The GOP is pro-life my ass, and other future posts April 17, 2020 The Rabbi’s who argued with Jesus were the originalist Scalia’s of his day. The greatest triumph of the Main line churches of my youth,… Continue Reading
“Modern Republicans” & “Conservatives” – definitions July 28, 2019 I have been mining my old Not Eudora columns for the book I’m writing. One pseudonymous writer has been honoring me by throwing questions… Continue Reading
My Socialist Republican Column . . . March 28, 2019 . . . is online and on the newsstands. Continue Reading
A Weld in my future? February 16, 2019 I just caught a whiff of a challenge to Donald Trump in 2020 that greatly appealed to me. Skimming a couple of news stories… Continue Reading
Dear Republican Party. Look who thought being liberal was virtuous. November 1, 2018 At tonight’s touching remembrance for the recent victims of White nationalism which was held at Duluth’s Temple Israel our pastor gave a compelling description… Continue Reading
Boys will be jerks October 10, 2018 Thirty days in France was a welcome relief from the continuing Trump news sepsis in the United States. Oh, I did peek at the… Continue Reading
The Reader August 28, 2018 At the insistence of the Duluth Reader’s publisher I quit submitting my by weekly column when I filed for the Eighth District Congressional Seat…. Continue Reading
My Kind of Loser August 25, 2018 John McCain is on his death bed. The news has it that he is no longer accepting treatment for his cancer and that his… Continue Reading
Gone fishin August 11, 2018 Over the past nine weeks I’ve made my case for a return to the GOP’s better angels. It cost me $300.00 to file for… Continue Reading
Meet Harry Robb Welty – candidate for Congress, Minnesota August 1, 2018 VOTE TO RESTORE THE LEGACY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN This is the inspiration for this logo This video was shot at WCCO’s request. I will… Continue Reading
Jennifer’s third Question, re: affiliation July 19, 2018 Also, what’s up with your party affiliation? You were a Republican. Then, the party abandoned you, so then you’re a Democrat. But now you’re… Continue Reading
Wake up call July 4, 2018 My 65 second riff last night on Trump’s unhealthy admiration for murderous tyrants and threats to democracy could become soul crushing should it get… Continue Reading
Gun Control vs. the NRA June 14, 2018 I first publicly registered my dissatisfaction with Second Amendment purists about thirty years ago with a letter to the editor. The Trib thought it… Continue Reading
Email – wishes I was a Republican June 12, 2018 This is a message I just got from an old high school classmate whose family bought my family’s old Mankato, Minnesota Home: I wrote… Continue Reading
That speech of mine in 1992 May 11, 2018 I spent a lot more time writing and thinking about that speech I gave at Duluth’s Radisson Hotel to the Republican convention than I… Continue Reading
I could use an editor May 10, 2018 I just read my latest column for the Duluth Reader. I write about the recent “2017” presidential election. I was only off by a… Continue Reading
One more reason why my loyal readers will remain reduced to 7 April 25, 2018 Yes, I lost a reader due to too much emphasis on the state of black America. My departed reader assured me that I had… Continue Reading
Putin’s first year in the White House December 22, 2017 I was a devotee of Andrew Sullivan’s blog for many years and was sad to see him burn out. He still writes a well… Continue Reading
The PBS Vietnam Series gets me thinking September 18, 2017 I watched all the Stanley Karnow episodes in the 1990’s about Vietnam but I think Kevin Burns will bring a little more nuance at… Continue Reading
Pickle relish and ketchup on my Deep State, Please? July 12, 2017 Mother nature woke me at 4AM. The “Deep State” prevented me from going back into a deep sleep. Before I launch into my thoughts… Continue Reading