“First God created idiots. That was for practice…. March 2, 2013 …Then he created School Boards.” Mark Twain First – From the Timberjay: District risks much, saves little, by using Alango Road Marshall Helmberger The… Continue Reading
Mark Twain Twits July 9, 2010 Today’s Trib opinion piece notes that the District has managed to take statistics and bend them so as to justify what they wanted to… Continue Reading
Engaged October 24, 2019 It only took four hours and some phone calls but my letter is on its way to the Sunday before the election Trib. Sadly… Continue Reading
The humiliation of two skeksies and my modest ambitions September 25, 2019 By far the biggest political news of the Trump era came today in the humiliation of two skeksies. If the world is lucky those… Continue Reading
MY FORTY YEARS OF DNT REPORTERS AND EDITORS September 30, 2017 PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT I WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO WRITE A FUND RAISING LETTER AND IT BECAME THIS EXTENDED STREAM-OF-THOUGHT… Continue Reading
I’ve never met a school board candidate who didn’t want to help educate children… August 30, 2017 … So what? The last ten year’s worth of Duluth School Board members reduced the local taxes going into our classrooms from $14 million… Continue Reading
Whew! National Teacher’s Day May 9, 2017 Why do I lead the title of this post “Whew”? Because in a school board member’s blog National Teacher’s Day should not go unremarked… Continue Reading
Can a 65 year old white man who has never had a period become the Amy Shumer of American School Boards? April 21, 2016 A year or two ago I heard an NPR story about a woman comedian who tells the raunchiest stories imaginable and about her great… Continue Reading
Salvation!? March 21, 2016 I frequently joke that asking me what’s going on in the Duluth Schools is pointless because I’m only a school board member and the… Continue Reading
Welcome new readers – Pt 2 November 29, 2014 I’m listening to National Public Radio as I type now. Its the background of much of my life. I was about to begin this… Continue Reading
Chimps in the news – a little self criticism October 17, 2014 Can Harry intimidate people into being nice? That is the question I’m faced with as I contemplate the Bullying and BFFing post. Intimidation. That’s… Continue Reading
People of Color – 2 October 3, 2014 I thoroughly enjoyed myself at Henry Banks radio interview. Henry let me run off the mouth over and over. I always apologized for it… Continue Reading
What Jefferson said about equal treatment September 20, 2014 A recent email correspondent thanked me and asked me how I make it though school board meetings like our last one. On Fri., Sept… Continue Reading
Civility – and ancient history September 10, 2014 During the height of the Red Plan fight some of my allies were perplexed at my divided loyalties. In particular there was my fondness… Continue Reading
Face Cages for board members? September 8, 2014 My Buddy took a break from needling me for what he seems to regard as my muddled thinking about the challenges facing African Americans… Continue Reading
One fourth of my family heritage October 19, 2013 Yesterday 774 visitors showed up at this blog. This time it was apparently Duluthians who showed up and not a bunch of Rooskies. Thank… Continue Reading
What goes round comes round January 4, 2011 The Red Plan defenders must stick up for themselves on occasion and today Judy Punyko Seliga wrote a sunny op ed piece about the… Continue Reading
Vile March 21, 2009 Paul Goossens and I go way back to 1999 when we were both allies in the effort to keep the Edison school experiment alive… Continue Reading