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Penelope Hillemann

Northfield, Minnesota
Commenter for
4 years 3 weeks

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Posted on 01/22/13 at 01:40 pm in response to Obama stops begging for bipartisan compromise — finally

I snorted when I saw that McCain and probably others said they wished to see more of a conciliatory, let's-compromise tone from the president. They've fought him tooth and nail, even on things they actually agreed on before the positions were associated with him. As you say, "Obama spent at least the first half of his first term begging for bipartisan compromise." Given their overwhelming rejection of those earlier efforts at bipartisanship, how can they possibly expect them to continue?

Posted on 06/07/11 at 11:11 am in response to Who killed the Legislature's bipartisan, leadership-backed early-ed initiatives?

I echo Josh's comments. Well done.

Posted on 08/19/09 at 11:27 am in response to Jim Klobuchar joins MinnPost

Great news! Jim, I remember your columns fondly and will look forward to reading you here. You've been missed.

Posted on 07/30/09 at 03:30 pm in response to Organics have no more nutrients, study says, but that's not really the point

Less than two years ago, the Times announced the end of the debate, trumpeting a four-year study with the headline, "Official: Organic Really Is Better":

"THE biggest study into organic food has found that it is more nutritious than ordinary produce and may help to lengthen people's lives.

"The evidence from the £12m four-year project will end years of debate and is likely to overturn government advice that eating organic food is no more than a lifestyle choice.

"The...