Recent Articles from Vance Opperman
Flying the Unfriendly Skies
I can’t be the only traveler who has noted security lapses in airports.
March 2010
Rock On, Dick Clark!
Dick Clark wants to keep working! We should all celebrate people who wish to work at any age.
February 2010
Good Riddance to the Old Decade
Here are my resolutions for all of us collectively in the first year of the coming decade.
January 2010
Hello Sun, Goodbye Dome
More than 77 million spectators have been lured inside the Dome, and to the best of my knowledge, they all came out well-entertained and neither rained nor snowed upon.
December 2009
The Six-Million-Dollar Host
The GOP convention generated $168 million in new spending in the area; a $6 million host committee surplus went to Minnesota foundations.
November 2009
PAWN America
Consumer economic programs, such as Cash for Clunkers, has created one great big government garage sale.
October 2009
Delta Dental Is the Model
The government should look to Minnesota for health care reform.
September 2009
Welcome to GM (Government Motors)
While most Americans quit buying GM and Chrysler cars, we now own the companies instead.
August 2009
Don't Vote for Judge X!
Even though the Minnesota Constitution requires the electorate to elect their judges, we both know that the system has been rigged to prevent actual elections.
June 2009
Don't Invest Like Pinocchio
Hard work and hard-earned education are the only happy endings to our story.
May 2009
Tax Time for Non-cabinet Appointees
Nothing would simplify our tax code and make it fair and equally applied more than that simple legal requirement.
April 2009
Rabid Redux
We need a way to end the endless elections, and produce a majority-elected official on time and under budget.
March 2009
Keeping the X(-Car) in Xmas
If we must have a car czar, let’s appoint Ric Ocasek, formerly of the Cars. Dinah Shore would approve.
February 2009
CYA: TARP
Unpaid Wall Street bonuses are a hardship without question, but having no place to live and being evicted from your house is worse.
January 2009
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