Back in July, Brookings writer Phyllis Cole-Dai offered me an early copy of her new historical novel, Beneath the Same Stars, if I would just write…
Tag: Minnesota
The fastest growing religious group in America is the group I belong to, the non-religious: …Nearly one in four Americans now declare themselves unaffiliated with…
Minnesota-based ag co-op CHS is in trouble for fudged figures. Evidently an employee deliberately overstated the value of CHS’s rail freight contracts by maybe $190…
Frequent commenter Debbo recently shared with me this Minneapolis Star-Tribune article on retiring Minnesota Chamber of Commerce official Bill Blazar, who says immigrants are vital to…
If you think Brookings, Vermillion, and South Dakota’s other college towns are remarkably racially diverse, zoom out on the map. The Chronicle of Higher Education‘s fun…
Billie Sutton remains wrong-headedly triangulative on income tax. Todd Epp asks the Democratic gubernatorial candidate what he thinks of a state income tax, and Sutton…
Another company that has no business presence in South Dakota has ranked South Dakota as one of the better states in which to do business.…
Specific Campaign Materials Still Verboten at Minnesota and South Dakota Election Sites The United States Supreme Court ruled this morning that Minnesota’s law banning political…
Funny: when Brown County landowners learn the county commission over-assessed their property for five years, Brown County says it’s not obliged to pay anything back…
Governor Dennis Daugaard cheers South Dakota’s mighty ascent from 51st to 48th in the nation for average teacher pay with a declaration that we are…