State Representative David Bly, District 25B

Kip Sullivan of the Minnesota Universal Health Care Coalition, will be at St. Olaf on Thursday, April 6th to present the background history of our current health insurance system and explain why a universal single-payer insurance system is a better plan.  This event is open to the public and co-sponsored by the Northfield League […]

In the 80s and early 90s laws were passed concerning corporate governance  that made corporate decision making more responsive to stockholder profits. Although designed to make CEOs accountable for poor choices, these changes in governance force CEOs and boards to pay more attention to the interests of investors than to the workers or […]

President Bush describes the US as addicted to oil and promises to do something about it only to be undercut by white house officials who reassure the Saudis that the President didn’t really mean it.
On the other hand, the other day I read that Sweden plans to be world's first oil-free economy; why […]

When I say we need an economy that works for people I mean that we need to put Wall Street back in the service of industry and stop it from using industry to generate more money for the wealthy. We need an economy that uses investments to put people to work at living wage jobs, […]

Saturday, March 25th, Faribault Middle School, 704 SW 17th St.
Here is my speech from the Rice County DFL convention:
Thank you all for being here and for doing the hard work of the party. I am a candidate for the Minnesota House in district 25B. For those who may not know me, I am a teacher […]

” The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than it is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually slaves of some defunct economist.” - John Maynard […]

March 7, 2006 (watch for announcement of location)

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Earlier this month I attended the Cannon Valley Girl Scout Council’s 11th Annual “Women of Distinction Gala” where a number of women were recognized for their contributions. I was fortunate to be seated with four girlscouts who gave brief speeches introducing some of the recipients of the awards. They were bright and proud of their […]