I’m running for Congress March 28, 2022 Last night I gave my grandsons and their parents my new card which I had printed at the UMD printshop a couple weeks ago…. Continue Reading
The Southernization of the United States March 26, 2022 https://www.flickr.com/photos/30095042@N00/51962085271/sizes/z/ A new book says what I’ve been harping about for years. I saw a review somewhere on line and this morning it made… Continue Reading
My Column for this week’s Reader March 11, 2022 The MP who pulled black men off white prostitutes – The rest of the Story. Note: This is slightly modified from a blog post… Continue Reading
They Died with their Boots on March 3, 2022 My latest column in the Duluth Reader It begins: “Hollywood spent its first 50 years cruelly confirming white America’s every prejudice against black America…. Continue Reading
A little cold water for you March 1, 2022 I have increased the pressure on Russia’s reptile Putin with 1000 Facebook “likes” for my sculpture Of course, the pressure is only about the… Continue Reading
In case my previous snow sculpture was too ambiguous February 28, 2022 I don’t usually take sides between mammals and reptiles but in this case I’m making an exception. Continue Reading
This American Life February 27, 2022 Go to the episode of Feb. 25th from Public Radio’s This American Life on the Internet. Is called the Other Mr. President and in… Continue Reading
God Damn it….. An army of Tucker Carlsons…… February 24, 2022 Tonight’s early reports of locations being attacked by Russia in the Ukraine Just before I tried to hit the sack I read the first… Continue Reading
I can give heart attacks as well as I can take them February 17, 2022 I have been interested to see the likely outlines of the new 8th Congressional District boundaries. They look good to me and I am… Continue Reading
Books I’ve read: 2-10-2022 February 10, 2022 Here are three books I’ve read in their entirety. None of them is listed on my “My Reading list” page. I would have read… Continue Reading
Prevarication, Mendacity, Self Agrandisement February 5, 2022 I’m in the middle of two important writing self assignments. First, as with each week, a column for the Reader. These are helping me… Continue Reading
George S Robb Center for the Study of the Great War February 4, 2022 From the George S Robb Center for the Study of the Great War My Grandfather George Robb has posthumously lent his name to his… Continue Reading
In case anyone in that school district that banned the Maus books needs one for their children… January 31, 2022 I have them both. Continue Reading
Biden my time….. January 24, 2022 Pete Stauber rings hollower each day. This is his smug post on Facebook. I suspect that if his constituents were polled they would fall… Continue Reading
A day of Treason Revisited One Year Later January 10, 2022 That is the title of this week’s column. I’ve reread it a couple times. It comes close to expressing my thoughts today about Trump,… Continue Reading
Back before the NRA put side arms on the hips of every self styled Kyle Rittenhouse November 24, 2021 This was a cover of the Saturday Evening Post in 1958 when I was about the same age as the runaway in Norman Rockwell’s… Continue Reading
One of my book projects November 24, 2021 Over the past twenty years I have had a half dozen ideas for writing about the deplorable black history in America that, fortunately for… Continue Reading
More about the nuisance that Democracy is November 18, 2021 In my last post I described how happy so many college educated Trump haters were when they could avoid a referendum on the Red… Continue Reading
My morning email to an old buddy re: politics and US History November 17, 2021 On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 9:36 AM harrywelty wrote: Poor Rutherfraud. When we were in school we got the Democratic preferred history that… Continue Reading
