Eric RinghamLast Friday’s killings near the University of California in Santa Barbara generated an outpouring of Tweets using the hashtag #YesAllWomen. Read more →
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By Eric Ringham
George Will writes that Minnesota’s campaign finance laws unfairly limit speech. Read more →
Former officers warn that the Pentagon is giving too much emphasis to drones and too little to soldiers. Read more →
Some Democrats are arguing that the San Antonio mayor would be an ideal choice for vice president. Read more →
With medical marijuana (and, in some states, recreational marijuana) gaining acceptance, and same-sex marriage gathering momentum around the country, what about other long-established points on the liberal-conservative fault line? Specifically, is support for capital punishment shrinking? No. Or at least not by much. Harry Enten at the statistic-driven blog FiveThirtyEight notes that capital punishment is Read more →
The Minnesota Constitution gives legislators immunity from prosecution when they’re in session. A college class project is seeking to craft an exception for drunken driving. Read more →
Kevin Smokler, author of “Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books You Haven’t Touched Since High School,” joined The Daily Circuit to discuss his year spent rereading old classics. Here are the books mentioned during the show. “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller “Reservation Read more →
Kerri Miller and Washington Post books editor Ron Charles talked about the best books of the year. Read more →
Tens of thousands of people around the world have said they want to go to Mars, even if it means they will never return to Earth. Dozens of them were in the crowd Tuesday night at the Fitzgerald Theater for Science Night Minnesota — Mission to Mars. Read about Science Night.