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• Curbing drunken drivers: Should ignition interlock be required on every car?

  Thu Jan 5, 2012
  • Just as with seat belts years ago which were designed to prevent the car from starting unless they were fastened, mandatory breathalyzers in cars will be quickly and universally disabled by the public.

• Ready, aim ... buy? Why gun sales spiked on Black Friday

  Tue Dec 6, 2011
  • I'm not sure what the newsworthiness of this story is. Is it another offering in a continuing attempt to elicit fear at the thought of more firearms in the hands of the public? Or is it just output from a writer with a gun control fetish?

• Gingrich surges into second, but will it last?

  Fri Nov 11, 2011
  • What's becoming more evident with each poll is that Romney cannot get above 25% which, by this point, can be considered a real ceiling.

• Allred says new woman to accuse Cain

  Mon Nov 7, 2011
  • And we have a winner! I wondered if Ms. Allred or Jesse Jackson would be the first to make an appearance and lend a note of absurdity to this story.

• Are rich taxed less than secretaries?

  Tue Sep 20, 2011
  • Obama has left governing mode, passed quickly through campaign mode, and is now in pandering to the left-wing fringe of the base mode. Ironically, Obama will soon find himself entering primary challenge mode brought on by the same people who used to praise his intelligence and charisma.

• Obama tax plan to demand more of millionaires

  Sat Sep 17, 2011
  • If the "Millionaire" tax leads to the elimination of the Alternative Minimum Tax and the Inheritance Tax then I'm all for it. Those taxes we put in place with the idea that only the rich would pay them. Now, because of all the deductions that are available, only the rich avoid them.

• Pawlenty endorses Romney in GOP race

  Mon Sep 12, 2011
  • Being from Minnesota (and a Republican) I can assure you that Pawlenty would endorse anyone who offered him a job just so he can remain in politics. Hard to think of anyone more ambitious and self-absorbed.

• First Thoughts: Picking up where they left off

  Thu Sep 1, 2011
  • As anyone over the age of 5 will tell you, the last one wanting to schedule something has the responsibility to check the schedule for conflicts. The exception would be for some critical announcement.

• British police out in force to deter weekend riots

  Fri Aug 12, 2011
  • Looking at the accompanying pictures anyone should be able to see that the offenders were simply innocent school children out on a lark.

• Much of Minnesota shuts down over budget impasse

  Fri Jul 1, 2011
  • Gov. Dayton's been on the job 6 months and already the state's shut down. If he were running a company he'd be well on his way to the unemployment line by now.