Transportation Bill Cruising Along

Rep. Terry Morrow, DFL-St. Peter, is only three months into being a state representative, and yet he’s already on a conference committee to settle the differences between the Minnesota Senate and House versions of the transportation bill. Yet he’s…

Despite Climate Change Evidence, Global Warming Naysayers Stand Their Ground

“If 98 doctors say my son is ill and needs medication and two say ‘No, he doesn’t, he is fine,’ I will go with the 98. It’s common sense

Getting Satisfaction with the White House

I can’t get no perspective

There was a song 42 years ago, released in 1965, called “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” Anybody heard of it?

It was one of the defining tunes of a generation

Former Sen. Dayton Expresses Environmental Concerns at Green Conference

Dressed casually in a work shirt and slacks, former U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton was back on the stump Friday at Minnesota State University, Mankato, addressing a small group of students, faculty, staff and local citizens about environmental challenges facing…

Recommended Reading: Security and Climate Change

Two very important documents came out this week involving U.S. and world security. They are Tom Friedman’s “The Power of Green” and CNA Corporation’s “National Security and the Threat of Climate Change“, which was written with the help…

The Gas Tax Hike: Is the Governor Encouraging Terrorism by Opposing It?

If we don’t take measures now to reduce our dependence on oil, we only increase our vulnerability to the whims of terrorists and the anger of Mother Earth

“Sometime after 9/11

JOBZ: Boon to Rural Economies or Pricey Business Subsidy?

For a lot of Minnesotans, JOBZ is just another government-backed economic incentive program, this one designed to help the rural parts of the state by creating jobs

Hello? I’m calling from your favorite political party

Could you please send us a million dollars?

TIME: 8:49 p.m. on a warm Sunday, April 15.

[The phone rings.]

ME: Hello?

CALLER: Hello. Is [name of my wife] home?

ME: May I ask who’s calling?

CALLER: I’m…

A Little Demonstration with a Big Message

Across the country, Saturday was “Step It Up 2007” day. Set up by a seed group led by environmentalist Bill McKibben and a half-dozen students at Middlebury College, Step…

The Ultimate Solution for Ending the U.S. Debacle in Iraq

And other pertinent observations one month into spring

Just as spring is coming in fits and starts this year, so is my normal winter depression refusing to excuse itself from my psyche. Indeed, it seems worse than ever…