I'm curious about the felons we're discussing. The word is so loaded one pictures 300+ murderous thugs deliberately swarming metro polls to swing an election.
As I understand it, felonies range from check fraud to simple theft, multiple DWIs and numerous other crimes up to and including murder. I also understand that felons in MN are able to vote after completing their sentence and any probationary/parole requirements. So maybe some of the 300 just didn't realize they weren't yet...

I would think heavy doses of psychology and sociology would help them understand human behavior and reduce their own prejudices. Personality typing could help a lot, with counselling, but I'd hate to see those imperfect tools used to cut candidates without other indicators.
Steroids? Good grief.

I remember the AG race differently. This spin implies the DFL prodded Kelley into the race, but it looked at the time as if he just bounced from one thing to another. Did he care at all what job he got as long as he got one? And yes, the race looked like 2 men against a woman, but it was more than that. It was 2 old hands against a very competent candidate who was already doing the job but wasn't part of the power-brokers' cabal.

I liked Kelley a lot, especially in the days of the...

Thanks for this very useful information. All of us can act on it, not just the GLBT community - except, of course, that everyone with a sense of justice is part of that community.

Now I'd like suggestions for letting companies know we're making choices based on this significant criterion. We are urged to support local companies, but we can avoid Land of Lakes and let them know we've done so.