POLITICS
Judges tweak Minnesota congressional districts
Minnesotas best-known U.S. House member will seek re-election in a district where she does not live and its top-ranking federal representative will run in slightly less friendly territory after a five...
Posted on 2/21/12 at 10:29 PM
Five shiny new bullets for 2012
This week I bring back my bullet format to string together unrelated events into one column. It is the equivalent of a television program airing a clip show of highlights from past programs an...
Posted on 2/5/12 at 12:09 PM
Death isn't funny, but Twitter and Kim Jong Il changed that
North Korean leader Kim Jong Ils death wasnt violent like the ones experienced earlier this year by fellow world-famous bad guys Osama bin Laden and Moammar Gadhafi. The 69-year-old communist wasnt ov...
Posted on 12/20/11 at 12:00 AM
Areavoices Digest #56 - I heart these blogs!
Fairly Crafty http://fairlycrafty.areavoices.com Crafting is fun, but it can get expensive. Erin Fallgatter is a mom, stepmom, wife and former high school English teacher who now works for JobsHQ. S...
Posted on 12/14/11 at 12:26 PM
Impressed With China
Days before I left to go to China a liberal friend of mine said he was interested to see if my political views might change upon being in China. His angle was, "yeah, they're communist, but look at th...
Posted on 10/28/11 at 9:03 AM
Proctor's neighbors object to pace of annexation
By Peter Passi , February 23, 2012
Cravaack's foes criticize his living arrangements; supporters say he's accessible
By John Myers , February 23, 2012
Romney and Santorum swap charges in 20th debate
By David Espo , February 22, 2012
Cravaack's foes say his home isn't in Minnesota
By John Myers , February 22, 2012
Army vet seeking GOP U.S. Senate nod in Minnesota
A U.S. Army veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq says he wants to be the Republican opponent to Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar.By Associated Press report , February 22, 2012
Poll: Thompson leads Baldwin in Wisconsin U.S. Senate race
A new poll shows former Gov. Tommy Thompson is the Republican candidate with the best chance of beating Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin's U.S. Senate race.By Associated Press report , February 22, 2012
Defense cuts slated to hit Duluth's 148th Fighter Wing
A change in the 148th Fighter Wing's mission assignment could mean a 15 percent reduction in full-time work force at the base.By Peter Passi , February 22, 2012
Reader’s view: US, Israeli hypocrisy drags us toward another bogus war
America’s confrontation with Iran is about oil, not nukes. And we have no moral high ground from which to lecture anyone. Destabilizing the Middle East? How about our needless, illegal war in Iraq, which killed hundreds of thousands and displaced several million? Lack of democracy? In 1953, the U.S. overthrew the democratic government of Iran and installed the Shaw, who led a brutal 25-year dictatorship.By David A. Sorensen , February 22, 2012
Reader’s view: Right-to-work, voter ID are coordinated by GOP
The Minnesota Republican legislators’ actions for right-to-work and for photo identification to vote — as reported in the News Tribune on Feb. 3, Feb. 5 and Feb. 6 — are connected.By Arthur Arnold , February 22, 2012
Redistricting shakes up northern Minnesota
By John Myers , February 22, 2012
Little change in 8th; Bachmann pushed out of home district
By Peter Passi , February 22, 2012
Minnesota delegation in D.C. leads the fight
February 22, 2012
Faces & names: Wisconsin Assembly honors ‘voice of Superior’
February 22, 2012
Western Iron Range, Pine County have two incumbents in same districts
The redrawn lines for legislative districts, required after every U.S. Census to keep the population of each district about the same, expands some northern Minnesota districts and redraws many lines.By John Myers , February 21, 2012
Environmentalists threaten lawsuit over Great Lakes, U.S. waters ballast rule
Representatives of five organizations issued the warning on the final day of a public comment period on a regulation the Environmental Protection Agency proposed last fall.By John Flesher , February 21, 2012
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