Duncan Black (AKA Atrios) at Eschaton often has a special segment called “What Digby Said”. Not having a whole lot more to add after this miserable Sunday, I’ll mainly leave comment on the Obama administration’s Lucy-like pulling the football away on the issue of emergency contraception to Digby. For the life of me, I don’t… Continue reading Patronizing, 2011-style
Author: Nathan Hunstad
Changing the cost of college
Recently, the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management put forward a plan to charge more in tuition for undergraduates than the rest of the U. The plan, which would charge an extra $2,000 a year in order to recruit and retain more faculty members, would change the egalitarian tuition policy that the U has… Continue reading Changing the cost of college
Remembrances of Quists past
Allen Quist is running for Congress again. Since he has little chance of getting the GOP endorsement, let alone beating Tim Walz, this news is about as important as yet another Ole Savior run for something. However, I have a special place in my heart for Quist, as he is one of my oldest memories… Continue reading Remembrances of Quists past
I’m voting for Noor
There’s a primary next Tuesday in my senate district, SD59. It’s the first round in the special election to replace former senator Larry Pogemiller, who resigned earlier this year after a long stint in the senate. Given the political leaning of the district, it’s almost a guarantee that the winner of the DFL primary is… Continue reading I’m voting for Noor
L’Affaire Cain
I really don’t care about Herman Cain’s affair. Of all the reasons to not vote for him, and they are myriad, this doesn’t even make the top one thousand. His love life is his own business and that of his family. We don’t know the circumstances surrounding his relationships, or anything else of that nature,… Continue reading L’Affaire Cain
From The “Duh” Files
The “Supercongress” failed today, as pretty much anybody with an existing EEG could have told you. Who would have thought that after a Congress full of people with vastly different ideas about how to fix the budget failed, a smaller group of Congressional leaders with vastly different ideas about how to fix the deficit would… Continue reading From The “Duh” Files
The Stillwater Bridge
If you want a list of the most controversial political issues in the Twin Cities these days, two that are near the top are the Vikings stadium and the proposal to replace the Stillwater Lift Bridge. The controversy cuts across partisan lines, with Amy Klobuchar, Al Franken, and Michele Bachmann on the side supporting a… Continue reading The Stillwater Bridge
The Solarised Self
Serious intra-generational meditations are always in vogue during times of upheaval and chaos, and today is no exception. And frankly, why wouldn’t it be a great time to contemplate the forging of millions of people in the furnaces of the now? Europe is threatening to fly apart like a delaminating high-speed flywheel, protesters are occupying… Continue reading The Solarised Self
The Magazine of Parody
I’ve been taking Harris Online Polls since college. In that time, I’ve racked up a lot of rewards for taking all those polls, from gift cards to binoculars to universal remotes to an room air filter, of all things. Recently, though, they changed their rewards structure, and pretty much the only things available are magazine… Continue reading The Magazine of Parody
Division I Stupidity
There’s little to add to my friend Murali’s thoughts on the Penn State shame, but it’s still fun to try. I’ve also had a pretty dim view of Division I college sports ever since I was in school when Clem Haskins managed to pull a Minitrue and get the Gopher’s appearance in the 1997 NCAA… Continue reading Division I Stupidity