Here’s the Waseca Story June 13, 2006 Waseca was given $2.3 million extra by the Federal government to pay effective teachers more. The commraderie that broke out sounds like what you would… Continue Reading
Merit Pay Melee June 13, 2006 I’ve been waiting for something worthy to blog about for a couple days and I just found it. I didn’t read the news that inspired… Continue Reading
June 12, 2006 I haven’t posted much for the past couple days. I’ve been doing a fair amount of research but very little writing. I’ve spent several hours at… Continue Reading
Meteor Scoot June 11, 2006 Not a hoot but if it were to fall on you it would be time to scoot. This is a Japanese narated CGI animation… Continue Reading
An inconvenient column June 11, 2006 Gore as savior? Cutting to the chase: “In his book, “Earth in the Balance,” Gore warned that “sacrifice, struggle and a wrenching transformation of… Continue Reading
Summer Reading June 10, 2006 Last summer I read two weighty histories of close to a thousand pages each. The first was about Adolph Hitler’a cronies and the second was about Joseph Stalin…. Continue Reading
Some good news in Iraq June 10, 2006 This site chronicles dozens of instances of the new cultural freedom to be found in post Saddam Iraq. Cutting to the chase: “The Post-Saddam Cultural… Continue Reading
Prairie Home Companion June 9, 2006 Claudia took the day off so we decided to go to a movie. Its not raining but with a breeze off Lake Superior its… Continue Reading
That didn’t last long June 9, 2006 Wow, Jerry Falwell and John McCain are estranged already. Continue Reading
How badly did HHH want to be President? June 9, 2006 As I write this book its been important to put the times in context. Governor Rudy Perpich was a generation past Humphrey and not… Continue Reading
Rudy Perpich Revisited June 8, 2006 Yesterday I read a little over a hundred pages of Betty Wilson’s book “Rudy.” It carried him from his birth to his first electoral… Continue Reading
Gleeful fifth columnists June 8, 2006 On the McLaughlin Report last Friday I was taken aback when Tony Blankly of the Washington Times, who looked very sullen, snapped at Newsweek’s columnist… Continue Reading
Seven hours of staining my fence June 8, 2006 I had to put off researching my Boyd book today because part of my agreement with my wife is to make sure I don’t… Continue Reading
On the other hand his death should be celebrated June 8, 2006 An Email being sent around by the troops in Iraq. Continue Reading
This probably means that we’ve won June 8, 2006 Now that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has let the genie of insurrection out of the bag we’ve killed him and several of his top lieutenants. What… Continue Reading
DNT to be owned by Regional Company June 8, 2006 The Trib put a lot ink in the paper today about its transfer to the Fargo Forum’s owner Forum Communications. The only thing the… Continue Reading
Where is the Minnesota GOP in the race for 2008 June 8, 2006 I’d heard that Newt Gingrich did well at last week’s Minnesota GOP convention. Apparently there were only 540 delegates who cast votes. His candidacy… Continue Reading
But Bush can take $1.6 billion from our troops in Iraq for domestic politics. June 8, 2006 As I just said, my words are unprintable! Continue Reading
Once again Bush shafts the troops for Domestic political considerations. June 8, 2006 Appeasing angry anti-immigrant Republicans is more important than giving our troops in Iraq replacement pieces for the equipment that is falling apart. The words… Continue Reading
Two envelopes June 7, 2006 After my swim I found two letters from people I’ve been writing about. One was from Minnesota’s Center for Victims of of Torture. That… Continue Reading
