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
Is Donald Trump a traitor to America? March 1, 2025 Last post Next post Last night I sent in next week’s column for the Duluth Reader. Late in the afternoon I emailed the editor… Continue Reading
Cleaning my email of titles for topics February 28, 2025 Last post Next post Below are the potential titles of things I could write a post about her or a column about for the… Continue Reading
Senator Hawley and Fairness online AND The Brainwashing of my Dad February 27, 2025 Last post Next post I recommend today’s NPR new interview with Missouri Senator Hawley. My summary: Josh Hawley has criticized big tech for leaning… Continue Reading
books I’d have been proud to write February 27, 2025 Last post Next post After an rare six hours of uninterrupted sleep I woke in the pre equinox dark with the book at my… Continue Reading
Brooks and Capehart – PBS Style Trump critiques – politeness that masks a threat too much for me. February 22, 2025 last post next post I’m pushing into crude and frank territory, a rage contained with words. David Brooks, who I’ve followed for a long… Continue Reading
Detroit February 18, 2025 Previous post Next post Detroit is the first “race riot” I remember. It was only one in a long string of “race riots” in… Continue Reading
The “my reading” I didn’t get to in the last post February 17, 2025 Previous Post Next Post The book that is opened to the grey pages is Driven Out. If you buy it at Amazon remember the… Continue Reading
The president who hides his college grades, My reading, Crude honesty vs. Honey February 17, 2025 Previous post Next post There is a reason Donald Trump will sue the University of Pennsylvania if they release his grades as a graduate… Continue Reading
I went to bed without submitting a Reader column February 15, 2025 last post next post This annoyed me because I’d like to submit them weekly. Its not because Donald Trump’s depredations or Billionaire destruction of… Continue Reading