Poverty, Bonds and Profits September 29, 2010 Three items from the news today: A long time complaint of anti Red Planners has been that it is being foisted on a relatively… Continue Reading
My first Questionnaire July 14, 2010 I’ve got a dozen questionnaires sitting on my desk unopened. Until this election I always filled them out without fail. This time I’ll wait… Continue Reading
The school tax story link restored June 23, 2010 That link in a previous post about how Minnesota’s gubenatorial hopefuls plan to deal with local taxing authority is broken. The story showed up… Continue Reading
The Trib as tax fighter April 14, 2009 And then there is this inane editorial. Yup, the Trib like most of the Red Plan’s early cheerleaders has remained strangely silent over the… Continue Reading
Ben Franklin on Democracy April 11, 2009 “Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.” If there… Continue Reading
Doty misses the point September 15, 2008 In his recent column Ralph Doty makes some interesting and valuable comments about the Duluth Area’s property taxes. I have good reason for irritation… Continue Reading
Rod Grams chief spokesman for fiscal irresponsibility November 3, 2006 I just did a little Google search and found this interesting tidbit on the CNN website. Back in 2000 when he was still a… Continue Reading
The Peace Prize October 13, 2006 I’m very impressed with the Nobel Committee’s Peace Prize selection. I heard about Yunus’s small loans several years ago on NPR and they make… Continue Reading
The issue you should be hearing a lot more about September 26, 2006 The US National Debt second by second Continue Reading
The Republican “invisible hand” September 23, 2006 If there is any economic assumption that undergirds today’s Republican Party it is that Adam Smith had it right when he described the “invisible… Continue Reading
Republican Fiscal Insanity September 20, 2006 Today’s ruling Republicans are way past fiscal insanity. This from Andrew Sullivan’s blog praising another conservative for recognizing this fact: “US GNP grew 27… Continue Reading
Poison Pills August 1, 2006 Why are corporate execs paid so much more compared to “joe six packs” than they were a couple decades ago? This writer suggests it… Continue Reading
We’re not all in this (neighborhood) together June 23, 2006 I just read this Wash Post story that was reprinted in the DNT yesterday. Its one more bit of evidence of the division of… Continue Reading