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Women’s Equality Day 26 Aug 2013 | 05:45 am
The long list of calls settled itself into the monotone of routine. “Hi, my name is Erik, and I’m calling for Jim Scheibel, your DFL candidate for Mayor of Saint Paul.” The 1989 election was going t...
Government 101 23 Aug 2013 | 06:31 am
What does it take for a developing nation to move ahead and join the ranks of the developed world? For all the tremendous advances for at least some developing nations in the last decade or more, the...
Cabinet Government 21 Aug 2013 | 05:08 am
There are basically two types of Democratic-Republics in the world – Parliamentary, or a Prime Minister led government, and a strong President based system. Hybrids of various kinds involving monarch...
Bezos Buys Post, Speculation Rampant 19 Aug 2013 | 05:51 am
When Amazon’s Jeff Bezos was announced as the future owner of the Washington Post, the world was curious. After a little bit of time passed, the deacons of professional journalism did what they often...
Retail “Challenges” 16 Aug 2013 | 05:10 am
The news whacked Wall Street and set off a slide of 1.4%. WalMart, the biggest retailer, reported slow growth and earnings below expectations for the second quarter. “The retail environment remains ...
The Junker Brotherhood 14 Aug 2013 | 05:19 am
This is mostly a repeat from 2007. I still need a few glorious summer daze off here and there. Like many good things in life, it happened both on purpose and by accident. I consider it a side effect...
Fundamentalism 12 Aug 2013 | 05:39 am
Another cycle of violence between angry mobs representing the majority religion flares up in another nation. What could be truly “new” in this news? This week it was in Sri Lanka, but there was a di...
Peter Capaldi 9 Aug 2013 | 05:04 am
Is it possible that the darkest force for evil has taken over the true force for good? Last Sunday it was announced live world-wide that the most important role in the universe would soon be played ...
A St Paul Moment 7 Aug 2013 | 06:21 am
I believe that I am due a few vacation daze in the summer, especially when I’ve had a long, bad day. Here is a piece on my city from 2010, in part to commemorate National Night Out. I came home from...
Chair(wo)man of the Fed 5 Aug 2013 | 05:01 am
Who will succeed Ben Bernanke as Chairman of the Federal Reserve? It’s come down to two people as far as anyone can tell, Larry Summers and Janet Yellen. Or, sometimes more accurately, Larry Summers...
