Politics | NewsCut | Minnesota Public Radio News

Bachmann gay counseling story stirs NPR listeners

Bob Collins August 5, 2011, 2:59 PM Aug 5, 2011

5

NPR got itself in the middle of the storm when it focused on Marcus Bachmann’s gay conversion therapy clinic last Monday, the network’s ombudsman says today.

Read more →

Calling ignorance what it is

Bob Collins August 4, 2011, 12:35 PM Aug 4, 2011

5

The video of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie defending an appointment to the New Jersey Superior Court is starting to catch fire on the Intertubes.

Read more →

Stump speeches vs. solutions

Bob Collins July 29, 2011, 11:20 AM Jul 29, 2011

6

One of the reasons politicians might not be offering solutions to the debt crisis is that they don’t have any.

Read more →

How to play chicken

Bob Collins July 28, 2011, 3:03 PM Jul 28, 2011

2

It helps if one side is crazy, one expert says.

Read more →

The Congress you have tried to reach…

Bob Collins July 26, 2011, 1:39 PM Jul 26, 2011

6

is not available.

Read more →

Report: Bachmann benefited from loan program she campaigns against

Bob Collins July 26, 2011, 12:43 PM Jul 26, 2011

6

The Washington Post is reporting this afternoon that presidential candidate Michele Bachmann benefited from a federally-back home loan program she’s railed against on the campaign trail.

Read more →

The Gangs of Washington, D.C.

dgaraets July 21, 2011, 12:34 PM Jul 21, 2011

2

Why does every ad hoc group of politicians invoke an ugly chapter of Chinese history?

Read more →

One person’s pork

Hart Van Denburg July 21, 2011, 6:13 AM Jul 21, 2011

10

Do you view the Stillwater bridge request as an example of government pork?

Read more →

As if on cue …

dgaraets July 20, 2011, 1:14 PM Jul 20, 2011

3

The governor’s office releases a photo with the appropriate glumness.

Read more →

The Hangover, Part 3: Up all night at the Capitol

dgaraets July 20, 2011, 11:37 AM Jul 20, 2011

2

Legislators talk of pointing fingers and taking showers.

Read more →

Tweet roundup: shutdown ends, what’s next?

Hart Van Denburg July 20, 2011, 10:25 AM Jul 20, 2011

5

Reactions to the state shutdown via Twitter.com

Read more →

Gould almighty

Hart Van Denburg July 19, 2011, 5:45 PM Jul 19, 2011

1

It ain’t all good in Gould, Ark. Political discourse in the small tornado-prone town has reached a low point. A point so low, it probably violates the U.S. Constitution.

Read more →