Dear Substack, my first link heavy intro to myself April 23, 2025 Last post Next post Dear Substack, I am one of your most recent utilizers. In French, which I decided at age 67 to learn,… 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
The Maga Swarm April 10, 2025 Last post Next post I wanted a different picture to head this column. This was the appropriate photo: The first five paragraphs are about… Continue Reading
My 1992 Prediction of a Trump GOP with introductory context April 9, 2025 Last post Next post My pal John wanted me to send him the speech that I claim is one of the first prophecies of… 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
Apropos the last post….The dumbing down of the Republican Party March 24, 2025 Last column Next column I think the most genuinely brilliant President was Abe Lincoln. He was deeply mortified about his humble origins and limited… Continue Reading
George Will a Trump appendix March 14, 2025 Last post Next post I mentioned George in the last post. So, I went back to read his column. (Sorry the Post has a… Continue Reading
Who let the DOGE out? Arf, Arf, Arf, Arf March 8, 2025 Last post Next post Being spread on Bluesky……. Continue Reading
3-4 Flying monkey army March 4, 2025 Last post Next post This is an afternoon project. Feel free to come back! 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
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
Annoyed with the Reader February 6, 2025 On line the Reader chose a different picture of the goddess Athena as a statue than I sent them. Their statue was your standard… Continue Reading
Who the hell do the trannies think they are? J-Sixer patriots! January 22, 2025 In the lowest line you can see my reply to my fellow Republican who is aghast that trannies would disrupt the State legislature as… Continue Reading
Our “nasty” president January 22, 2025 Note: I will be using our mild weather to shovel the snow in thirty minutes or so. I have had a good night’s sleep… Continue Reading
Worst nightmare related cartoon January 13, 2025 I sent this to the editor of the Duluth Reader well past the deadline for next week ahead of Trump’s transformation back into a… Continue Reading
What does it profit a man…? July 23, 2024 With 21 days to go I woke up after three hours and 13 minutes. My sleep o meter tells me I dreamed (was in… Continue Reading
Pants on fire, Many many pants July 17, 2024 Whether a President whose son in law is Jewish can be a fascist or not I’ll leave up to others. As I’ve written before… Continue Reading
Countdown 43 That MF Steve Bannon July 1, 2024 David Brooks wrote this piece for Today’s NY Times: My Unsettling Interview With Steve Bannon Bannon is Trump’s muse. Trump is Bannon’s useful idiot…. Continue Reading
Welcome to my readership whoever you are March 16, 2024 I have only sporadically checked the stats for my blog in recent years but lately I’ve begun doing it more regularly. After two weeks… 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