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
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
