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
Oh say can Mark Sing? May 9, 2006 Last night’s Nightline had a segment asking whether US Congressmen who are trying to pass a law making it illegal to sing the national… Continue Reading
Pension Schmension May 4, 2006 This story pricked up my ears yesterday. It was reported that several of Minnesota’s public employee retirement funds were underfunded by almost 10 billion dollars. I’m… Continue Reading
Hole in the Head April 26, 2006 State Senator Satveer Chaudhary pictured in an ad by the Republic Party with a photoshoped thumb on the nose (see earlier entry) got one… Continue Reading
Lesson in the Sub Caucus System April 22, 2006 Like the Republicans the Democrats that met at Woodland Junior High managed to put the platform on the backburner. In the case of the… Continue Reading
