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
How badly did HHH want to be President? June 9, 2006 As I write this book its been important to put the times in context. Governor Rudy Perpich was a generation past Humphrey and not… Continue Reading
Would Gore do more for the enviornment as a prophet or as a President? May 30, 2006 Just asking. Continue Reading
George McGovern is no longer looking for votes – just the truth May 23, 2006 Labor in America. It ain’t the way it used to be. Continue Reading
the price Teddy paid May 1, 2006 Chappaquiddick happened 37 years ago. Is it old news? Not hardly. Here’s what popped up when I googled “Chappaquiddick”: Results 1 – 10 of about… Continue Reading
Bush vs Roosevelt April 27, 2006 Newsweek had a great comparison between these two blueblood presidents. I was a little put off to see that Newsweek’s columnist Jonathon Alter was able… Continue Reading
FDR March 7, 2006 My first guest sent me this wonderful story from the Washington Post. It’s about one of those “heroes” I mentioned, FDR, and the new… Continue Reading
