Hillbilly Allegedly July 17, 2024 When ambitious attorney and Yale law grad J.D. Vance wanted to make a splash in literature he wrote a book about his meth riddled… Continue Reading
Jack Benny Days – 39 July 5, 2024 A month and 9 days ought to be ominous for my slow flowering campaign. In fact at the end of yesterday I was feeling… Continue Reading
As Trump gets more senile his Trump cult gets more senile and that’s a problem for the sociopaths who have enriched themselves in the GOP March 6, 2024 I explained in yesterday’s post that even if the Nikki Haley I voted for in the GOP primary was to be the candidate for… Continue Reading
THE HOME OF THE BRAVE! – The previous post’s last paragraph is worth reading again – January 20, 2024 “and regarding the Tim Scott announcement he can’t vote for Biden…….But I can vote for a serial rapist, liar, cheat and dictator lover who… Continue Reading
Pete, I’m coming for you January 18, 2024 I copied the previous post, added the text from my four old columns and put them in a word doc to print out. It… Continue Reading
Speaking of people worthy of a Evangelical abortion after their birth January 16, 2024 Here’s a headline post Iowa Caucuses from the Washington Post regarding a poll of Americans listening to Donald Trump: Half of Americans agree with… Continue Reading
What Would Lincoln Do? January 5, 2024 After a futile four hours of trying to fall asleep a slogan occurred to me that soothed my vexatious thoughts. What Would Lincoln Do?… Continue Reading
Taking the Boys to DC part one of perhaps 10 or 11 columns to come September 13, 2023 The Reader published the first of what could end up being a series of 11 columns about my ruminations following a week-long sojourn to… Continue Reading
Republicans (today) do not equal fascists and anyone wanting to fix America needs to understand what they have become. September 12, 2023 First of all they are not just a they. We are all they or parts of they or parts of our they. Liberals can… Continue Reading
The “Rich men north of Richmond” Debate September 3, 2023 Five months ago stymied by my inability to concentrate on finishing a column by a pushed up deadline of Friday I cranked out my… Continue Reading
Back to the Reader August 26, 2023 I’ve had the summer off from composing columns for the Duluth Reader. I spent the spring and summer doing housekeeping that writing regularly made… Continue Reading
How the heirs of the KKK stole a Pope’s infallibly to divide and conquer America April 24, 2023 JFK addresses anti-Catholic preachers in 1960, Google:“The Kennedy Speech that Stoked the Rise of the Christian Right” Read it here Continue Reading
My Jen Schultz amendment is ready for production October 6, 2022 I’ll probably start slapping them on my lawnsigns tomorrow. I stopped going door to door at the dorms. I might pick it up again… Continue Reading
Not quite trolling August 27, 2022 Here is a screen shot of a reply I gave to a cartoon on a “conservative” Facebook site ridiculing paying off student college debt:… Continue Reading
Killing Dr. Tiller May 8, 2022 Killing Dr. Tiller. My shortest podcast to date. No gift to cleanse the stain of Trump from America is too small. Continue Reading
My wife won’t be voting for me for Congress May 3, 2022 Two lovebirds toasting their voyage down the Yangtze River at the Three Gorges Dam Claudia has told me several times she will not be… Continue Reading
When perception is reality April 11, 2022 This is the back side of a 1996 cartoon/pamphlet I picked up at the Eighth District Convention a couple weeks ago. My 12-year-old Grandson… Continue Reading
The 2022 Eighth Congressional District Republican Convention April 10, 2022 A very crowded convention floor in the ballroom of Greysolon Plaza. I took this picture after belting out the Star Spangled Banner with the… Continue Reading
Meep Meep….Alas the Reader April 2, 2022 Alas, There is a division of labor in the Reader Weekly. The Tabloid is almost always on time. The Online Reader struggles at times…. Continue Reading
This American Life February 27, 2022 Go to the episode of Feb. 25th from Public Radio’s This American Life on the Internet. Is called the Other Mr. President and in… Continue Reading
