One of the thousands of cuts Donald Trump has not been able to inflict January 15, 2024 I haven’t read this New York Times story but I have no doubt what’s in it because Donald Trump spread America’s legs for every… Continue Reading
Santayana November 10, 2023 For several years I made and occasionally passed out a business card that quoted the philosopher George Santayana on the back side. The quote:… Continue Reading
And as I looked for Pakistan I found a post helping to explain . . . September 3, 2022 … what was on my mind when I filed for Congress having given up on the Republican Party. https://lincolndemocrat.com/?p=543 Continue Reading
I can’t show you what was in the 48 empty “classified” folders at Mara Lago but….. September 3, 2022 …I can thumb through the illustration of what was found. Thank you New York Times: Continue Reading
More about the nuisance that Democracy is November 18, 2021 In my last post I described how happy so many college educated Trump haters were when they could avoid a referendum on the Red… Continue Reading
Yesterday, my email reply to the Editor of the News Tribune September 17, 2021 Re: Edits to my letter to the editor: Very good Chuck, I can tell there have been some edits but this is faithful to… Continue Reading
Trump’s idol, Putin, puts bounties on American troops June 26, 2020 Breaking news Congressman Stauber is married to someone who was once in the line of fire. Does Pete have any thoughts about this? Harry… Continue Reading
Quick thoughts on . . . September 11, 2019 Transpanency: The Trib adds to the story of an unhappy school board. I offered the video and some context here. https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/education/4655508-Duluth-School-Board-members-call-transparency-of-superintendent-search-into-question Tonya Sconiers I… Continue Reading
Our sore footed Sleazebag’s War June 20, 2019 The chikencrap who wasn’t sold on the inconvenient Vietnam War and who courageously badmouthed Bush years later for the Gulf War has now turned… Continue Reading
You Have my Sympathy Ilhan (includes the seven paragraphs missing from today’s Reader) February 14, 2019 You Have My Sympathy Ilhan Prologue: Ilhan Omar, Minnesota’s new Islamic Congresswoman, has offered her “unequivocal” apology for twitting the fiercely pro-Israel Political Action… Continue Reading
The tenth buddy October 29, 2017 It was bagpipes and Scotland at our Presbyterian Church today. My Dad would have loved it. Our graying choir did OK and we had… Continue Reading
16 years ago on Snowbizz.com September 11, 2017 I found this old image courtesy of the Wayback machine. In 1999 Claudia and I had decided to take a little trip to New… Continue Reading
Paranoia Pt 3 Sacco and Vanzetti March 21, 2017 Last night I read something new about an old legal case that had liberals undies in a bunch back in my college days. Sacco… Continue Reading
The Good Donald Trump March 1, 2017 I had every intention of watching President Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress last evening. Instead, I got Trumped by the… Continue Reading
Lapel Flag patriots December 1, 2016 This NPR story about the thousands of “general discharges” handed out to veterans in recent years irked me this morning. These discharges protect the… Continue Reading
Generosity and trust 2016 and on Aug. 29, 1942 November 17, 2016 I mentioned the magnanimity and solidarity of Duluth’s students yesterday particularly at Denfeld with its post-it note campaign started by its student rep on… Continue Reading
A little bit of Post-Trump here in the Northland November 14, 2016 In my view America elected a demagogue rather than a scold. In fairness to Hillary Clinton, the unprecedented calls of “lock her up” at… Continue Reading
Mongering, Fish, War, Clinton, take your pick September 8, 2016 I have meant to say a lot more about this year’s sorry election spectacle. Half of America will have to move to Canada whatever… Continue Reading
