The strange campaign saga of the 6th District, when Social Security goes broke, McCain on Syria, and why can’t a kid who built a nuclear reactor win a science fair? Here’s today’s news conversation with Mary Lucia on The Current.
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Archives for May 2013

People with a chance to win who quit in politics get a special place in the political cemetery. Read more →
A couple of new panels of the fence that separates my and my neighbor’s house appeared a few weeks ago. This weekend, the blacktop driveway sealer people did their thing on his driveway (psst: that stuff doesn’t do anything). The poor guy has been out mowing every few days. New flower beds are being put in and the place looks great. It must be costing him a fortune to spruce the joint up.
The day Baby Face Nelson came to Brainerd
Have we really recovered from the Great Recession?
An education statistic that should really worry us
The day photo journalism died
Promposals?
Whatever it takes to win (5×8 – 5/29/13)