Wonks Arise! - Minnesota Politics

Wonks Arise! - Minnesota Politics is a for-profit website run by a few of Minnesota's top-rail wonks.

They apparently rolled out version 2 of their website last week. It's apparently new and improved.

Look for a fisking of their current freebie story shortly.

Leave aside the notion of paying a minimum of $50 a year to read what they write - I've read a fair amount of their material; it needs work (Mr. Erickson - before you opine on the Minnesota Personal Protection Act, it'd help to get a few of the facts straight). On the other hand, their April Fool's edition is occasionally brilliant.

But before one actually reads anything, one must contend with their website. Oh, sweet deities of information design; plain arial type on a canary-yellow background, with RSM news feeds in various shades of ultra-low contrast pale blue. I get a headache just typing those words.

And the site itself is a graphic hash; the layout looks like it was done with a potato gun at 200 yards.

Still, if they can make money at this, it's a good omen for all of us.