Sunday, May 26, 2019

Fixing Minnesota Government: Why Cultural Change Requires Structural Change

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Merely pledging “cultural change” at the Minnesota State Capitol and hoping the politics will be different  is reminiscent of  the Scottish...
Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Another Minnesota legislative session, another that goes to overtime: Reflections on the Causes of Minnesota Legislative Deadlock

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Another Minnesota legislative session, another that goes to overtime.  Too many cliches describe where Minnesota politics is now.  One can ...
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Saturday, May 11, 2019

On the Basis of Race? Making Sense of the Noor Verdict

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Could a reasonable jury based on the facts have concluded that former Minneapolis Police Officer Mohamed Noor was guilty of  a third-degree...
Friday, May 10, 2019

Republicans are Not Wannabe Democrats: What polarization really means

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Republicans are not closet Democrats.  Slowly Governor Walz and the Minnesota DFL may or may not be learning this point.  What is the case i...
Monday, April 29, 2019

Fort Snelling and what is (revisionist) History?

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Last week the Minnesota Senate cut funding for the Minnesota History in apparent retaliation for the latter changing the name of the Fort ...
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Sunday, April 21, 2019

The Mueller Report: Why Trump is so inept he cannot even obstruct justice effectively

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The Mueller report is out and if we learned anything from it, three things are clear.  One, the Report changed few minds.  Two, there was ne...
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Thursday, April 11, 2019

Trump Visits Minnesota: Can he win the state in 2020?

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Donald Trump thinks he can win Minnesota in 2020.  In part that is why he is visiting Minnesota on April 15.  Is that belief a pipedream o...