From the ‘and you thought he was a little off ‘ department, Chuck Norris seems to have started believing he is Walker, Texas Ranger. No, Conan O’Brian is not in on the joke – there appears to be no joke. from WorldNetDaily I may run for president of Texas On Glenn Beck’s ra...

We've been preoccupied by chores and research, so today's digest will catch up on the news since Thursday. There's lots to post.Friday's Owatonna People's Press reports in Council: Federal money for flood projects too slow, unstable:So, the city has applied......

Paul Krugman wants Barack Obama to “make government cool” and figures that the best way to do that is to follow through on the “clean government” standard supposedly set by Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal. Amity Shlaes reminds us just how “good governmentR...

Over at Salon, Glenn Greenwald rightfully frets about how Nepotistic succession in the political class is not so good for our democracy. We agree.Since Greenwald cites a historical example of nepotism in Minnesota politics:Illustrating that radical change, here's a revealing......

The Albert Lea Tribune takes a look at the local reaction to our new president's election in It was Obama mania: Locals react to the presidential election: It was hard to ignore the smiles, the tears and the cheers of joy that came Election Night at the Ramada Inn when every major news channel on te...

Sounds like it in a statement made to the 2007 First District RPM convention. While we didn't find any references to the Farm Bill on Brian Davis's site in our research for our last post, we did find this tidbit in a PDF of an excerpt from his speech to the First District convention in 2007. Davis s...

We're going to be heading out to enjoy the wonderful post-storm weather (maybe even going to look at some tornado damage near a friend's place in Kandiyohi County; the tornado at left went down a county road within a mile of the home), so here's a quick news digest. Another comparison of Walz and Se...

While Senator Day and Doctor Davis are mouthing empty NRCC pieties about earmarks, Congressman Walz has been open and transparent about his budget requests. He's also been keen on government accountability. Today's editorial in the Winona Daily News, Despite ranking, DOJ grant-giving full of politic...

A letter writer complains in today's Rochester Post Bulletin about receiving too many franked puff pieces in Free postage being abused by Kline. Complaints about representatives abusing the franking privilege abound, with Michele Bachmann being the champ in scoring them in Minnesota. This incumbent ...

We just received a google alert for Southern Minnesota's Congressional Candidates Focus on Economy Contenders put forth strategies for energy independence, Iraq, immigration, an article at America.gov. The site is kept by the U.S. Department of State, and carries this disclaimer: This site delivers ...