Unto the fifth generation – Not! May 14, 2016 My children are as allergic to today’s GOP as though it was a toxic substance. If it had not become the party of God… Continue Reading
Zero Hour’s beginnings twelve years ago May 13, 2016 Tonight I decided to look through old scribblings of mine thinking that I might be able to cobble a book together for use in… Continue Reading
on National Teacher’s Day May 3, 2016 After eight hours of lying in my bed waking periodically so that my night’s sleep only amounted to four or five hours between long… Continue Reading
I fought the law April 26, 2016 As I was belatedly putting away my Mother’s christmas ornaments this morning I was thinking about how strange it is that I’ve developed a… Continue Reading
Taking a pin to my pompous balloon April 23, 2016 Yeah, this email reaction to my white lie post from a sympathizer just about sums it up: “Harry, except for talking too much, you… Continue Reading
Thinking in Adages April 22, 2016 I was named after a man my Dad was profoundly disappointed in, his father, Harry Welty. There is it. After a couple hours of… Continue Reading
“Fair enough” October 6, 2015 So, where have I been for the past couple days? I have a post with nothing in it lined up to talk about the… Continue Reading
“I never met a man I didn’t like.” September 24, 2015 I took this maxim to heart when I was a kid. I’m not sure how its author, Will Rogers, got into my head. Rogers… Continue Reading
Fond Farewell’s- Morgan Park September 12, 2015 Today’s paper has a story about the closing of the 99-year old Morgan Park School and today’s open house where alumni and others can… Continue Reading
I need a rainy day June 16, 2015 Claudia asked me why I was pacing the kitchen this morning. She didn’t realize I’d hopped out of bed at midnight too agitated to… Continue Reading
The first time I desperately wanted to write May 20, 2015 Claudia and I took six or seven years to decide whether to bring children into this crazy world. It meant a couple strong hints… Continue Reading
Wrassling April 30, 2015 The string of seven and eight hour nights worth of sleep keeps chugging along. I must be doing something right. Recently I got two… Continue Reading
My Fraternity March 31, 2015 The last post is the first one in nine years to have mentioned the name of my college fraternity, Phi Delta Theta. This is… Continue Reading
Goodbye Mom March 31, 2015 Short posts are easy. Long ones take work. When I have something I want to say well I often fail to do so because… Continue Reading
Throttling the Grizzly August 6, 2014 Just short of 2AM I was in the midst of a colorful dream too peculiar to make sense of the details. I had been… Continue Reading
Sticks and Stones January 30, 2014 Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. I said I wanted to write about Charter Schools. I even spent fifteen minutes at my Rockridge meeting talking about them… Continue Reading
Can the GOP take West Duluth? and a reminiscence August 22, 2012 I think so if two serious challengers run write-in campaigns in Kerry Gauthier’s district. I don’t know how many “conservative” votes there are in… Continue Reading
Word Search of the Day February 20, 2012 Mea Culpa I make my share of mistakes. I don’t worry too much about misspellings, typos, and other pretty constant static in my blog… Continue Reading
How I became a Republican February 16, 2012 A follow up to the previous post. So Grandma got us a room in the Duluth Radisson. Grandma and I call our Wednesdays with… Continue Reading