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
92 pages into Dark Money and a change of scenery May 17, 2017 I am reading Jane Mayer’s book Dark Money. It is an intensely serious exploration of the unscrupulous but entirely legal attempt to subvert any… Continue Reading
On the day that President Trump will give his first speech to Congress… February 28, 2017 … I was fixing old posts. One of them was this short post from JANUARY 23, 2012. Richard Nixon’s simple explanation for why America… Continue Reading
I am voting for Dylan October 13, 2016 No, I’m not talking about local Duluth Boy, Bob, now of Nobel Prize fame. I’m talking about Dylan Raddant the Republican candidate challenging DFL… Continue Reading
Psalm 10 and Octopus Ink July 29, 2016 In the six months since I’ve returned from Jerusalem I’ve managed to get over half way from Genesis to the last of the minor… Continue Reading
Unto the fifth generation – Not! May 14, 2016 My children are as allergic to today’s GOP as though it was a toxic substance. If it had not become the party of God… Continue Reading
Six Paragraphs July 13, 2013 My return to the Reader Weekly, Duluth’s largest tabloid, was a little awkward. Although its publisher had kind words for me as he introduced… Continue Reading
North Dakota’s blankety blank Republicans March 26, 2013 North Dakota’s GOP has taken the lead on fighting abortion having made it illegal from six weeks after conception. That’s one part of their… Continue Reading
My Favorite Movie Pt 3 – ctd. (another unedited late night mental ramble) February 21, 2013 Its eleven PM the night after I began the above named post. I’ve watched two more great hours of the British series The Hour…. Continue Reading
I’d rejoin the GOP just to shame them from inside… January 24, 2013 …for this kind of politically lethal viciousness. The more the GOP’s hacks try to win elections through subterfuge the more contemptible the party will… Continue Reading
My threat to rejoin the GOP ctd. January 24, 2013 Oh yeah, As I drove off to run my errand I remembered what else set me off on the last post – Illinois pension… Continue Reading
My threat to rejoin the GOP January 24, 2013 I’m quite serious about it. I just filed for social security yesterday so I’m not exactly an existential threat to the Grand Old Party…. Continue Reading
No purple dating October 31, 2012 I think it started with the Democrats purging pro lifers in the 1970’s and accelerated with the Republicans who purged anyone who looked cross-eyed… Continue Reading
The Best GOP candidate available in 2012 – Pt 1 September 29, 2012 Is a moderate who had to pull a tiny sheep skin over his bulky wolfish camouflage. And boy does it show: Continue Reading
Hard Truths September 3, 2012 I just read a very short critical essay by Simon Schama on the fabulists and mythologizers at the recent GOP National Convention: Here’s one… Continue Reading
Some random thoughts on Rush Limbaugh’s culture wars November 22, 2011 Look at the graph below about teen pregnancy in the US. I have a number of thoughts in reaction to it which I don’t… Continue Reading
