According to a famous saying, usually attributed to Bismarck, you never really want to see how sausage or legislation is made.
This piece, from Time magazine, about federal farm subsidies is brilliant, brutally honest and features Minnesota’s own Collin Peterson, chairman of the House Ag Committee, in a not-so-heroic role (that’s Rep. Peterson at right).
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Apologies. Fell behind on emails. Missed this reflection from my friend Pasquino on a piece that ran 1A in the Monday Strib.
Does this story make you feel safer? Or does it make you uncomfortable? How about this quote:
“People can’t find out that they are in the database, they can’t do anything if something happens to […]