Cool August 23, 2013 Perhaps this blog is the DNT’s editorial caveat that I have not always used my knowledge for good in their otherwise ringing endorsement of… Continue Reading
Decent and Boring old white guys… July 15, 2013 …my kind of Republicans. Sadly, they were drummed out the the GOP years ago. Here’s a story about one of the old GOP President’s… 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
80% European April 18, 2013 I recently read a fascinating article about Neanderthals in my Discovery Magazine. Recent genetic breakthroughs have answered an old question. Did they interbreed with… Continue Reading
Statuary Hall mystery partly answered March 6, 2013 I presumed in an earlier post that Each state got to choose which of its citizens would represent it in Statuary Hall. That got… Continue Reading
Mitch McConnell’s sense of history March 6, 2013 In the NY Times story about Rosa Park’s statue being placed into Statuary Hall there was passing mention of what Republican Senator Mitch McConnell… Continue Reading
While we honor Rosa Parks with a statue ,,, March 5, 2013 in Statuary Hall: Israel implements separate but equal busing. Meanwhile: “Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, said that Mrs. Parks’s decision to… Continue Reading
Related to my Put… posts only more contemplative January 27, 2013 From Gary Wills pondering his Georgia Grandmother’s indomitable turn-of-the-century prejudices by way of the Dish. Wills wrote a marvelous book about the Gettysburg address… Continue Reading
GOP = Ghastly Organized Putrescence – Pt 3 January 26, 2013 Lincoln long fantasized about joining the pantheon of America’s founding fathers or perhaps lamented the seeming impossibility of joining it. His law partner, Herndon,… Continue Reading
Seneca Falls, Selma, Stonewall January 21, 2013 A great litany. I was 15 during the Selma to Montgomery March. I was 18 when I read about Stonewall in Newsweek. I visited… Continue Reading
Time for a new abolition movement January 15, 2013 Re: my enthusiasm for American Experience “For profit” prisons Prison labor has long been banned in various states from competing on the free market… Continue Reading
PBS – not just for Big Bird January 15, 2013 I’ve had the chance to see two really excellent series recently. Downton is OK but I really loved Call the Midwife. Pulled tears out… Continue Reading
Sherman, Cynthia, Vickie, Ursala and my racial attitudes October 27, 2012 For those who are clueless about the significance of the last post a new AP poll prompted me to write further. Principal Sconiers is… Continue Reading
On Minnesota’s proposed constitutional amendments October 12, 2012 I just put up this sign this morning after my two Vote No signs for the marriage amendment disappeared. Since I plan to vote… Continue Reading
Dirty Harry and the icky id of today’s GOP September 1, 2012 Who can blame Clint Eastwood for wanting to protect America from a punk tearing our precious Constitution in half. Next thing you know he’ll… Continue Reading
The Red Plan’s enhanced segregation of the Duluth Schools February 20, 2012 Nettleton Elementary – now 50% minority: Nettleton has for more than 20 years been identified by the state as a segregated or “racially identifiable  Continue Reading
It was set up to fail February 14, 2012 While I was trying to find Fox 21 News tonight I ended up on WGN. That’s Chicago’s premier local television station. By coincidence they… Continue Reading
At least the police are protecting blacks from white people now. February 14, 2012 Last night’s PBS program on “Slavery by Another Name” was very good and a coup for the Minnesotan’s who produced it. We are far… Continue Reading
Slavery by Another Name February 10, 2012 I put up a short post yesterday called a Criminal Business. I made a claim in it that some readers might have found hard… Continue Reading
