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Why is a plane pulling a ‘Ron Paul Revolution’ banner over Minneapolis?

By Chris Steller | 11.22.08 | 3:27 pm

In the last couple weeks, I’ve tried to extract extra political meaning out of all sorts of stuff — Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s growing back his mullet (for a presidential run in 2012?), Al Franken’s traveling to D.C. (to…

Oil reaches another record high

By Dan Haugen | 03.17.08 | 9:26 am

Neither supply nor demand is the main driver of recent oil price spikes. It’s the weakening dollar, which, as it loses value causes us to pay more for anything we buy from other countries — including oil. The…