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1/ Today is Mardi Gras. On this day in 1820, all the most glamorous people in Paris were out at the final opera before theaters shut down for Lent, including
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1/ In my email newsletter yesterday, and online for everyone at @MPRnews this morning, I tackled the big question over Minnesota’s relatively slow #COVID19 vaccination pace: what’s to blame? To
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A brief thread on medieval sovereign debt, inspired by unanswered questions after the finale of #GameOfThrones. Quotations are cited from James Macdonald’s history of sovereign debt, “A Free Nation Deep
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Reading HW Brands’ “The Zealot & The Emancipator,” I was struck by a good way to analogize Lincoln’s famous lack of political experience — a single, decade-old term in Congress,
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Some #COVID19 milestones today. - More than 50% of Minnesota residents have now taken at least 1 COVID test this year- December is officially the deadliest month to date, surpassing
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If you missed it, last week I released an episode of @TheSiecle about attempts at revolution in 1820s France, led by a coalition of veterans and student activists. Students can
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So last night, @mngop Chair @jkcarnah claimed "extreme abnormalities and statistical variations from Minnesota's historic voter trends” in the 2020 election. I delved into her specific claims, which turned out
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1/ My latest for @MPRnews looks at the power & the limits of the DFL’s electoral dominance in the Twin Cities. First, the power: Biden’s landslide in Hennepin Cty ALONE
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My approach:1) I never vote in party primaries.2) I do vote in general elections, as a civic duty3) In general elections, I always vote, and make my voting decisions, as
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MN set a new record high for number of reported #COVID19 cases today, with 924. Testing is decent, up slightly, but cases up more. Hospitalizations are trending flat. Testing is
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NEW: @GovTimWalz has set up a formula as to whether schools can reopen, based on the per-capita level of #COVID19 cases in a school’s county. With cases as they are
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So one of the key metrics for tracking #COVID19 is positivity rate. Today Minnesota reported 745 new cases and 14,791 new tests, for a 5.04% positivity rate, essentially flat. BUT
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