Just in case you want to stereotype us...
LEIGH POMEROY
When I was being interviewed by reporter Mark Fischenich of the Mankato Free Press the other day for a story about this blog, he asked if Vox Verax was trying to be an antidote to the right-wing blogs that seem to be dominating the Minnesota political blogosphere. He cited particularly The Northern Alliance and Power Line.
I said, "No."
Though some readers will perceive us as having an ideological bent, we prefer to see ourselves as pro-good governance and pro-good policy -- and commensurately anti-stupidity, anti-waste, anti-corruption, anti-political hackery and anti-hypocrisy, just to name a few of the ills that beset our political system.
That said, I want to give special kudos to two Republicans who've made a positive difference this week:
When I was being interviewed by reporter Mark Fischenich of the Mankato Free Press the other day for a story about this blog, he asked if Vox Verax was trying to be an antidote to the right-wing blogs that seem to be dominating the Minnesota political blogosphere. He cited particularly The Northern Alliance and Power Line.
I said, "No."
Though some readers will perceive us as having an ideological bent, we prefer to see ourselves as pro-good governance and pro-good policy -- and commensurately anti-stupidity, anti-waste, anti-corruption, anti-political hackery and anti-hypocrisy, just to name a few of the ills that beset our political system.
That said, I want to give special kudos to two Republicans who've made a positive difference this week:
- Sen. John McCain, who's been an outspoken opponent of the influence and corruption that money brings politics, is finally being listened to. Whether it's just lip service or the beginnings of real change, House and Senate leaders like Hastert and Santorum are now lining up to be on his side.
- Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, who this past weekend joined a number of other governors across the country guaranteeing Medicare and Medicaid recipients access to their medications in response to the federal government's screwup in implementing the new Medicare Part D.
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To Leigh, Tom and Joe;
Kudos. I just read the Free Press article and have just began to review your site. It will take me a while but I like what I see already, particularly your 'Just...stereotype us...' piece. We all have our biases but we all should be first biased toward the truth. I am a physician and am required to log a certain number of hours per year in continuing education. Because of the responsibilities we have as citizens of this country we should be required to a certain number of hours in continuing education in American and World history, the Consititution, how the 3 branches of government work, the current problems in campaign finance, the environment, church and state issues, etc. The problem is that once we leave high school or college there are no continuing education forums. For church-goers, there is the weekly sermon. There are many problems with that. The media in its many forms is hardly educational and becoming more biased every day. It seems to me that people suffer for a lack of knowledge, yet there is no end of opinion and strongly held beliefs. So many have a clear idea of of 'if-then'. If this happens then that will be the consequence. I would love to see some local forum where professors of history, government, and the environment share their knowledge to the general public. How that would work I don't know but learning has stopped for most adults and our country is suffering from this.
Thanks, David.
Your observations are solid. There are such forums in communities from time to time, including ours, but most folks could give a hoot. You see the same old faces at them each time.
I'm constantly amazed at what my college students don't know. Even worse, few could care. It makes me nostalgic for the good ol' days of the draft. (And while we're at it, let's include women too!) The draft forced us to care....
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