When I read Cracks Appearing in Democrat Coalition over at Powerline, my first thought was OMG,  she's still alive!   Phyllis Kahn was perhaps one the most vocal members of the Minnesota House of Representatives when I was an intern there is 1974.  Her district includes the main campus of the University of Minnesota and the residential areas to the north and south of campus with an extension up the shore of the Mississippi River to Kahn's home on historic Nicollet Island. Kahn has alwasy been foolish in many of her political positions but she is no dummy.  She holds a B.A. in physics from Cornell and a PhD in Biophysics from Yale.  John Hinderaker doesn't mention that in addition to Kahn having been the driving force behind such liberal causes as the first law in the nation to ban smoking in public places, she is rabidly partisan.  In 2004 she made news when she was caught and convicted of going up to people's homes and removing...(Read Full Post)