Political junkies, more attuned to counting votes than comparing and contrasting statistics, are furrowing their frazzled brows these days as they parse the implications of the 1% of the 1%. Sunlight Foundation started it all with their ambitious study and reports on the elite political donors, the .01% of the…
As a kid growing up in the White Bear Lake Area School district, I remember facing the lunch counter with a mixture of apprehension and dread. Daily selections consisted of pizza, burgers or some formed chicken product. Fruit options were canned and syrupy. Veggies were generally a pile of warmed…
Weather is the safest, easiest topic for people to talk about, the poster child for mundane small talk. Climate change, on the other hand, will send a lot of people's blood pressure skyrocketing when it comes up in conversation. The political strife, mixed messaging, overzealous environmentalists, and climate deniers have…