Welcome to my readership whoever you are March 16, 2024 I have only sporadically checked the stats for my blog in recent years but lately I’ve begun doing it more regularly. After two weeks… Continue Reading
As Trump gets more senile his Trump cult gets more senile and that’s a problem for the sociopaths who have enriched themselves in the GOP March 6, 2024 I explained in yesterday’s post that even if the Nikki Haley I voted for in the GOP primary was to be the candidate for… Continue Reading
You can’t fool all the people all the time…..but you can fool yourself. February 15, 2024 I saw a devastating series of Trump gaffes from the Lincoln project to counter the Trump’s evil justice department lawyer who said Biden was… Continue Reading
A few breaths of air before some quickish blogging and before I plunge back into my world changing book editing February 15, 2024 That’s one of the longer titles I’ve ever written. And this is meant to be a short post. Before I set out for my… Continue Reading
How hatred of Government became hatred of taxes became the modern GOP February 14, 2024 This screen capture from the intro to one of my favorite French detective shows Les petits meurtres d’Agath Christie fits with my last paragraph… Continue Reading
Donald Trump is not too swift or is that Swift? February 12, 2024 I heard that President Biden said of the Super Bowl that everything went according to plan. That should have Maga world spinning. Donald Trump… Continue Reading
Don Quixotic vs. Don the Destroyer February 8, 2024 According to the Snowbizz Page I posted this photo to I was planning on running for Congress again in 2012. Also, according to this… Continue Reading
2005 February 5, 2024 For the first time since I began writing columns for the Reader Weekly turned Northland Reader turned Duluth Reader I have started going trough… Continue Reading
The Genius of the mentally incomplete Donald Trump February 1, 2024 Or how I take notes for future reference. I don’t have a top hat like Abe Lincoln to stick notes in but I have… Continue Reading
Trump on Trump? January 31, 2024 Donald Trump: “They must serve as examples so that others will think long and hard before committing a crime or an act of violence.”… Continue Reading
Donald Trump – Lord of the Flies, the Furries and Hamas destruction January 31, 2024 The Washington Post has a column that says what I’ve known for a long time. That today’s Hamas troubles can in large part be… Continue Reading
Pete, I’m coming for you January 18, 2024 I copied the previous post, added the text from my four old columns and put them in a word doc to print out. It… Continue Reading
Besides throwing the last shovel of dirt on Lincoln’s grave how else did Donald Trump further fuck up the world? January 18, 2024 Note: I use the word “further” here to note that Donald Trump only threw gas on an already burning pile of troubles. I could… Continue Reading
One of the thousands of cuts Donald Trump has not been able to inflict January 15, 2024 I haven’t read this New York Times story but I have no doubt what’s in it because Donald Trump spread America’s legs for every… Continue Reading
The “Rich men north of Richmond” Debate September 3, 2023 Five months ago stymied by my inability to concentrate on finishing a column by a pushed up deadline of Friday I cranked out my… Continue Reading
Trump’s hair challenged predecessor August 30, 2023 Word is out from critic Bolton that Trump spends his first hour and a half of the day having cosmeticians build his thinning hair… Continue Reading
Back to the Reader August 26, 2023 I’ve had the summer off from composing columns for the Duluth Reader. I spent the spring and summer doing housekeeping that writing regularly made… Continue Reading
22 pages of notes…. August 24, 2023 On the Fox 2024 Republican Presidential Debate sans the frontrunner. I almost finished off a yellow legal pad taking notes on this curiosity. I… Continue Reading
Putin can still get away with a Fifth Avenue August 23, 2023 Link here: https://apnews.com/article/russia-wagner-prigozhin-jet-crash-a7859e4e57f2efa2547dfbe5bdbaa1b2 Continue Reading
Paper Ballots This week’s reader column November 4, 2022 It begins: Last week I noted that in 1860 even in the Southern states, where Abe Lincoln was kept off the presidential ballot, no… Continue Reading