In back-to-back interviews, State Senator Branden Petersen and political commentator Mitch Berg share their insights and reactions to the Liberty Minnesota 2015 Legislative Scorecard. Republicans in both chambers performed poorly overall,

This week in review: Senate moves to bolster CIA torture ban. Politicians' ideas about science shouldn't matter. Rand Paul seeks to "blow up the tax code." - In the Final Round segment: a nuanced view of the Confederate battle flag in the wake of raci...

This week in review: Alabama nearly ditches marriage licenses, albeit for the wrong reason. President Obama and the EPA just made your pursuit of happiness more expensive. As student loan debt is forgiven for some borrowers,

The week in review. Why do people only hear half of Rand Paul's war policy? Department of Justice studying "far right" social media. Filmmaker asks Cedar-Riverside Muslims in Minneapolis about Sharia Law and freedom of speech. -

The time has come for things to change around here. Some behind-the-scenes access to the future of the program.

Senator Rand Paul, candidate for the Republican Party’s nomination for President of the United States, “is not just the rarest of his kind, he is literally the only one.” So one commenter responded to an editorial in The Washinton Post declaring Paul’s...

For many years, the national conventions of the two major political parties have served less as true conventions and more as coronations of presumptive nominees. While state, congressional, and local conventions frequently deal with contested races for...

https://youtu.be/KocScfQs4Y0 - The word "public" casts a certain magic. Through a strange alchemy, the word purifies any given action. What would be criminal if done privately somehow becomes virtuous if done for or by "the public." -

After voters and activists handed them a historic mid-term election victory, Republicans immediately reneged on their campaign promises and rushed to the cozy middle – again – as they always do. There’s only one way to break from this cycle of abuse. -

Although to a lesser degree than tossing virgins in volcanoes, we still find ways to sacrifice people for the sake of the tribe.