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Minnesota GOPers Select Their Halloween Costumes!
Americans spend something like $5 billion per year on Halloween. Dressing up in costumers has become an increasingly popular form of escapism for stressed out adults. In fact, some retail outlets now...
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Three Reasons For The Silence On The Campaign Trail About Vikings Stadium...
In 2012, the dominant issue in the Minnesota Legislature was the debate about public subsidies for the Vikings Stadium. No issue was more emotionally charged. No issue was more polarizing. No issue...
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How In the World Did Minnesota GOPers Screw Up Their Golden Opportunity?
I have a prediction, though not a particularly prescient one. Minnesota Republicans will say they lost the election because of bad candidates. Mitt Romney, Kurt Bills, and the Tea Party-supported...
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Is Legalizing Gay Marriage a Minnesota Jobs Program?
Governor Mark Dayton used his State of the State Address last night to endorse legalizing gay marriage in Minnesota. And right on cue, Rep. Greg Davids (R-Preston) took the Republicans’ most...
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Symmetrical Couples and Asymmetrical Stadiums
Yesterday was a tough day for traditionalists. If you like your weddings square and your stadiums oval, it was not your day. The Minnesota Senate passed a law extending the freedom to marry to gay...
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Naming The Vikings Stadium
And what shall we name our new little crown jewel? No, I’m not talking about His Royal Highness Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge. I’m talking about the long-gestating stadium of...
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Super Bowl Bid Bust: Why Are We Destroying The Yard With The Pole Building?
You may have seen the artist renderings. The drawings lay out a vision for The Yard, the planned four-acre urban park adjacent to the mammoth new Vikings Stadium. In the winter versions, the park is...
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Duane Benson Interview: Reflections on Caucuses, Clowning, and Cancer
Duane Benson is leading an interesting life. As a football player, he made the unlikely leap from the MIAC’s Hamline Pipers to the NFL’s Oakland Raiders, Atlanta Falcons and Houston Oilers. As a...
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The Vikings Must Release The Greatest Running Back In Vikings History
Upon hearing the news that Vikings superstar running back Adrian Peterson was indicted for child abuse, Vikings zealots quickly flocked to sports talk radio to express themselves: The Vikings have the...
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Give to the Max, In Context
The 120,000 Minnesota small donors who heroically pulled together to pool an $18 million donation during yesterday’s Give MN’s “Give to the Max Day” should be very proud of themselves. They set an all...
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Minnesota GOPers Select Their Halloween Costumes!
Americans spend something like $5 billion per year on Halloween. Dressing up in costumers has become an increasingly popular form of escapism for stressed out adults. In fact, some retail outlets now...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Three Reasons For The Silence On The Campaign Trail About Vikings Stadium...
In 2012, the dominant issue in the Minnesota Legislature was the debate about public subsidies for the Vikings Stadium. No issue was more emotionally charged. No issue was more polarizing. No issue...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How In the World Did Minnesota GOPers Screw Up Their Golden Opportunity?
I have a prediction, though not a particularly prescient one. Minnesota Republicans will say they lost the election because of bad candidates. Mitt Romney, Kurt Bills, and the Tea Party-supported...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Is Legalizing Gay Marriage a Minnesota Jobs Program?
Governor Mark Dayton used his State of the State Address last night to endorse legalizing gay marriage in Minnesota. And right on cue, Rep. Greg Davids (R-Preston) took the Republicans’ most...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Symmetrical Couples and Asymmetrical Stadiums
Yesterday was a tough day for traditionalists. If you like your weddings square and your stadiums oval, it was not your day. The Minnesota Senate passed a law extending the freedom to marry to gay...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Naming The Vikings Stadium
And what shall we name our new little crown jewel? No, I’m not talking about His Royal Highness Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge. I’m talking about the long-gestating stadium of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Super Bowl Bid Bust: Why Are We Destroying The Yard With The Pole Building?
You may have seen the artist renderings. The drawings lay out a vision for The Yard, the planned four-acre urban park adjacent to the mammoth new Vikings Stadium. In the winter versions, the park is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Duane Benson Interview: Reflections on Caucuses, Clowning, and Cancer
Duane Benson is leading an interesting life. As a football player, he made the unlikely leap from the MIAC’s Hamline Pipers to the NFL’s Oakland Raiders, Atlanta Falcons and Houston Oilers. As a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Vikings Must Release The Greatest Running Back In Vikings History
Upon hearing the news that Vikings superstar running back Adrian Peterson was indicted for child abuse, Vikings zealots quickly flocked to sports talk radio to express themselves: The Vikings have the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Give to the Max, In Context
The 120,000 Minnesota small donors who heroically pulled together to pool an $18 million donation during yesterday’s Give MN’s “Give to the Max Day” should be very proud of themselves. They set an all...
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