The condition of African Americans in Duluth September 8, 2014 Its not great. First there is this in the Trib today. On the reading test, black students, who make up 8.5 percent of the… Continue Reading
How to still Fergusson and ISD 709 – Abracadabra August 20, 2014 Visitors to this blog know I opine about all sorts of stuff. The list on the right confirms that. But sometimes I switch to… Continue Reading
Over two years on the New York Times Bestseller List July 8, 2014 I finished reading the Color of Water to Claudia over the weekend. Actually I didn’t finish it. I got to the epilogue and Claudia… Continue Reading
Nugget 5 – 60th Anniversary of Brown v. Board May 18, 2014 I was three years old and living in Topeka, Kansas when the US Supreme Court ruled in Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education that… Continue Reading
Happy sesquicentennial birthday to the Gettysburg Address November 19, 2013 Four score (4 x 20) and seven years ago I was a quarter century from being born (87 – 62). So I can’t very… Continue Reading
Why I blog at night – to get back to sleep October 12, 2013 In my “weepy” interview with Jana Hollingsworth she asked me why I get up at night to write. She did not say write my… Continue Reading
An old friend and ally challenges my claims September 16, 2013 In an email titled “Honest Abe” a good friend asks me a fair question. Harry, I know you are citing 50 students in a… Continue Reading
Civil Rights and Equitable Education in Duluth September 16, 2013 I was recently sent a request for information regarding my attitude about some ticklish issues facing the Duluth Schools. I relished a chance to… Continue Reading
Civil Rights and the nuisance of journalistic fairness September 14, 2013 I’ll have a busy day tomorrow with over 100 addresses to stick lawnsigns up in. Maybe that’s why I tossed and turned in bed… Continue Reading
Cool August 23, 2013 Perhaps this blog is the DNT’s editorial caveat that I have not always used my knowledge for good in their otherwise ringing endorsement of… Continue Reading
Decent and Boring old white guys… July 15, 2013 …my kind of Republicans. Sadly, they were drummed out the the GOP years ago. Here’s a story about one of the old GOP President’s… Continue Reading
Six Paragraphs July 13, 2013 My return to the Reader Weekly, Duluth’s largest tabloid, was a little awkward. Although its publisher had kind words for me as he introduced… Continue Reading
80% European April 18, 2013 I recently read a fascinating article about Neanderthals in my Discovery Magazine. Recent genetic breakthroughs have answered an old question. Did they interbreed with… Continue Reading
Statuary Hall mystery partly answered March 6, 2013 I presumed in an earlier post that Each state got to choose which of its citizens would represent it in Statuary Hall. That got… Continue Reading
Mitch McConnell’s sense of history March 6, 2013 In the NY Times story about Rosa Park’s statue being placed into Statuary Hall there was passing mention of what Republican Senator Mitch McConnell… Continue Reading
While we honor Rosa Parks with a statue ,,, March 5, 2013 in Statuary Hall: Israel implements separate but equal busing. Meanwhile: “Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, said that Mrs. Parks’s decision to… Continue Reading
Related to my Put… posts only more contemplative January 27, 2013 From Gary Wills pondering his Georgia Grandmother’s indomitable turn-of-the-century prejudices by way of the Dish. Wills wrote a marvelous book about the Gettysburg address… Continue Reading
GOP = Ghastly Organized Putrescence – Pt 3 January 26, 2013 Lincoln long fantasized about joining the pantheon of America’s founding fathers or perhaps lamented the seeming impossibility of joining it. His law partner, Herndon,… Continue Reading
Seneca Falls, Selma, Stonewall January 21, 2013 A great litany. I was 15 during the Selma to Montgomery March. I was 18 when I read about Stonewall in Newsweek. I visited… Continue Reading