Articles from September 2008

Genesis of a crisis (opinion piece)

An interesting video was brought to our attention. Watch it (link below). Today is the day to take action by calling your Congresspeople and Senators, perhaps this video will give you the heart to keep dialing till you get through. First, some background. From one affordable housing proponent site: What’s most tragic is that the [...]

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Dirty tactics or simply lies?

From the Faribault Daily News we read a pretty straight forward opinion piece that leaves no room for doubt, Mr. Sarvi is held to task by the newspaper for his tactics …: In his effort to unseat U.S. House Rep. John Kline, challenger Steve Sarvi (DFL) is alleging through interviews with various media outlets, on [...]

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Al Quie to speak at StOlaf on 27 Sep 2008

From one of our regular contributors we learn … Al Quie, who grew up in Nerstrand on the farm and went to St Olaf and served as Republican congressman and governor of MN for about 35 years, is a wonderful, admired figure. His particular cause today is also being pushed by Walter Mondale and all [...]

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