I’m not a biologist, and make no claims to scientific expertise, but much of the environmental debate has little or nothing to do with science anyway. Claiming that the country is “…on a trajectory toward socialism,” whether true or not, isn’t an environmental argument, it’s political – or to be more accurate, it’s ideological. Much the same could – and should – be said about other points raised in Don’s “Game-changers” paragraph. Economic crisis, high unemployment, the growth of a political...

I have 3 sisters residing in Wisconsin. I doubt any of them will be voting Republican for the foreseeable future.

Nor will I, if what Minnesota’s Republicans presented as budget “targets” represent their best thinking. Cutting revenue via reductions in taxes on business while the state is in the midst of a budget shortfall of several billion dollars creates approximately zero jobs, and shifts even more of the burden of maintaining services to the property tax and individual income...

Thanks for setting Mr. Tester straight, Ron.

“…a combination of extortion and treason” sounds about right as a characterization of Buckley’s remarks, at least ethically. “Treason” doesn’t work legally, however, since he’s not an American citizen.

At the very least – keep this in mind as you watch Republican legislators “assume the position” for business tax cuts – Buckley’s rather frank views provide ample evidence that there’s absolutely no reason for the Minnesota legislature...

This is a fine piece, Eric. Thanks for doing the research and some thinking about it.

I’m skeptical, hopeful, apprehensive… I don’t know enough about Egypt to comment with any real intelligence about whether there’s a better path to democracy, or whether an Egyptian democracy will look anything like ours – or like Turkey’s, for that matter. I tend toward congenital suspicion of the military, since they generally have no experience whatsoever with democracy, so it’s encouraging that,...