Category: Politics

The presidential election, Minnesota’s marriage amendment, and voter ID

Because this blog was very political in its infancy, I’m still asked each election cycle on where I stand regarding major issues facing the electorate. I prefer not to dive into politics too much here simply because most people’s minds are made up anyway and I question how useful political posts from me would be. [...]

Sunday October 28th, 2012 in Elections, Gay Marriage, Politics, Voter Fraud | 6 Comments »

Filing taxes old school

I finally did our taxes last night, as I figured it was high time I go get the money Uncle Sam owes me. Each year I’m reminded of how much of an anomaly I am in the way I file my taxes. First, I don’t use Turbo Tax or an accountant or anything. I file [...]

Wednesday February 22nd, 2012 in Internet & Technology, Money, Taxes | 13 Comments »

Caucusing in Minnesota

The last time I caucused for a presidential race in Minnesota I was pretty unimpressed with the slate of candidates. I went into the caucus torn between John McCain and Mike Huckabee and wound up throwing my vote to Huckabee, a decision I later regreted. This time around wasn’t much better. I don’t know if it’s [...]

Wednesday February 8th, 2012 in Burnsville, Elections, Minnesota, Politics | 6 Comments »

A case for flip-flopping

If politicians (and judges, for that matter) never changed their positions – flip-flopped, as it’s come to be known – we’d be in a world of hurt. On a historic front, we’d still have segregation (or even slavery). Women wouldn’t be able to vote. Today’s issue advocates would have no hope of swaying sitting politicians [...]

Thursday January 19th, 2012 in Politics | 4 Comments »

Imagining life without politics

Boom! Another question in the inbox! I have no idea who this comes from since they submitted it anonymously a month ago (sorry, I only have a few more questions to catch up on and then you can expect lightning fast replies of up to a week!): Could you go 30 days without any political [...]

Tuesday January 10th, 2012 in Media, Politics | No Comments »