The conclusion first: When you speak before a legislative body, don't be cute with your presentation. Yesterday a young assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Minnesota goes before a state senate committee meeting to argue for a bill that, inter alia, would set goals for ...

A kind lady from Buzzflash just sent us a link to this online game:Play "Seat the Senator!" Guess the day Al Franken will be sworn in as Minnesota's junior senator and win a prize from BuzzFlashSwitch the sponsor from Buzzflash......

A friend sent us a note saying the State Senator Dick Day talked to U.S. House Transportation Committee chair Jim Oberstar about "foo foo dust" today during a MN Legislature joint transportation committee meeting.While we're waiting for the tape of......

One of our fondest childhood memories is of ice skating with our cousins at the outdoor public rink in Madelia. One icy day, we decided that the streets were slick enough to skate back to Avis and Mac's place. We......

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Millions of Minnesotans voted on November 4, 2008. The survivors of the U.S. Senate race called the recount%#$%& drawn out. They lived only to face a new nightmare, the war against the Machinesin a state senate committee hearing room....Update: Tild......

Much of Minnesota's prairies are under blizzard and winter storm warnings, which--like the Senate recount and cuts to Minnesota's state budget--are dominating the news. The Owatonna People's Press reports that Owatonna teen receives congressional award medal: Seventeen-year old Jeremy Duruji is usua...

A friend called our attention to this paragraph in Owatonna state senator seeks seat in Congress, an Albert Lea Tribune article about Day's filing for the Republican primary: Longtime state legislator Sen. Dick Day filed his candidacy for the 1st District seat of U.S. House of Representatives Wednes...

Bob Collins seems confused by Rep. Seifert's use of the term "Smurf village". Think about this a minute: all Smurfs are one color (sky blue), Smurf dialogue uses the same word, 'smurf', over and over. Thus, they look all alike and talk all alike. Sort of like this. Sort of like Democrats. Don't beli...

At the Capitol: Put a fork in it, an entertaining News Cut headline about a cake Connie Ruth brought to celebrate Minnesota's sesquicentennial, turns to have been an inadvertent harbinger for news from  Owatonna.  The Owatonna People's Press reports that Ruth passes on re-election bid in N...