GOP defections from the Sunflower State June 4, 2006 From NPR this morning: a story about how moderate Republicans are switching to the Democratic Party in Kansas after years of being ostracized by… Continue Reading
Meet Harry Welty June 4, 2006 I just figured out that my digital camera would take movies so I decided to record myself reading my recent Profile of Courage column…. Continue Reading
war crimes June 3, 2006 The appologists for Malai massacre in Vietnam always irritated me. When the only man convicted of responsibility, a Lyndie England type fellow named Lt…. Continue Reading
Something hopeful in Iraq’s anger over the Haditha massacre June 2, 2006 A reader of Andrew Sullivan’s blog quotes the often prescient David Brooks who seems to have anticipated Maliki’s rhetoric lambasting America and the Marines… Continue Reading
Good’nPawlenty June 2, 2006 I just heard the most remarkable admission on MRP by the Democratic Senate Majority leader Dean Johnson:Â “If he was not so beholden to… Continue Reading
Bad News hoot June 2, 2006 A column apparently excerpted from a commencement address. Wish he’d been at my graduation. Continue Reading
Jobs Jobs Jobs June 1, 2006 Here’s another little tidbit about the cronyism of the Anderson Administration during the Boyd Scandal. Continue Reading
Peggy Noonan on Unity08 June 1, 2006 Former Reagan speech writer and Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan looks skeptically if hopefully at Unity08. Continue Reading
Unity08 again June 1, 2006 I’ve just posted a comment on the UnityO8 website. They seem to be getting new posts about every five minutes so mine won’t be visible… Continue Reading
God won’t let the Earth Burn up but… May 31, 2006 but he/she’s OK with a civil war among evangelicals over George Bush’s policies. Continue Reading
Putting Iraq’s losses “in context” May 31, 2006 Powerline makes the case that Americans sense of failure in Iraq has been grossly exaggerated by media accounts of the service men and women… Continue Reading
Is there good news from Iraq? May 31, 2006 A former military admirer of Andrew Sullivan has soured on Sullivan since having been stationed in Iraq and seeing good things happen there. A fragment of… Continue Reading
How do the Mexicans treat their illegals? May 31, 2006 Worse than us and they use their army to patrol the border. Continue Reading
Unity08 May 31, 2006 I just read about Unity 08 in Newsweek. The upshot: “The Unity08 plan is for an online third-party convention in mid-2008, following the early… Continue Reading
Another Shoe drops in the legislature May 31, 2006 Rep. Irv Anderson of International Falls is hanging it up at age 82. His name wasn’t on yesterday’s list of Minnesota’s retiring legislators. There’s still… Continue Reading
Would Gore do more for the enviornment as a prophet or as a President? May 30, 2006 Just asking. Continue Reading
One year ago today Cheney said: May 30, 2006 “The level of activity that we see today from a military standpoint, I think, will clearly decline. I think they’re in the last throes,… Continue Reading
No Gun Ri May 30, 2006 Today, the day after Memorial Day, the DNT had two stories that converged for me. The first was a long Washington Post story about how… Continue Reading
Which party is vulnerable in the Minnesota Legislature May 30, 2006 So far 26 our of 201 state legislators are retiring this year. Thats a ten percent change. More Republicans are retiring from the House… Continue Reading
