American History January 22, 2026 Last Post: Incels, Flowers and new lyrics for “Don’t Walk Away Renee” Next Post: SNL – too good for the cutting room floor I… Continue Reading
Crossing the Delaware January 17, 2026 Last Post: “I’m not mad at you.” Next Post: Blood on his hands This has been 2101 E First’s busiest snow sculpting season to… Continue Reading
News, John Paul Jones, and a Trump success that won’t stop him from flooding Mar-A-lago January 12, 2026 Last Post: Saturday and my daily routine Next Post: Honda Pilot After sleeping well I rose before six put on the coffee finished my… Continue Reading
Saturday and my daily routine January 10, 2026 Last Post: Snakes Next Post: News, John Paul Jones, and a Trump success that won’t stop him from flooding Mar-A-lago Its late and I… Continue Reading
AI by Russia, China, Trump etcetera and the future of the Earth January 8, 2026 Last Post: Parler par les deux extrémités de son tractus gastro-intestinal Next Post: Pennies from Heaven Half an hour ago I put down the… Continue Reading
A two newspaper a day man January 8, 2026 Last Post: How many Greenlanders will we kill… Next Post: Talking out of both ends of his gastrointestinal tract note: I just cranked out… Continue Reading
Ben and Me December 29, 2025 Last Post: Among the wealth of things I’ve neglected too long – Immigration Next Post: I am a candidate for the 8th Congressional District… Continue Reading
The Great Gatsby December 3, 2025 Last post: One month after the school Board election Next post: long neglected: ICE By coincidence I began reading a French English translation of… Continue Reading
One month after the school board election, December 3, 2025 December 3, 2025 Last post: Election Day, November 3, 2024 Next post: The Great Gatsby This blog has over its not quite two decades served as a… Continue Reading
Book and Dagger October 7, 2025 Last post: I broke my back for our children and our democracy Next post: My campaign flyer…I hope my broken pelvis… Harry is an… Continue Reading
Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken August 31, 2025 Last post: Preparing to do something useful for this last day of the work week Next post Tangerine Man Having nailed the third practice… Continue Reading
I knew one of these guys August 28, 2025 Last post: What the new can help us understand about the old Next post: Preparing to do something useful for this last day of… Continue Reading
What the new can help us understand about the old. August 28, 2025 Last post: How looking up my growing Internet expenses side tracked me Next post: I knew one of these guys I have been grappling… Continue Reading
How looking up my growing Internet expenses side tracked me August 27, 2025 Last post: It’s Time for Americans to Start Talking About “Soft Secession” Next post: What the new can help us understand about the old… Continue Reading
Harking back to the greatness that preceded US journalism’s current forlorn state. July 19, 2025 Last post Next post Uncle Walter Ed Murrow Vietnam Murdoch Trump MAGA Last night I woke but was concerned that if I tromped around… Continue Reading
Chernow’s Hamilton July 10, 2025 Last post Next post I woke at 3 last night and read Chapter 37 “Deadlock” about how after weakening President’s John Adams chances at… Continue Reading
Chernow and historians et al July 10, 2025 Last post Next post These are the three Ron Chernow books I have in my bookshelves. I am just under one hundred pages left… Continue Reading
Grandpa said April 15, 2025 Last post Next post I’m nearing the end of the book below titled the Great Influenza. The Book the Great Triumvirate was published in… Continue Reading
Not a “harmless little fuzzball March 31, 2025 Last post Next post A nearby used book store will be closed soon. Its books are being given away free. I brought back a… Continue Reading
Fewer Americans are encumbered with Church affiliations March 3, 2025 Last post Next post The latest story about declining Christian Belief: from the PEW research group finds it has leveled off. I suspect church… Continue Reading