The Freedom Club is a

The Freedom Club is a group of Minnesota businessmen who banded together about seven years ago to promote conservative causes and candidates. Naturally, its existence is regarded by local media as a sinister phenomenon. Every two years the Minneapolis Star Tribune runs a piece on the Club. This year there is a series of articles on the Freedom Club and its liberal counterpart (sort of), the teachers’ union. These two groups are accused of “dominating Minnesota politics.” The articles actually aren’t too bad; maybe the Strib is getting used to us. I’m quoted at the very end of the principal article.