Opinion

Does the Second Amendment need fixing?

Some of our friends on the lunatic fringe right are taking our junior senator to task for not scheduling any good ol' fashioned All-American, Norman Rockwellesque "town hall meetin's" during the August recess.

In the wake of Russia's recent crackdown on the LGBT community in that country, some are calling for a boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Somebody once asked ex-New Dealer Ronald Reagan why he abandoned the Democratic Party. His response:  “The party abandoned me.” That is exactly what I would say today about the party of Reagan.

Much of what you read about life in our home state is just so much puffery.  There are however real human stories to be told, and not all of them are pretty.

In the wake of scandal and slipping popularity, Minnesota Congressperson Michelle Bachmann (she with the goo-goo googly eyes) has announced she will not seek another term (story from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune)