Much to my surprise….. June 6, 2018 My latest column for the Reader is on the Web a day early. Its titled “Worse than a Racist.” Continue Reading
Impeachment – Issues before Congress June 6, 2018 I wrote one of my recent columns in the Duluth Reader pondering this tricky issue. I hope that an Impeachment does not become necessary…. Continue Reading
Day 2 camp diary – O Captain, My Captain! June 6, 2018 I got two points for composing a sentence in French just now on my Duolingo Ap. Its 2 in the morning and I crawled… Continue Reading
What would Joseph McCarthy have said about this Republican sign? June 4, 2018 Everyone knows that Donald Trump worshiped Tail Gunner Joe’s legal beagle Roy Cohn and hires mostly similarly named attorneys with the same rabid attack-dog… Continue Reading
Dreaming in French May 22, 2018 For the last couple weeks I’ve been trying to write in French. Its not so hard with cell phone translators to clear up the… Continue Reading
Not writer’s block but writer’s glut May 16, 2018 No doubt someone in your life told you that if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all. I’ve never… Continue Reading
I could use an editor May 10, 2018 I just read my latest column for the Duluth Reader. I write about the recent “2017” presidential election. I was only off by a… Continue Reading
White House correspondents, our new civility police May 1, 2018 If you type “civility” into lincolndemocrat’s search function you will discover that I find it a desirable virtue that is too often used as… Continue Reading
It was the best of Times April 7, 2018 The beginning of one of the few dozen novels I’ve read begins: “It was the best of times it was the worst of times.”… Continue Reading
A Rose by any other name March 30, 2018 For a couple of days I’ve gotten two comedian’s confused. But first let me interject a completely unnecessary digression about female comedians (since I’ve… Continue Reading
“Nous avons lu assez de livres” March 26, 2018 Among the many news articles that have drawn my attention was one today about Trump son-in-law schmoozing his way around the world to make… Continue Reading
More on vigilance March 23, 2018 I have been heartened by the large response to my recent post on Vigilance. If we had a smarter adversary trying to undermine our… Continue Reading
Trump’s neo communist dupes February 19, 2018 The troll factory And if you doubt Pogo read this: https://nyti.ms/2C8tU0o. And yes I know. The title for this post mostly serves to add… Continue Reading
The first rough draft….. February 1, 2018 of History. It made it to this week’s Reader. It begins: I stopped in a used bookstore in Bullhead City, Arizona, last week and… Continue Reading
No getting away from you know who January 21, 2018 We’re at 3 minutes left of the jags/patriot game. As I typed Brady passed for a touchdown and the lead. I’ll try to finish… Continue Reading
“How many Trumps does it take to change a light bulb?” January 19, 2018 “We’ll never know, because after he screws something he gives it $130,000 not to tell anybody.” As someone long scornful of Donald Trump I… Continue Reading
Handsome Harry falls out of favor January 17, 2018 For much of my fight against the Red Plan I had an avid ally up North. I quoted a few of his emails to… Continue Reading
No way to make America Great Again January 13, 2018 An old ally stopped communicating with me because I keep trashing Donald Trump. I don’t plan to stop any time soon. I’d not heard… Continue Reading
Who’s Whoville? January 11, 2018 This cartoon by Mike McKee of the Atlanta Constitution was in today’s DNT. It should not have surprised me that the Grinch has been… Continue Reading
