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The Glean

Phone books and other news that is good or bad, depending …

By Max Sparber | 02/23/2010

ALSO: Orgy case settled; a reprieve for Denny Hecker; a bad web day for the Star Tribune.

The Glean

It’s the end of the decade, and Minnesota is on a few lists

By Max Sparber | 12/22/2009

PLUS: Bachmann and the war on Christmas; Pawlenty in Newsweek; Favre/Childress exchange “heated”?

The Glean

How much political hyperbole is too much?

By Max Sparber | 10/02/2009

PLUS: Grayson and Bachmann rhetoric, Pawlenty on the run, and Mall of America Field?

Eric Black Ink

And then there was a click

By Eric Black | 03/21/2009

And then there was a click
By Eric Black

Political Agenda

St. Paul schools superintendent on news she’s a candidate for Texas job: No comment; ask them

By Joe Kimball | 02/19/2009

After word got out today that St.

Eric Black Ink

One more quick thought on the pending decision by the Three Judge election contest panel on the 19 categories of voter/election official mistakes that might or might not disqualify a ballot, (which I steal directly from my last conversation with Ram

Eric Black Ink

Many much more messed up Senate elections than Minnesota’s

By Eric Black | 01/29/2009

As Minnesotans wonder how long it will be before they have two U.S. senators, I’ve been wondering how long any such situation has ever dragged on and why.

Community Voices

The Era of Obamaism

By Lawrence R. Jacobs | 01/21/2009

Much has been made of the historic nature of Barack Obama’s inauguration as the first African-American president. Centuries of Americans have literally fought for this moment to occur.

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