The more truculent and territorial Israel becomes… September 22, 2011 …the more of a threat it is to the United States. Unless, that is, you are looking forward to the Rapture. Bill Clinton defends… Continue Reading
Remember how those greedy banks sent us into a depression? [BIGOT ALERT] September 22, 2011 The GOP with its mantra “no more growth killing regulation” wants to keep Wall Street unfettered so it can give us another financial collapse… Continue Reading
Reversing Democracy [BIGOT ALERT] September 22, 2011 This column in the Washington Post pretty well outlines the half dozen ploys by which the GOP is attempting to limit the voting population… Continue Reading
“I didn’t raise taxes. I didn’t raise taxes.” [BIGOT ALERT] September 22, 2011 I love Steve Lindstrom cartoons in the Trib. His is a very stripped down strip. No clutter just simple visual metaphors. Today’s was another… Continue Reading
Andrew Sullivan asks… September 21, 2011 …who owns the debt? Jason Peters relays facts collected by Harper’s Index: — Seventy-one percent of current U.S. debt was accumulated during Republican presidential… Continue Reading
Throw in Social Security and Medicare… September 21, 2011 …and we aren’t quite so unequal here in America. A very smart report from the PBS News Hour from a favorite of mine Paul… Continue Reading
The original Republican Party September 21, 2011 Shouldn’t there be something like “originalism” when applied to the philosophy of a political party? If that was the case then the GOP would… Continue Reading
A useful article on how school operating levies are levied September 21, 2011 A friend sent this story to me about the Perham School district’s levy referendum. Its mostly correct and I suspect much of what it… Continue Reading
A correction and a comment September 21, 2011 I was just notified that the $1 million for additional teachers allowed ISD 709 to hire about 14 teachers not 7.8. That’s a relief…. Continue Reading
William Buckley September 21, 2011 On my flight back from Australia last March I was delighted to discover that Qantas had this documentary to watch. I’m delighted that its… Continue Reading
The top GOP priority is defeating Barack Obama… September 21, 2011 …as for Americans answering the Gallup poll: Continue Reading
All coked up September 21, 2011 America’s puritanical, prohibitionist laws regarding drugs are deeply flawed. I found this arresting image as I peeked back at old NPR stories I’d missed…. Continue Reading
7.8 more teachers September 21, 2011 This is a positive story until you get to the end. A charitable high school student describes class size at Duluth East as “ridiculous.”… Continue Reading
Oops, make that $3,000,001 in building sales… September 21, 2011 …not $4 million. In the previous post I made the mistake of misreading this story about the sale of Lincoln Park Middle School. The… Continue Reading
Less Woodland September 21, 2011 The School District is about to collect $4 million of the $15 million it relied on to pay for the Red Plan by selling… Continue Reading
Saving a million over a lifetime vs. earning a million a year [BIGOT ALERT] September 20, 2011 I can’t find the Trib’s story on American’s giving up hope of becoming millionaires on the DNT website but this seems to be it…. Continue Reading
David Brooks: Its unreasonable of Obama to stop being reasonable September 20, 2011 I agree with Andrew Sullivan’s assessment of David Brooks criticism of Obama. It begins: He’s [Brook’s] venting at Obama today for finally absorbing the… Continue Reading
Smoking hot new schools September 20, 2011 I just got back from visiting my Mother. While I was leaving her residence a vaguely familiar face hailed me and turned out to… Continue Reading
Thomas Jefferson cut out all the stuff…. September 19, 2011 …he didn’t like in the Bible. He also had five of the books of Lucretius. The story of how secular humanism sneaked into the… Continue Reading