Steven Schier

Steven Schier is the emeritus Congdon Professor of Political Science at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota.

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A 2026 Season Retrospective: How I learned to stop worrying about the Twins and love Baseball

Another disappointing season offers a familiar lesson: the surest pleasure at Target Field is the game itself. Since their 1961 arrival in the state, most...

The Twins’ Deadline Deals: Reinforcing a Middling Team

While Cleveland and Chicago outpaced Minnesota at the deadline, a weak American League landscape leaves the door open for a Wild Card run. Minnesota Twins...

The Twins at the 2026 Season’s Halftime

A historically bad defense and a collapsing bullpen should have buried Minnesota by July—but a spectacular season from Byron Buxton and a weak American...

The Endorsing Conventions’ Impact on the 2026 Minnesota Elections

The central task of a political party is winning elections. Parties that fail at this lose resources and shrivel. Did Minnesota’s two major-party endorsing...

What we have learned — so far — about the 2026 Twins

The starting rotation looks like a million bucks, but a bottom-tier bullpen and historic defensive woes show the limits of a $106 million budget. Just...

The Twins and the Government of Minnesota: A Problematic Pair

By Steven Schier Both the Minnesota Twins and state of Minnesota have seen better days. They share four ominous traits that do not portend a...

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