Early reading on Primary day August 13, 2024 I’m not being set free today but I feel like it. There is an election, once again, that I filed for and that I… Continue Reading
Reciting the Presidents in order……something that might end up in a volume 2 of Not Your Usual Republican July 20, 2024 Anyone wishing to know American Political history could start here. This “conspectus” was created in 1880 to show how the political parties ebbed and… Continue Reading
History on my mind and Volume twoing July 20, 2024 I vacuumed my office after another month of spreading projects on its floor. I vacuumed half the floor. I simply moved the papers to… Continue Reading
High Noon July 15, 2024 I sent the Editor of the Duluth Reader the following email just moments ago: Jim, I set your column on High Noon aside some… Continue Reading
The current Pope was selected after an ailing Pope stepped down probably a first in 2000 years July 9, 2024 Perhaps good Catholic Biden should take that into consideration. If he won’t take that into consideration he should remember Edith Wharton Wilson who kept… Continue Reading
“How can you be a republican and eat breakfast with a black guy?” Its a two minute listen. July 5, 2024 From todays NPR “One Small Step” broadcast series which is intended to help bridge gaps growing wider from this year’s politics https://www.npr.org/2024/07/04/nx-s1-5029354/one-small-step-america-aims-to-bridge-divides-during-a-contentious-election-year The quote… Continue Reading
Jack Benny Days – 39 July 5, 2024 A month and 9 days ought to be ominous for my slow flowering campaign. In fact at the end of yesterday I was feeling… Continue Reading
Countdown 65 days post cicadas and the Citadel June 10, 2024 Its a beautiful day ahead and time for me to kick signage into a little higher gear. Perhaps I can hit 100 signs today…. Continue Reading
The Brood and the Good Read Countdown day 67 June 9, 2024 I did not expect to be thinking about the campaign much on this weekend away from the stump but I forgot that Claudia and… Continue Reading
I’ll do my damnedest to avoid the use of the word “traitor” in this campaign May 18, 2024 But it ain’t gonna be easy! This is the photo I took this morning after mulling over the column I wrote last week which… Continue Reading
Post-it Notes and Presidential Greatness – graph at bottom February 26, 2024 Its Monday and I have most of a whole day stretching out to review the 300ish old Not Columns I’ve written since 2002. As… Continue Reading
My latest in the my 1972 series in the Duluth Reader February 16, 2024 Read it here: Continue Reading
A few breaths of air before some quickish blogging and before I plunge back into my world changing book editing February 15, 2024 That’s one of the longer titles I’ve ever written. And this is meant to be a short post. Before I set out for my… Continue Reading
A damn good letter February 7, 2024 Another picture from my Flickr Page This is a letter Park College gave me sent to them in the Second World War when they… Continue Reading
A Note to my archivists – in case my campaign for Congress makes me famous January 28, 2024 I have been discovering more resources to write about my history of watching the GOP turned all Tomas de Torquemada. (check Wikipedia) I was… 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
Besides throwing the last shovel of dirt on Lincoln’s grave how else did Donald Trump further fuck up the world? January 18, 2024 Note: I use the word “further” here to note that Donald Trump only threw gas on an already burning pile of troubles. I could… Continue Reading
Remembrance and Taxation without representation – my latest in the Reader October 13, 2023 Remembrance and taxation without representation 2nd of a series on a Trip to Washington DC. It begins: One of my grandsons practiced taking night… Continue Reading
Taking the Boys to DC part one of perhaps 10 or 11 columns to come September 13, 2023 The Reader published the first of what could end up being a series of 11 columns about my ruminations following a week-long sojourn to… Continue Reading
