Articles from February 2009

Nanny State Chronicles … Leaded ink in children’s books

Leaded ink in children’s books … oh my! A legacy from “The Age of Lead”. An astute reader sent us this link from our British cousins …who apparently have more time to read our legislation than do our own politicians who pass these sorts of bills. Stop. Go and check your bookcases. Are there any [...]

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A Tale of Two Bills

From William Paulsen we received the following commentary.  Clearly we will be looking forward to more of his thoughts as the legislature runs through its agenda … A Tale of Two Bills The Minnesota legislature is currently considering two bills that sound completely unrelated but are deeply intertwined. Rep. Marty Seifert has introduced H.F. 997 [...]

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Counting everyone …

A recent commentary at TrueNorth reminds us of the unfortunate effect that politics has on our politician’s application of their principles … Immediately following the election, trailing Senator Coleman by an incredibly narrow margin, Al Franken began the traditional Democratic “count every vote” drumbeat. Franken instituted litigation to accompany the drumbeat. Working through a maze [...]

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