NSA headquarters

Is the Fourth Estate actually a Kangaroo Court?

June 11, 2013

What these three names, Ellsberg, Manning and Snowden, have in common is that they were, are, or will be tried in the press well before they were, are, or will be tried in a court of law. In each case it is about secrets. Reflecting back across the years the trial that never occurred, but […]

by Jeff Wilfahrt

We are not amused

June 9, 2013

Say Michael Brodkorb and Greg Walsh

by Steve Timmer
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Under the spreading chestnut tree

June 5, 2013

For all too long now the false allegory of government expense as a family budget has held sway. It crops up all the time, the couching of government balancing its budget like a family at the kitchen table. There is a better metaphor for government. It is much more like a black smith’s shop. A […]

by Jeff Wilfahrt
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June 4, 2013

And don’t forget the concubines!

by Steve Timmer

Don’t listen to Doug

June 4, 2013

Doug is to George as Tice is to Orwell

by Steve Timmer

Sore Loser

June 2, 2013

She has her hate to keep her happy

by Steve Timmer
Michele Bachmann preaches

The Imprecatory Prayer Hour

May 30, 2013

The perfect post-Congress employment for Michele Bachmann

by Steve Timmer
Minnesota State Capitol

Little things mean a lot

May 28, 2013

In campaign finance law, that is

by Steve Timmer

American Crystal Sugar and the Minnesota Orchestra

May 24, 2013

Both are sad stations of the cross of labor crucifixion

by Steve Timmer

Comparing apples and oranges

May 23, 2013

In the Minnesota Orchestra labor dispute

by Steve Timmer

Roger Chamberlain reads a book

May 14, 2013

While plugging his ears and singing “la la la la”

by Steve Timmer

Dave Senjem decides to face the freight train

May 13, 2013

Votes against marriage equality

by Steve Timmer