"Health care’s growth may even be part of the construction industry’s turnaround story, because the changes taking place in health care are fueling building projects.” At some point, the health care bubble is going to burst or severely deflate. We can have growth larger than inflation or wages year after year forever. But until then, Health Care will party on.

Why do we hold low-risk non-criminal illegals in expensive detention centers when low cost alternatives like electronic monitoring exist?

The paper's "editorial board" has been running the editorial online at the top of the list, "A better state budget omits services tax." since February 16. That's five days now, which must be some kind of a record for a editorial to run. Plus they offer solutions that include taxing more clothing, reducing the tax cut for others or scaling down property tax relief. Classic tax them but not me strategies. I feel sorry for the Strib, which will take a hit while their business is declining. But...

I appreciate the author identifying the straights that young black men are in. But I wonder what is going on when only 38% of black students graduate from Minneapolis Public Schools in four years (per the Minneapolis Foundation). Frankly, you can't even get into a technical certification like construction without a GED. These folks are locked out. And we haven't even talked about the impact of a criminal record or credit history like an eviction. Probably there are generations locked out....