Look who’s pushing STEM now
We should see STEM-mania for what it is: a product of decades of successful lobbying and public relations by certain interests.
Neil Kraus
Neil Kraus, of St. Paul, is a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls.
The real test of an independent judiciary is yet to come
An incoming Supreme Court justice is the headliner at a made-for-TV Republican Party event at a Republican White House. But rest assured, he’ll strive to be fair to everybody.
So much for the strength of our democracy
Is it just me, or are our democratic institutions looking pretty feeble? Congress, led by the Republican Party, has refused to even offer up a token check on the president.
A culture at risk: We must not normalize the Trump administration
The president — buoyed by Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, et al. — is ripping our democracy and social fabric apart at the seams.
On Twin Cities Marathon weekend, counting the joys of running
The nature of your thought changes during vigorous exercise, especially when doing it outdoors, and life and all of its problems become, for a little while anyway, much more manageable.
Citizen to leaders: Support the stronger gun-control proposals
Proposed gun-control measures simply set the limits under which individuals can purchase and operate firearms, and do nothing to interfere with responsible gun owners.
The problem of violence, and of politicians terrified of regulating guns, ultimately lies with us
In a democracy, people need to make their views on important issues known — because if they don’t, they might as well not even have views at all.
