A check for Becky Lourey August 7, 2006 At the beginning of last week’s parade I saw the DFL’s renegade gubenatorial candidate Becky Lourey. She walked over to say hello and thank me for… Continue Reading
The question before the voters of the Eighth District August 5, 2006 The ten days of my father-in-law’s visit are over. We took him to the Twin Cities to meet his son where Dad will continue his… Continue Reading
Kennedy bucks Bush in favor of more conservative Republicans August 2, 2006 Several of the assertions in Mark Kennedy’s funny 30 second spot have been gnawing at me and I just realized what one of them… Continue Reading
Gerald Heaney Retires July 4, 2006 Gerald Heaney was interviewed by MPR’s Stephanie Hemphill for Voices of Minnesota. Heaney has an laudatory past but he’s also a key figure in the story… 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
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
My latest addition to the Boyd Scandal June 16, 2006 I haven’t given it a second proof reading but I’ve finally got a reasonably coherent description of the trial that sent Don Boyd to prison…. Continue Reading
Rudy Perpich Revisited June 8, 2006 Yesterday I read a little over a hundred pages of Betty Wilson’s book “Rudy.” It carried him from his birth to his first electoral… Continue Reading
Where is the Minnesota GOP in the race for 2008 June 8, 2006 I’d heard that Newt Gingrich did well at last week’s Minnesota GOP convention. Apparently there were only 540 delegates who cast votes. His candidacy… 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
Hatch in the lead? June 7, 2006 There was one story that bears analysis. The DNT carried a story from St. Paul suggesting that Mike Hatch was the frontrunner for the… Continue Reading
I could almost see becoming a historian June 6, 2006 Other than my mile swim I devoted my entire day to reading though old books and newspaper clippings. Seeing them all together through the… Continue Reading
International Baccalaureate is the new Trilateral Commision of Education June 6, 2006  I once refered to the fundamentalist Republican Gubenatorial candidate’s wife Julie Quist in a column. She now has a new mission – to kill a… Continue Reading
Good’nPawlenty June 2, 2006 I just heard the most remarkable admission on MRP by the Democratic Senate Majority leader Dean Johnson:Â “If he was not so beholden to… Continue Reading
Another Shoe drops in the legislature May 31, 2006 Rep. Irv Anderson of International Falls is hanging it up at age 82. His name wasn’t on yesterday’s list of Minnesota’s retiring legislators. There’s still… Continue Reading
Which party is vulnerable in the Minnesota Legislature May 30, 2006 So far 26 our of 201 state legislators are retiring this year. Thats a ten percent change. More Republicans are retiring from the House… Continue Reading
My bet with Will May 25, 2006 I had lunch with my old buddy Jerry and Will Munger Jr. today. We got talking about the race for Congress in the 8th… Continue Reading
Photo Op May 17, 2006 From today’s DNT: U.S. Senate candidate Amy Klobuchar is scheduled to visit the Duluth area Thursday. Klobuchar is planning to listen to area residents’… Continue Reading
Minnesota trending GOP despite Bush’s Meltdown? May 16, 2006 The “Captain” exults at the recent Strib poll which shows the GOP hanging tough in Minnesota: “In a surprising result from the Star-Tribune’s Minnesota Poll, the… Continue Reading
Old News May 11, 2006 I’m writing a book online. Its not the book I had planned to write. Two others were already in the waiting. One was an… Continue Reading
