Republicans have this deluded idea that they are going to duplicate their performance in 1994. They think they can simply obstruct any progress on health reform and Americans will flock to vote Republican in 2010. They’re counting on the economy...

Regular readers know that I frequently find myself frustrated with the state of our politics. In particular, it bothers me that politicos can increasingly say whatever they want, facts be damned. Well, this clip from Fox’s Hannity brings the farce to a...

Tim Walz and Erik Paulsen held a press conference yesterday calling for lifting Minnesota’s moratorium on nuclear power plants. The issue of nuclear power has become something of a conservative versus liberal issue, but you can mark me down as one...

They call it an “accounting shift,” but that sounds far too benign. Pawlenty’s gimmicks to make our state look solvent have serious consequences: St. Paul, Minn. — A Minnesota Public Radio News analysis finds that more than a third of the school...

And no surprise, it’s picked up by MDE, who thoughtfully did not provide a link to the original item, so linking to him will have to do. Anyhoo, let’s get on to the lies, shall we? Pawlenty did what he had to do to balance the budget. Why? Because...