The right is so desperate for something to bitch about, they will go back to old news. The dead bomber from Boston has been autopsied and buried – finally. Not the determined search for a cause for hysteria on the right. Now, from the Long Island Press, we have another load of Glenn-Beck-style organic fertilizer: [...]
Head Start, expanded into 3rd grade, has been shown to reduce an achievement gap, reduce the need for later special education funding, and even reduce the need for general assistance in society. We in Minnesota should care since Minnesota has the worst or near worst graduation rates in the nation for our Black, Indian, Asian/ [...]
We have water problems; we have problems with long term drought, and we have problems with short term flooding. Flooding is the result of the too-rapid melting of our snow-pack, which does damage and which we then lose as run-off instead of replenishing our ground water. The MN GOP members of the legislature are whining [...]
What a week it was ! With the Senate Armed Services Committee now impaneled with a record seven female Senators, held its first hearing –in nearly a decade– on sexual assault in the military. Appearing before the Senate panel as witnesses were Anu Bhagwati of the Service Women’s Action Network; BriGette McCoy, who was raped [...]
The statement from the White House says it all : Today, President Obama signed a bill that both strengthened and reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Thanks to this bipartisan agreement, thousands of women and men across the country who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking will be able [...]
We have a lot of debate and conversations about government. What it is – and isn’t, what it does, what it should and should not do – there is relatively little agreement, but a lot of opinions. Some of that opinion is better informed than others. This post presumes to take a look at some [...]
Those damn 1% of us Americans and their deep pockets. Crooks and Liars’ Johnson recently wondered where the money went as 40% of us are making less than the 1968 minimum wage: “If the minimum wage had risen in step with productivity growth [since 1968], it would be over $16.50 an hour today. That is higher than the hourly wages [...]
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On Wednesday, February 27th, Chairman John Kline (R-MN-02) of the Education and Workforce Committee will hold a hearing entitled Protecting Students and Teachers : A Discussion on School Safety. Thus, it is appropriate to review Chairman Kline’s previous positions to see if they have changed. First, regarding guns in general, the letter that Chairman Kline [...]
Being a politician, is being a salesman … so here is a piece of advice from a site for Medical Device Sales Representatives The industry position on the medical device excise tax is clear, but that doesn’t mean the industry is opposed to every aspect of healthcare reform. So should the excise tax come up [...]
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Under the byline of Devin Leonard at Bloomberg’s Business Week is a story : Al Franken’s Fanciful Post Office Fix The U.S. Postal Service has another would-be savior: Al Franken, the U.S. senator from Minnesota and former Saturday Night Live cast member. On Thursday, he and seven Democratic colleagues introduced a bill to “modernize” the [...]
MN Blue Blogs: Ten articles from Minnesota blogs
Graphic artist and blogger Mario Piperni, that's who. Amazing graphics, great stories.
What’s Happening in Congress, Rick Nolan Union News: 10 articles from national union blogs
