Maybe I have Asperberger’s too March 15, 2010 Who was the first person to realize our banks had invested America’s future in fiscal insanity? Check out this NPR story. Then Burry began… Continue Reading
Garland Roofing March 11, 2010 An outfit that has a reputation for unethical business practices got a no bid roof contract on the Red Plan a year ago. A… Continue Reading
The tale of the Vasa March 9, 2010 A pipe line company investigating a mile and a half wide strip of the Baltic Sea’s floor located 12 old ships including one that… Continue Reading
Auto vs. Train traffic August 20, 2009 Somewhere I read that St. Louis County Commissioner Steve O’Neil is praising Congressman Jim Oberstar for the clout he can exercise in Congress by… Continue Reading
Duluth should own the decision on school closures March 6, 2009 Someone sent me this story about Dr. Dixon’s early honeymoon period and DFT President Frank Wanner heaps praise on the then fresh new Superintendent…. Continue Reading
Buy (bought off) local September 12, 2008 Read it and weep. Once again the online comment section is revealing. This is what I posted: “If it hadn’t been for Let Duluth… Continue Reading
Fossils roar back to life August 21, 2008 I slipped down to Ordean to snap a couple more photos on the dinosaurs rampaging through the neighborhood. The wooded ravine behind Steggy will… Continue Reading
Pork on Board February 1, 2007 I knew that the DM&E was a big issue in southeastern Minnesota and may have helped Walz defeat Gutknecht but I’d never heard it… Continue Reading
I’m as bad as John Kerry November 2, 2006 Vic is on my case. He made me reread the story I poked fun at a couple posts ago. I was railing at Oberstar… Continue Reading
An election to remember 4 all the wrong reasons? November 1, 2006 George Will, in an admirably easy to follow column, forecasts another Katrina-like milestone for the Republicans. Not of electoral defeat but of a new disaster resulting from their $3.6… Continue Reading
Boon or Boondoggle? August 1, 2006 This story from the Messabi Daily hails the billions of federal dollars about to be spent on new energy production on the Iron Range…. Continue Reading
More on Highway 53 July 24, 2006 From today’s Strib (Minneapolis Star Tribune) Some Highlights “the Minnesota Department of Transportation says it can’t use most of that windfall until 2012, because… Continue Reading
Snake Oil July 13, 2006 I’ve talked to too many people to remember all the neat little anecdotes I could report about my petitioning. A couple people asked me… Continue Reading