MN’s Next-Door Neighbor: ‘The Saudi Arabia of Wind’ What made New England the center of the Industrial Revolution — and specifically, the textile industry — more than 150 years ago? Two things: technology, and cheap energy (specifically, hydroelectric power from the area’s many rivers). A century ago, what made the Twin Cities the nation’s milling...Read More
Gov’t. Financial Squeeze = Homeowner Squeeze? The mortgage-interest deduction has been a political no-go zone for decades. The same for local property-tax write-offs. But with billowing deficits and the need to raise trillions to help pay for health-care reform and the economic stimulus bills, somewhere, somehow, Congress is going to be pressed to raise revenue....Read More
