Recent content from Andy Brehm
Brehm: An unserious St. Paul City Council fiddles while downtown crumbles
The city's main governing body remains transfixed on national progressive politics. We citizens of St. Paul deserve better.
Brehm: Minneapolis continues to fail on public safety
Violent crime is dropping in cities all over the country, but not in the City of Lakes. Minneapolis will continue its decline without new leadership on the City Council that's serious about tackling it.
Brehm: It's the Democrats' message that is the problem
Polls show the Democratic brand is less attractive than ever — for good reason — and party leaders show no signs of changing course.
Brehm: Pardon who? The dangerous and disgraceful use of pardons by Biden and Trump
Both presidents set terrible precedents in their recent exercises of the presidential pardon power.
Brehm: Climate change didn't cause the Los Angeles wildfires. Government incompetence did.
Here's where the readiness fell far short.
Brehm: The friendship recession
Many of us have fewer meaningful relationships than ever before. As we enter a new year, now is a good time to assess our friendships and whether we're doing enough to keep them going.
Brehm: Actually, the DFL deserves complete credit for the budgetary mess Minnesota finds itself in
Counterpoint: Republicans didn't have a seat at the table when the DFL trifecta set the state on a fiscal collision course; but sensible cost-cutting can help get us off it.
Brehm: Trump's recess appointment scheme is reckless
The U.S. Senate should always provide its advice and consent on presidential nominations; it has a constitutional right and duty to thwart unfit selections.
Brehm: Here's one way we can help heal our divided country
Politics should never surmount friends and family; only ideologues let that happen.
Brehm: Democrats have themselves to blame for Trump's election
This red wave wasn't as much about embracing Donald Trump as it was repudiating far-left progressivism.
Brehm: This Nikki Haley Republican will be voting — with reticence — for Donald Trump and JD Vance
The Democratic ticket is simply too radical.
Brehm: A sobering mistake by Minnesota legislators
Sober house residents should be able to choose safe, abstinence-based communities. New state regulations will make that difficult.
Brehm: Why is this much wealth leaving Minnesota?
It's likely due to the state's high tax rates and unfriendly business climate, along with declining quality of life in some areas. Leaders need to address it.
Donald Trump is losing momentum. Here's how he could turn it around.
He needs to convince voters that his second term won't look like the first in terms of his temperament and demeanor.
The governor doth project too much
Tim Walz says the opposition is weird. But who really are the weird and extreme ones?
