Henry Rodgers A Minnesota House candidate running as an Independent used the N-word to describe himself in a campaign ad released in early August. “I want to be your state representative, I want to be your public servant and I want to be your n**er,” Greene said in a video posted on his Facebook page. WATCH: Greene,…
Elections in free and open societies are often judged on voter participation rates. Pundits and scholars point to cases of poor voter turnout to support claims that our democracy is slowly decaying. This view is flawed. Voters are often uninformed, and higher voter turnout would do nothing to address this problem. Voters are regular…
Jason Hopkins Solar power advocates in New York are calling on regulators to reinstate a subsidy system meant to boost the solar industry, with many urging Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo for direct action. “We’re here to call on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to save community solar across the state of New York by restoring the option…
Steve Birr Patients struggling with chronic pain now have the option of replacing their addictive opioid medications with medical marijuana throughout Illinois. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner approved a measure Tuesday expanding access to the state’s medical marijuana program in an effort to curb opioid dependence and abuse. Any patient who previously qualified for prescriptions to…
Hanna Bogorowski A lot of Americans lack knowledge about the Supreme Court, according to a C-SPAN and PSB poll released Tuesday. The survey targeted U.S. voters and asked their opinions on the Supreme Court as well as their knowledge of the court. Half of the respondents could not name any cases decided by the Supreme Court, and 65 percent…
Everyone expects the first week of school to contain some hiccups. Even though we all know that our children are perfect angels and would never give their teachers trouble, the transition to schedules and classmates can also contain behavior problems that mom and dad will eventually hear about. What most parents don’t expect to hear,…
Minnesota recently watched a brief, but intense, shake-up in its primary race for attorney general, in which Democrat Congressman Keith Ellison quickly emerged as a front-runner. With a wildly successful political career and the distinction as the first Muslim elected to US Congress, Ellison’s front-runner status is no surprise. The surprise came, however, when Ellison’s…
It is no light matter to allege or outright accuse any man, let alone the Pope, of covering up pedophilia. What is before you is an account of the outbreak of the current sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church and the events that have led to questions about what Pope Francis knew and when…
When I was young, I had a paper route. It was actually my big brother’s but he subcontracted to me part of the route closest to our house and gave me the appropriate portion of his earnings. I had about three streets I was responsible for and diligently delivered our regional newspaper to neighbors each…
Nick Givas MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough is still slamming President Donald Trump for his treatment of the late Sen. John McCain and called the president a “clown” for not lowering the White House flag to half-mast. “The smallness is of course, it’s of course unrivaled,” Scarborough said on “Morning Joe” Tuesday. “Secondly, the — I don’t know what…