Are you tired of political ads yet? I know I am. They seem to have taken over our political culture. How did we get to this place? Read More
Money in Politics
Return to the Community
I am so lucky to have lived most my life in rural Minnesota! It is an amazing place in so many ways and today it seems more and more people are realizing this. Read More
MN is a Alternative Energy Powerhouse!
Did you know that Minnesota is a leader in the alternative energy industry and that 25% of electricity generated in Minnesota is from alternative energy? Read More
Vote Early in Minnesota!
Voter turn out for mid-term elections (elections that do not include a Presidential election) can be as low as 50%. We need to change that by increasing drastically the number of people voting on November 6. Read More
Two Teachers
Nearly 30 years ago a book came out called, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. It is a witty book full of quotes about how we learn to be good citizens in our schools. Recently my daughter was telling me a story of returning to school that also made me think of being a good citizen. Read More
Fixing Our Broken Health Care System
“American health care costs too much, does too little, and leaves too many people out.”
Anne J., Health Care for All Minnesota. Read More
How Much Government is Enough?
We often hear people calling for smaller government. On the surface this sounds appealing to many people. After all, government is known for its cumbersome systems and burdensome bureaucracy. Read More
You are a Leader!
Yesterday I was fortunate to spend the day visiting our representatives and asking them to support funding that will eliminate Hepatitis B. On the surface this seems unnecessary, why wouldn’t our representatives support Read More
The US Constitution Reads with Bias
Did you know the US Constitution uses the words he/him almost exclusively? As a society we recognized long ago that when documents are written with gender-bias they create a biased atmosphere. Yet our Constitution
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When Our Community is Strong and United so are We
One month ago I registered to run for the House of Representative Seat in District 29A. Although I had thought of running for office in the past, and in fact I did run for School Board once, I had never seriously considered becoming a politician. Politicians just seem so, well, political. Read More
