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
Higgledy Piggledy book February 24, 2024 I am recovering from reducing 4000 words yesterday to 900 for my Reader column next week. I will only be certain if I’m satisfied… Continue Reading
Fencing with my editor and other stuff. February 22, 2024 I’ll post my latest Reader Article when its up online. I asked the editor about it and he wasn’t finished uploading. He kidded me… 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
LINTY PETE….THE DULUTH NEWS TRIB’S EDITORIAL DISSING HIM January 21, 2024 I might have put this link in earlier but I rather appreciate the Trib’s acknowledging Linty Pete’s sewed shut mouth…..He’s almost as silent as… Continue Reading
Renewed blogging – still a work in progress that may be shelved January 17, 2024 Bear with me or not I’m still trying to figure out how to blend blogging with organizing a campaign for Congress, writing regular weekly… Continue Reading
monTreal belated Dululth Reader Column January 2, 2024 This is a belatedly posted column here to the blog. It was a bit of a nightmare to compose because it was composed on… Continue Reading
The Fall of Lincoln – less jumbled than the Reader website November 10, 2023 The Fall of Lincoln 4th in a series on a trip To Washington DC. The stack of 10,000 Lincoln books found across the street… Continue Reading
Thinking about my dad a dictation from a crowded mind that didn’t want to forget anything before starting his day writing after a three month dearth of writing. May 19, 2023 Why I am putting the following gibberish in my blog? As the title says I have not written much for several months. I am… Continue Reading
Condemned to repeat it May 3, 2023 If you are historically, philosophically or Double Jeopardly enough you will recognize the end of the end of my favorite phrase about the study… Continue Reading
The Reader Redux April 18, 2023 I sent the Reader a second old column to reprise. It was renamed the Aborted Girl Redux. Only the preface is new. It was… Continue Reading
Looking for some traction in resuming my writing which has been on hiatus since I missed a Reader deadline six weeks ago. March 23, 2023 As a Lincoln liberal I don’t have any arguments with liberals. I do have some quibbles with the self righteous who cloak themselves in… Continue Reading
Duolingo Complaints February 7, 2023 From the first weeks on Duoling five years ago I found people griping about how it made changes to the language learning game they… Continue Reading
Editing August 22, 2022 I’m listing this post under the category “blog housekeeping.” It will be the 67th post in the category which began back in March of… Continue Reading
Today’s to-do lists and my complaint department April 25, 2022 I turned down a subbing job today to catch up on my one-man (campaign) to beat Pete Stauber’s one million dollar head start in… Continue Reading
Booed off the Stage – my latest Reader Column April 16, 2022 Harry’s Card Booed off the Stage Long before the Simpson’s famous 2000 cartoon preview of a Trump Administration I predicted that Donald Trump was… Continue Reading
Jotted these thoughts down this morning……not quite sure how to use them yet. April 6, 2022 The lunatic fringe waited until “big tent” Reagan was put out to pasture. Then “they” canceled Rockefeller Republicans to purify the Party. But I’d… Continue Reading
The Southernization of the United States March 26, 2022 A new book says what I’ve been harping about for years. I saw a review somewhere on line and this morning it made it… Continue Reading
Whatever happened to M. ? March 25, 2022 Over the weekend an old question that has hovered over me was answered. Whatever happened to M? M. was a young woman I graduated… Continue Reading
My today’s Reader column was a couple hundred words longer than usual December 10, 2021 Stoning the Premier Danseur. In the Summer of 1971, just shy of 21, I moved to Washington D.C. to work as an intern for… Continue Reading