Ruminations following two weeks of relative inactivity at the most important period for an insurgent’s campaign July 20, 2024 Ruminating is important. I hope Joe Biden is doing some serious ruminating. Conveniently, after having dramatically disqualifying himself by his walking dead appearance on… Continue Reading
July 5th and my 2nd reading “Power Trip Dementia” July 5, 2024 This morning I saw that You tube had counted 21 viewers of my first reading. I hope this one does even better. Continue Reading
Countdown 40 days Pt. B – July 4th and I begin reading my book. July 4, 2024 I have 40 days to sell both the 538 books I had printed a month ago and lure buyers to Amazon to buy their… Continue Reading
Countdown 40 days Pt. A – July 4th and my 21st campaign July 4, 2024 I put up my flag before daybreak this morning. Clouds were beginning to roll over Duluth and the forecast suggest the fireworks will be… Continue Reading
Countdown 55 days June 19, 2024 I’ve had some rain in the last few days and there will be more according to the forecasts. That was part of my excuse… Continue Reading
A good lynching and “our way of life” May 9, 2024 My latest column from the Duluth Reader. Its must-reading for a city with an infamous lynching in its own past: It was satisfying to… Continue Reading
Study Hall……my latest Reader column May 5, 2024 Study Hall begins: My best memory, my only memory, of study hall was the time I was reading Huckleberry Finn for an American literature… Continue Reading
Commas April 15, 2024 This is where I am four full days from my second April vacation as I prepare to take on the dystopian American political system… Continue Reading
A jolly Reader column about sociopaths and authors March 28, 2024 You can read it here: https://duluthreader.com/articles/2024/03/28/127769-not-your-usual-republican-the-book Continue Reading
Turn Turn Turn my latest in the Duluth Reader March 15, 2024 You can read it here: https://duluthreader.com/articles/2024/03/14/127622-turn-turn-turn Continue Reading
My snow sculptures as Waltzing Matilda from the Reader today February 1, 2024 First paragraph: ‘For better than 35 years I’ve made snow sculptures in my front yard in Duluth. I’m locally famous and can’t tell you… Continue Reading
Archie etc. my column in this weeks Reader January 25, 2024 Pat Oliphant’s depiction of Young Republicans, strings and all, at Richard Nixon’s Miami coronation at the 1972 Republican Presidential Nominating Convention. 1972 Pt. 1… Continue Reading
Bandwidth January 18, 2024 Here’s something I haven’t posted for years. Its a snapshot of my blog stats for January of this year. When they first became available… Continue Reading
19 pages with a little editing and tweaking over another two hours. January 18, 2024 I’m in no hurry. One book a month would be superlative but this one might serve me for the next six months. Continue Reading
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
Pussygrabbers take over GOP January 15, 2024 What’s worse, being a pussygrabber or calling a pussygrabber a pussygrabber. That’s what I thought too so I’m calling the Republican kettle black. Last… Continue Reading
A Christmas Pageant Duluth Reader column January 2, 2024 One of Claudia Welty’s favorite children’s books You can read it here Continue Reading
Jesus was a Man (at least I think so) belated Reader post January 2, 2024 Mural painted by the agnostic Harry Welty in the education room of the church where Welty has sung in the Choir for the last… Continue Reading
