Howard Lestrud ECM Political Editor (Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series on bipartisanship.) How do the …

Howard Lestrud ECM Political Editor (Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series on bipartisanship.) Most politicians are …

On Monday mornings, at a coffee shop in Mounds View, Tim Budig, Howard Lestrud and I meet to discuss their plans for the week ahead.

Before lambasting our Minnesota state legislators, give them a grade of A-plus for being able to efficiently navigate through the State Capitol and through the other connected buildings or buildings near by.

Abraham Lincoln is alive and well. It seems this is true, seeing the many books, periodicals, television specials and movie productions that are before us.