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When the news came in about Paul Wellstone…
Posted on October 23, 2012 | No Comments…this piece, a voting reminder for newly registered voters, was on the press at Impact Printing in St. Paul. Deb, one of the owners, called me. “It’s on the press... -
Scenes from Paul Wellstone’s Last Campaign
Posted on October 22, 2012 | No CommentsIn the late summer of 2001, I was hoping to do some work for Paul Wellstone’s 2002 campaign. I asked the campaign if we could grab some shots at... -
Coveted red tag use expanded for “political message mailings”
Posted on August 16, 2012 | No CommentsPACS, Super PACS, unions and other groups advocating a political position will now get the same level of service for their bulk mail as candidates and political parties do from... -
Ronald Reagan Bashes GOP, Endorses Hubert Humphrey
Posted on August 2, 2012 | No CommentsRemember when Ronald Reagan was a lefty? I sure as hell don’t. But he was, once upon a time. Check out this radio program from 1948, where he bashes... -
Hubert Humphrey’s 65th Birthday Party
Posted on July 31, 2012 | No CommentsIn advance of this weekend’s dedication of the Hubert H. Humphrey Memorial on the grounds of the State Capitol, we found this while rummaging through the storied Lit Happens archives.... -
Remembering Senator Gary Kubly
Posted on March 5, 2012 | No CommentsKodachrome memories of Senator Gary Kubly from 2002. -
Had to start somewhere…
Posted on September 26, 2011 | No CommentsIt was probably the first and last time I used Freestyle Script in anything. -
Smear Sheets of the Past: Harold Stassen’s mansion
Posted on September 25, 2011 | No Comments"This is the Mansion Owned by Young Governor Stassen" -
Blowing the whistle on crazy
Posted on September 18, 2011 | No CommentsBachmann's tendency for overblown rhetoric is nothing new, she's been doing it here in Minnesota for a long time.