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Bruce Johnson

Walnut Grove, MN
Commenter for
5 years 20 weeks

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Posted on 05/23/13 at 12:29 pm in response to With legislative session over, Minnesota GOP groups move to campaign mode

Messaging works better if you are even (somewhat) good at governing and believe that governing is a worthwhile activity.
Incompetent and uninterested detract from "agile, nimble and quick" messaging.

Posted on 05/06/13 at 03:17 pm in response to GOP candidate Jeff Johnson on raising taxes, stricter gun control, gay marriage: He's opposed

"The difference in views also extends to the relationship between concupiscence and original sin. In some Protestant traditions, original sin is concupiscence inherited from Adam and Eve. It is never fully eliminated in this life, although sanctifying grace helps to eliminate it gradually. Since concupiscence is not evil in the Catholic view, it cannot be original sin. Rather, original sin is the real and actual sin of Adam, passed on to his descendants; rather than remaining until death (or...

Posted on 03/18/13 at 02:43 pm in response to Same-sex marriage opponent Robert Oscar Lopez calls himself a 'children's activist'

It might be dangerous to speculate from such a small sample but it appears that growing up in a trailer with a lesbian mother impairs critical thinking skills later in life.

Posted on 03/15/13 at 08:13 am in response to Strib on 'tax the rich': 'Competitively uncomfortable'

If only we had tried a more comprehensive, integrated school reform system instead of the high-stakes testing, curriculum-narrowing and results-or-else threats. It could have used long-term measures of progress, real examples of writing and learning projects, constant feedback from students, parents and teachers and something real to show at the end of a student's academic career. We could have called it Binders of Learning. No, that doesn't sound right. How about Profiles of Learning? Or...

Posted on 02/14/13 at 04:07 pm in response to The culture war is real

So far, it appears that the commenters read the article and in addition have followed Mr. Strom's career in MN politics for a long time. Re: "The point of the article is an "us" versus "them" mentality..."

Posted on 02/08/13 at 07:13 pm in response to Lessons to learn from U research on disadvantaged children

I read those people and, while not a fan of Joe Nathan, don't think "not being interested in the research" is a fair critique.

It's really good that after years of business leaders and early childhood experts urging attention, our state is in a position to actually move on some of these issues in a concerted way.

Posted on 01/07/13 at 07:01 pm in response to Game-changing strategy for GOP: Run a woman for governor

The answer to this opportunity is for one of the guys to volunteer for gender reassignment. There's still time.

Posted on 11/20/12 at 03:04 pm in response to With weekend freeze, soil drought likely to linger into 2013

Regarding that impressive complaint from McGrath about losing on Voter ID, I miss "sand is food."

Posted on 10/24/12 at 05:40 pm in response to Catholic guilt by association: how Minnesota marriage amendment politics hurt Land Stewardship Project

Minnpost has again abandoned its comment moderation. If you're not going to moderate comments that violate stated standards, then don't claim those standards.

Posted on 10/10/12 at 04:39 pm in response to Conservative Cato Institute gives Gov. Dayton an 'F' for fiscal policy

I question the practice of naming any group or think tank as conservative or liberal in reporting, but also specifically calling Cato conservative. Corporatist might be the right adjective, but why use a label?