Yearly Archives: 2025


The Curious Life of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar

A Short History of the Mn 5th District Minnesota’s 5th congressional district is a geographically small urban and suburban congressional district in Minnesota. It covers eastern Hennepin County, including the entire city of Minneapolis, along with parts of Anoka and a slice of Ramsey counties. Besides Minneapolis, major cities in […]


The George Floyd Timeline: How it Really Happened   Recently updated !

NOTE: “Full body camera videos and the Derek Chauvin trial are included at the end of this article – Thao, Kueng, Lane” It was a warm spring night, Memorial Day, May 25, 2020, when George Floyd arrived at the corner of East 38th St and Chicago Ave in Minneapolis in […]


Is Olmsted County “Sacred Ground”

At the beginning of each school board meeting in Rochester, MN the chairman gives an opening invocation: “The board acknowledges this site and all RPS sites are situated on the ancestral land of the Dakota people, and we honor the Dakota Nations and the sacred lands of all indigenous peoples.” […]


The Minnesota Grant Merry-go-Round

Minnesota state government showered more than $1.1 billion directly to nonprofits in the 2023 legislative session through legislatively named grants. What could go wrong? Plenty. There are many problems inherent in this approach to delivering government services. Most prominent among them is due diligence. State agencies typically award a grant […]