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Minnesota is the Most Livable State in Climate Change
What is the best state to live during all this climate change? I think it is Minnesota. I base this ranking on food, water and community. I base it on avoiding permanent flooding, tornadoes and...
View ArticleWhy No Republican Should Ever Volunteer Again
Our democracy has changed from people and votes to corporations and money. Now, the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the McCutcheon case joins Citizens United to allow money to speak very loudly. Even...
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How to Stop Killer Cops
While it is reassuring that Tennessee Sheriff Jones fired officer Frank Phillips after a choking hold, we also sense that the firing would not have happened without the outstanding photos taken of the...
View ArticleWhat A Great Democratic Sheriff Says
I had a sheriff so bad that he thought locking protestors up in chicken wire enclosures was a good idea. But what does a good Democratic Sheriff look like? It took a whole campaign to find a great...
View ArticleWhy Minnesota Did Better and Why National Democrats Lost
If you look at Yougov survey of state rankings, then you will see that Minnesota is ranked 18th in scoring on progressive issues. Minnesota was behind Wisconsin and Michigan. Yet Minnesota is doing...
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Framing: The Winter People of Minnesota
Winter is a powerful framing for people in Minnesota. Winter invokes a shiver, an ache deep in our bones. Yet it binds us together like nothing else. We are the state known for winter, whether it is...
View ArticleTell A Minneapolis Officer How To Do His Job
A Minneapolis Police Officer posts an article in a local newspaper that implies we only have the excessive deadly-force option for policing, therefore which laws would we like to not have enforced?...
View ArticleRebranding Climate Change In Florida
Lets have some fun helping Florida in their "public relations" problem in talking about that-which-shall-never-be-named (climate change).We can call it the Venice solution in city planning, where cars...
View ArticleInsurance Will Crash When 1% Believes Climate Change
With climate change, insurance is soon to become unavailable in the market place. Insurance depends on small events not related to each other, quoting Wiki: Insurable losses are ideally independent and...
View ArticleIt could have been bad and it wasn’t - what good policing looks like!
Late at night after a very long day, I see someone looks like her car has broken down and she is waving for help. I reach inside and decide I am good for driving someone to get help. I pull over and...
View ArticleThe Perfect PR Opportunity lost by the Hillary Campaign
Bernie said “The American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails," and took the heat off of Hillary. Yesterday, Hillary had the same opportunity. Hillary could have said, “A whole...
View ArticleWhy Hillary Lost - Enthusiasm, Likability & Vision Matters
Democrats fall in love with their candidate while Republicans fall in line. That means that dislike does not have the same impact for Republicans and Democrats. Republicans are much more likely to do...
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