Tag: Lillehaug
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Redistricting: The DFL Got Its Money’s Worth
Was it the money the DFL spent over the past twenty-odd years pushing for the appointment of left-leaning judges? Was it the money they spent pressuring largely DFL and moderate GOP-controlled legislatures to confirm DFL-friendly judges? Or was in the money the national left poured into astroturf pressure groups like “Draw The Line” and “Common…
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Crimes And Misdemeanors Against Fact
Yesterday, I tackled a Strib op-ed by Jim Backstrom. Backstrom, the Dakota County Attorney, wrote the latest in a long string of fact-challenged diatribes against the rights of the rigorously-law-abiding gun owner. Now, Backstrom – who is not just an elected public official, but one in charge of enforcing the law by prosecuting accused criminals…
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Call For David Lillehaug!
The woman that killed the Colorado spree-killer was a “security guard” in the same sense that I’m a “news reporter”. She – former Minneapolis cop Jeanne Assam – is a citizen with a standard Colorado carry permit. She and other parishioners volunteered to watch over the church in the wake of news of an earlier…
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Debut
Last weekend, Ed and I had a long, interesting discussion with Eric Black, formerly of the Strib, now of the Minnesota Monitor. One of the questions – how does journalism with an established agenda differ from journalism that, at least formally, abjures a point of view? I don’t know that we’ll get any answers right…