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Democracy may be boring and frustrating, but it’s what we’ve got, so fight for it
Democracy is boring. There are a lot of rules. Policy is weedsy. Electioneering is repetitive. And there are way too many meetings. Democracy includes a lot of people you don’t like. They also come to the meetings. And they’re wrong about everything, so wrong. But it’s what we’ve got: imperfect, but promising. Every two years […]
We’re out of the ICU, Minnesota; time to repair what’s broken
If we think of Minnesota’s trajectory these past few months in medical terms, we’ve been in the ER and the ICU — and some might even say we were on a ventilator for a minute. For the time being though, our condition is something closer to stable. And the next five years? We’ll be in rehabilitation. […]
What this crisis can tell us about the climate crisis
It’s been seven weeks of stay at home. For many of us, it’s been hard economically, emotionally and logistically, and it’s not over. But as we begin to turn the dial toward reopening, it’s a good time to take stock. What have we learned about ourselves as Minnesotans, about how we respond to crises and […]