Republicans AWOL on Education

Author’s note: This was first blogged here, March 11th, 2010. In addition, we’re switching to summary view here on the homepage.  And now I’m checking to see if another post is a sticky. Is there a military term for absent without leaving? Republicans recently issued the Republican Principles for Ensuring Student Success in the 21st […]

Steve King Forgets Terri Schiavo

Iowa Congressman Steve King’s cries for attention have gone neglected for too long. King, who regularly appears during the “late night” Open Speeches segment on C-SPAN, has been known to divert legislative debate to his own concerns … for example, during the debate on H.R. 4247 – Keeping All Students Safe Act, Mr. King went […]

John Marty and Dr. Martin E. Marty talk Religion, Politics

According to John Marty, Glenn Beck recently said: “I beg you, look for the words ‘social justice’ or ‘economic justice’ on your church website … Social justice and economic justice, they are code words. Now, am I advising people to leave their church? Yes!” In response, Minnesota gubernatorial candidate John Marty and Dr. Martin E. […]

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Hello and welcome to MN Political Roundtable. Our goal is to respectfully further progressivism and air the moderate to liberal viewpoint. We are not a “Democratic Party” or “DFL” blog, although most (but not all) of us are Democrats. The design isn’t complete.  Please send any ideas you may have to Holly Cairns.