Alexis De Welty en Anglais October 22, 2024 In anticipation of a Trump victory I’ve been thinking about being a reverse Alexis de Tocqueville. Actually I’ve given that thought from not long… Continue Reading
High Noon July 15, 2024 I sent the Editor of the Duluth Reader the following email just moments ago: Jim, I set your column on High Noon aside some… Continue Reading
Would you make a small contribution to remove a traitor from Congress? July 5, 2022 If so I can put some of my tell it like it is ads in the press before the August 9th primary: If you… Continue Reading
I can give heart attacks as well as I can take them February 17, 2022 I have been interested to see the likely outlines of the new 8th Congressional District boundaries. They look good to me and I am… Continue Reading
George S Robb Center for the Study of the Great War February 4, 2022 From the George S Robb Center for the Study of the Great War My Grandfather George Robb has posthumously lent his name to his… Continue Reading
Trois heurers par jour practique Francais. Pour trois ans December 2, 2020 Three hours a day practicing French. For three years I am more impatient than ever with people who look down on those learning a… Continue Reading
Lost and Found May 9, 2020 For two years I’ve been looking for this map. Its a map from the records of the US military and it shows the terrain… Continue Reading
My piss and vinegar button has been pushed February 8, 2020 There is nothing like hearing a bully gloating to bring out my piss and vinegar. It may have skipped a generation because that wasn’t… Continue Reading
My 3rd Lincolndemocrat Post from March 8, 2006 September 28, 2019 I probably haven’t reread this old post … http://lincolndemocrat.com/?p=8 … for twelve years but its offers a fascinating window on my schizophrenic politics. I… Continue Reading
George S. Robb Center for the study of the Great War September 18, 2019 I haven’t figured out how to upload Facebook videos to my blog. This one came from the Historical Center named after my Grandfather. My… Continue Reading
Give’m Harry July 15, 2019 I read the following wonderful summary of Harry Truman on Facebook today. Then I looked at the apparently pro-Trump author’s Facebook Page. He didn’t… Continue Reading
Memorial Day Remembrance May 27, 2019 At noon I put up our US flag for Memorial Day. I’m not a fanatic about following the rules or it would have gone… Continue Reading
Harry Welty, “Provocateur” January 3, 2019 Brady Slater’s piece about my Cheeto-in-Chief sculpture and its temporary decapitation was fine by me. However, as a diarrhetically, self analycal writer I would… Continue Reading
Napoleon – lessons to learn October 6, 2018 I bought this book for three reasons and paid full price at the Musee de l’armee in Paris where Napoleon is buried in a… Continue Reading
Bon Voyage September 3, 2018 For two years I’ve been salivating over the prospect of traveling across the battlefields that my Grandfather fought on one hundred years ago. For… Continue Reading
Wake up call – part 2 (now completed) July 4, 2018 I’m still practicing French and then I’ll probably start reading the best history of the bloodiest battle in American Military History the Meuse Argonne…. Continue Reading
What to scribble? January 18, 2018 The Reader did publish my column. I began it by writing a bit about the Reader’s publisher Bob Boone. I wondered if that might… Continue Reading
The PBS Vietnam Series gets me thinking September 18, 2017 I watched all the Stanley Karnow episodes in the 1990’s about Vietnam but I think Kevin Burns will bring a little more nuance at… Continue Reading
Trifecta Schmrifecta June 13, 2017 Posts that began in my head over a week before but which become placeholders for me to finish are a pain. Life goes on… Continue Reading
Welcome DFL delegate to today’s endorsing Convention June 3, 2017 It will be a long and fascinating day. I’ll keep lots of mental notes. I would also like to provide you with some time… Continue Reading
