for the Minnesota Gophers, it was fun.
Let it never be said that one bad idea doesn’t deserve another.
Minnesota has a love affair with debt. According to Gobankingrates.com, Minnesotans carry the seventh highest debt per capita of any state’s r…
For at least the last quarter century, the inequality of educational outcomes in Minnesota has been a concern. The state has one of the larges…
To quote the late baseball icon Yogi Berra, “It’s getting late early.” For a host of Democratic presidential candidates that’s been the case f…
I went to my optometrist last week, Dr. A. Styg Matism, for my annual checkup. Styg put some drops in my eye. I assumed he was checking for gl…
We’ve come to the end of not only the year, but the decade. Before we review the predictions of my cracked, duct-taped crystal ball at the beg…
Apparently, gold, frankincense and myrrh can take you a long way.
In my recent quest to draw crossfire from those who believe Donald Trump is the Second Coming and those who view him as the devil incarnate, h…
The Term “deep state,” referring to the federal bureaucracy, has gained usage in recent years, but “deep state” is not exclusive to the feds. …
During the first half of the year, Republicans were crowing that the 2022 election would result in a wipeout of the Democrats. Many incumbents…
In this already chaotic, wacky year, nothing is more amazing than the general silence of the politicians on a big issue — illegal drug use — t…
“ … Whether we remember or forget, in all of us sit sensations of malaise, fear, catastrophe, explosion. … We do not know yet precisely what e…
With summer just begun, it’s hard to believe that voting for the 2022 election has already started. In Minnesota, early voting began Friday, J…
In the wake of the Uvalde school shooting, the nation is once again tearing itself apart, trying to come up with a solution. I’ve previously w…
In an ever more perilous world, we Americans have largely chosen to close our eyes to the realities of history. Today, our Congress includes f…
When I was working in Duluth in 1998, a young reporter came to see me. More tech-savvy than me, he told me in a hushed voice about some of the…
If there is one issue on which Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is most vulnerable, it is law and order. Minnesotans watched Minneapolis burn for three…
In 1928, when political sanity still reigned over America, Franklin Roosevelt won the Democratic Party nomination for governor of New York on …
It has been a while since we looked at the statistics involving the coronavirus, and, more importantly, what should have been done from the outset.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and his crew of cop prosecutors are proving that they know how to win a trial. Their latest trophy is…
In the aftermath of the Nov. 2 off-off-year election, largely because of what happened elsewhere in the nation, Democrats were in shock over t…
The polarization of U.S. politics is far beyond what you may believe. It’s not just Uncle Harry or Aunt Sue who have gone off the deep end, ma…
Recently, while going through old files, I came across a 40-year-old column from a Chicago newspaper listing the dumbest songs of all time. Nu…
A retired law-enforcement friend says we should be asking our county commissioners how much they plan to pay for law enforcement five years fr…
For the third year now, my husband and I have embarked on a three-week road trip across the South, searching for sunshine and warmth, and spen…
I hesitated to write about the coronavirus this week because so much remains unknown and conditions change rapidly. Nevertheless, the news thi…
These are unusual times politically in America, what with the rise of populism and socialism as cures for all that ail U.S. society.
Minnesotans will finally get to vote Tuesday in their first presidential primary in 28 years. Those going to the polls will first have to decl…
Almost a half century ago, I spent a couple of years living in Minneapolis near the University of Minnesota. I even took some journalism class…
In an ever more perilous world, we Americans have largely chosen to close our eyes to the realities of history. Today, our Congress includes f…
When I was working in Duluth in 1998, a young reporter came to see me. More tech-savvy than me, he told me in a hushed voice about some of the…
If there is one issue on which Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is most vulnerable, it is law and order. Minnesotans watched Minneapolis burn for three…
In 1928, when political sanity still reigned over America, Franklin Roosevelt won the Democratic Party nomination for governor of New York on …
It has been a while since we looked at the statistics involving the coronavirus, and, more importantly, what should have been done from the outset.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and his crew of cop prosecutors are proving that they know how to win a trial. Their latest trophy is…
In the aftermath of the Nov. 2 off-off-year election, largely because of what happened elsewhere in the nation, Democrats were in shock over t…
The polarization of U.S. politics is far beyond what you may believe. It’s not just Uncle Harry or Aunt Sue who have gone off the deep end, ma…
Recently, while going through old files, I came across a 40-year-old column from a Chicago newspaper listing the dumbest songs of all time. Nu…
A retired law-enforcement friend says we should be asking our county commissioners how much they plan to pay for law enforcement five years fr…
For the third year now, my husband and I have embarked on a three-week road trip across the South, searching for sunshine and warmth, and spen…
I hesitated to write about the coronavirus this week because so much remains unknown and conditions change rapidly. Nevertheless, the news thi…
These are unusual times politically in America, what with the rise of populism and socialism as cures for all that ail U.S. society.
Minnesotans will finally get to vote Tuesday in their first presidential primary in 28 years. Those going to the polls will first have to decl…
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