Source: Flikr Creative Commons When I saw this tweet: Sen. Bakk says Senate will make an offer to House Friday on transportation spending. Did not say what would be in it. #mnleg — R. Stassen-Berger (@RachelSB) May 4, 2016 My first thought was this: It's been frustrating to watch the dance among Governor Dayton, Senate Democrats, and House Republicans on this issue. Instead of dealing … [Read more...]
Source: Flikr Creative Commons Welcome to my website, especially listeners from News and Views with Roshini Rajkumar (WCCO) and MPR News Presents on Minnesota Public Radio. I hope you'll continue the conversation we began on the radio and in person. I try to write a blog post every day on topics that touch on economics and their relation to current events. (You'll notice the last 10 days have … [Read more...]
Gene McCarthy was born 100 years ago today. He spent most of the first 30 years of his life in central Minnesota, growing up in Watkins and then attending and teaching at St. John’s University. For a time he was a member of St. John's Abbey as a novice. Al Eisele noted, "McCarthy spent nine months as a novice before deciding he didn’t have a religious calling and left the monastery, … [Read more...]