Letter to Mary Kiffmeyer July 17, 2006 I was not happy to discover some uncertainty in the Secretary of State’s Office about exactly what it would take for a signature to… Continue Reading
The Grams campaign makes an appearance. July 17, 2006 When I got back from my second trip to Secretary of State Kiffmeyer to turn in even more petitions I was surprised to find… Continue Reading
Rod Grams the farmer July 16, 2006 Chris has been looking through the internet and sent me some new information which has been useful. Today he just located this blog with… Continue Reading
Moderate Republicans – “a vanishing political phenomenon” July 16, 2006 Vic responded to my last post on the impeachment and sent me a 2003 article from from the New Yorker on the late Democratic… Continue Reading
A little Grams hogwash July 15, 2006 I was sent this nonsense article in which Rod Grams offers himself as an antidote to the partisan miasma in Congress. The biggest hoot… Continue Reading
Doolittle July 12, 2006 Republican Congressman John Doolittle hires his wife, Julie, to raise PAC money for his election and gives her a 15% commission on all money raised…. Continue Reading
Republican and Democratic Civil Wars July 9, 2006 Today’s Sunday Trib had side by side stories about the civil wars going on in both the Republican and Democratic Parties. Long past are… Continue Reading
First Press Release July 5, 2006 Welty Announces Independent Campaign for Congress Two-term Duluth School Board member Harry Welty will begin petitioning Minnesota’s Eighth Congressional District voters to be… Continue Reading
Fireworks July 5, 2006 Tomorrow I will begin asking for people to sign my petition so that my name can be placed in nomination. I’ll probably go to Duluth’s… Continue Reading
Three cheers for the middle July 3, 2006 “I believe in the middle.” So begins an essay by chemist and holocaust survivor, Roald Hoffman. Finding an analogy in chemistry Hoffman gently argues… Continue Reading
Always tell the truth July 2, 2006 Tonight I just submitted my last column to the Reader Weekly. You can read it here. Continue Reading
Tentative organizing July 2, 2006 In every campaign I’ve been a candidate (there are 11 of these) and in a dozen more in which I was the principal cheerleader… Continue Reading
Blog Metamorphosis July 2, 2006 As of today loyal readers, whoever you are, this blog has undergone a change from caterpillar to butterfly or, depending on your point-of-view, vice… Continue Reading
Harry’s been strangely silent June 30, 2006 And there is a good reason. Harry has been madly getting things ready to file for Congress. As if you hadn’t figured that out… Continue Reading
Storming Washington June 28, 2006 I’ve been very busy; too busy to post yesterday. I’ve been puttering around with a campaign website which I’ll soon be uploading. I’ve just ordered the… Continue Reading
Minnesota Secretary of State June 22, 2006 After I visited my Mother I headed over to the State Capitol to get information from our Secretary of State about elections. Behind the counter… Continue Reading
Woke up – Got out of bed June 19, 2006 Lousy night’s sleep. Must be allergic to something in the air. Kept waking me up. At least, thanks to the NPR finder, I can type while… Continue Reading
Two envelopes June 7, 2006 After my swim I found two letters from people I’ve been writing about. One was from Minnesota’s Center for Victims of of Torture. That… Continue Reading
One branch of Government is more equal than the others June 6, 2006 to paraphrase Orwell. And to understand just how the President understands his presidential prerogatives read this excerpt of this article: “The President could of course veto… Continue Reading
Bush the Homophobe? June 4, 2006 As the President and the GOP gear up to get out the vote for the 06 elections. From Newsweek: “One of his old friends… Continue Reading
