Minnesota Secretary of State June 22, 2006 After I visited my Mother I headed over to the State Capitol to get information from our Secretary of State about elections. Behind the counter… Continue Reading
Picking up where I left off June 22, 2006 Every time I leave Duluth I have to return and resume. Some projects will have another day’s delay as I’m driving to the Twin… Continue Reading
Master of the Senate June 21, 2006 One thing I like about air travel is that it gives me a good excuse to read. Today, on the way home from DC,… Continue Reading
Ford Bell is a philanthropist June 21, 2006 My latest Reader column: “Ford Bell is a philanthropist. He must be. I heard it on public radio when he announced that he was… Continue Reading
The Hilton June 21, 2006 We’ll be leaving shortly. We stayed at the Hilton on Connecticut where I’ve been told John Hinkley tried to take out Ronald Reagan. I… Continue Reading
Smithsonian June 20, 2006 Another day in DC and I had to visit the Smithsonian again. Today I visted the Museum of Native Americans and spent four hours… Continue Reading
Back to Blogging in DC June 20, 2006 Yesterday all my efforts to connect to a wireless network were stymied. I spent the morning trying to find the townhouse where I spent… Continue Reading
Woke up – Got out of bed June 19, 2006 Lousy night’s sleep. Must be allergic to something in the air. Kept waking me up. At least, thanks to the NPR finder, I can type while… Continue Reading
Public Radio Finder June 18, 2006 I’ve often been frustrated in my travels because I get lousy reception for the local public radio stations on my hotel radios. Voila, now… Continue Reading
DC Diary June 18, 2006 After a good night’s sleep I woke up to a new day in DC. Checked my email and my site stats and discovered that… Continue Reading
Washington here I am June 17, 2006 Just got into my hotel. Checked the blog stats and they are holding steady. So far no one has looked at the latest entry… Continue Reading
Washington Here I come June 16, 2006 Don’t worry Jim. I’m only coming as a visitor. My wife has a conference and I’m tagging along. I’ll see the sights for four… Continue Reading
Tattoos June 16, 2006 My acquaintance, Vic sends me odd bits of things in his email and today I got this piece about tattoos from the Opinion Journal. Apparently… Continue Reading
Hooray, 1000 pageviews June 15, 2006 Yesterday I broke 1,000 pageviews. That’s particularly satisfying because I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t been putting much content on the blog…. Continue Reading
June 12, 2006 I haven’t posted much for the past couple days. I’ve been doing a fair amount of research but very little writing. I’ve spent several hours at… Continue Reading
Summer Reading June 10, 2006 Last summer I read two weighty histories of close to a thousand pages each. The first was about Adolph Hitler’a cronies and the second was about Joseph Stalin…. Continue Reading
Prairie Home Companion June 9, 2006 Claudia took the day off so we decided to go to a movie. Its not raining but with a breeze off Lake Superior its… Continue Reading
Seven hours of staining my fence June 8, 2006 I had to put off researching my Boyd book today because part of my agreement with my wife is to make sure I don’t… Continue Reading
Well Hello there! June 7, 2006 Hello to all you new readers. I’ve been checking my blog’s statistics and more of you are stopping by. I’ve been hoping to reach a 1,000 “pageviews”… Continue Reading
I could almost see becoming a historian June 6, 2006 Other than my mile swim I devoted my entire day to reading though old books and newspaper clippings. Seeing them all together through the… Continue Reading
