This is a bookend post to one written by my colleague Holly at the beginning of last week. My apologies to my colleagues, because I had promised this to be done earlier, to build on the theme of the early child. It is late, not because I failed to work on it, but because no [...]
As the year comes to a close, the failures of the 112th Congress are being illustrated as the media warning of potentially higher dairy prices. Granted that Congress may still do something, so higher prices are not guaranteed, yet the comments being expressed regarding the Farm Bill (Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of [...]
This is my maiden post on Minnesota Roundtable, so I hope it is a good one; here goes! On Tuesday, November 15th, Chip Cravaack held an approximately one hour telephone Town Hall. This was not the first of these events in which I have been included as one of Cravaack’s constituents. In every one of [...]
Survey USA whittled down 1000 potential voters to determine that 656 were likely to vote this November. That’s the first bit of bad news … of the 1000, 926 were registered to vote … a very good ratio , but the drop-off is significant … in a democracy, it does no good to have people [...]
QUERY : The number of Americans who’ve been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2003 is : A.) More than the number who are killed annually by something they ate ? B.) Less than the number who are killed annually by something they ate ? C.) Roughly the same as the number who are killed [...]
Minnesota’s Tarryl Clark is plugging away in CD6. Want to know what she’s about? Her issues page nicely details her values and goals/. Tarryl stands for: –remembering to help small businesses as we provide job incentives –bringing together industry and labor to create vertical construction and transportation jobs –keeping us in our homes, see the [...]
Rainy days provides time for catching up on my reading … and so it is that I am finally read the Farmington Independent story on Steve Quist and his decision to enter the race to represent Senate District 36 ( Dakota County : Empire, Eureka, Farmington, Lakeville, Marshan, Randolph, Ravenna, Vermillion, and other communities; and [...]
I used to teach social studies and would make sure we played “Create your country.” It was always my favorite time of the year. Kids would start by drawing a map that could not be amended, later. Next I’d hand out a list of questions like “Who has power in your country,” “Do you have [...]
MN Blue Blogs: Ten articles from Minnesota blogs
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Union News: 10 articles from national union blogs
