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On Punditry and Outrage
I have fun doing political commentary, perhaps for the same reason I bargaining contracts: I love to argue, and I hate to lose. Although I prefer to think of myself as a progressive political...
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Representative Kahn Apologizes; now let’s build OUR community
Disclaimer: I wear several hats in the political world. While I am president of a local union, I also do occasional political commentary from a progressive, Democratic perspective. I am, as well, a...
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Minimum Rage: State Your Position, Senators
Progressives should thank the Minnesota Senate for making crystal clear why headlines are saying “Minimum wage talks break down.” The issue separating the two DFL caucuses: indexing the new minimum...
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Minimum Rage: Is the Senate’s Line in the Sand Fading?
By now anyone following the debate at the Capitol over raising the minimum wage knows that Majority Leader Bakk has drawn a line in the sand, saying the Senate did not have the votes to pass a wage...
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Minimum Wage & Movement Politics: On the Fight For Indexing
This past Thursday the four locals of SEIU in Minnesota held our annual lobby day at the Capitol. The top lobbying priority for SEIU members talked to their elected representatives about is raising the...
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Wrong About Everything is now on iTunes
We either made it, or their standards are really really low. Who cares ? We’re on iTunes! You can download it there.
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Wrong About Everything, Episode 7
In this week’s episode, we get serious about the border crisis and then very unserious about the Ghost of Sexting Presidents Past, Minnesota Republican Candidates Gone Wilde & much more. Download...
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Aren’t Dinosaurs Just Jesus Ponies?
That was the question of the week on the Wrong About Everything podcast, asked by Denise Cardinal when talking about crazy Minnesota House candidate Bob Frey‘s even crazier theories about evolution and...
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Children at the Border: This is what Progressive Leadership Looks Like
The situation at the border is horrific. Thousands of unaccompanied minors are arriving to the United States and turning themselves in to Border patrol agents. I have no doubt that if these images...
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Minneapolis School Board Race. Some Thoughts Before You Vote.
In Minneapolis this year, the race for the at-large school board seats has become one of the nastiest and divisive elections in recent memory. Trying to carve not even a middle path in this fight...
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Wrong About Everything This Week – #pointergate and more!
For those of you new to this blog through #pointergate, as you can see I don’t write very consistently. I wish I had the time. I do co-host a weekly podcast, “Wrong About Everything,” that is an...
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Race and Education. Some Thoughts, Post #pointergate
This is the first of two, maybe more, posts about education and the polarized debate surrounding it in Minneapolis. This post provides mostly background thoughts. Subsequent posts will deal more...
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