Bookin it 9 January 3, 2012 I got a good night’s sleep and have spent a productive hour writing a couple pages this morning from 8:30 to 9:30. What I… Continue Reading
Fun with paranoia December 5, 2006 Last night I was up till midnight again reading Robert Caro’s Master of the Senate. What a great book! Oh, I’m sorry. I think… Continue Reading
Oberstar Watch – Earmarks September 29, 2006 This morning I woke to an interesting bit of intelligence about our seniority rich Congressman. It seems that Oberstar used the much criticized earmarking… Continue Reading
Business North September 18, 2006 I let Chris and Mel know that I wanted a day to get myself back in campaign mode before we got together again so… Continue Reading
Kelm anecdote June 23, 2006 One man who looms large in the story of Don Boyd is Thomas Kelm a cat who always seems to have landed on his… 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
My latest addition to the Boyd Scandal June 16, 2006 I haven’t given it a second proof reading but I’ve finally got a reasonably coherent description of the trial that sent Don Boyd to prison…. 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
278 stories on the Boyd Scandal June 14, 2006 To give a sense for the intense interest in the Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission scandal a quarter century ago I’ve scanned in the… 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
Rudy Perpich Revisited June 8, 2006 Yesterday I read a little over a hundred pages of Betty Wilson’s book “Rudy.” It carried him from his birth to his first electoral… 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
Pre Boyd tidbit June 6, 2006 I told Don yesterday that before I get down to writing seriously I want to be able to look down on the forest like… Continue Reading
Jobs Jobs Jobs June 1, 2006 Here’s another little tidbit about the cronyism of the Anderson Administration during the Boyd Scandal. Continue Reading
28 Boxes May 16, 2006 My latest addition to Old News: “Don requested that the FBI allow him to look through his records. He was permitted into the evidence… Continue Reading
Cigar Trouble May 16, 2006 My investigations of the Upper Great Lakes scandal has taken me on some unexpected turns as well as a trip down memory lane. I… Continue Reading
Bye Again May 15, 2006 Don Bye was elected the 8th Congressional District DFL Chairman again over the weekend. The News Tribune’s story says he was the chair for… Continue Reading
A former City Councilor chimes in May 15, 2006 I just got a call from a former city councilor. The Councilor too enjoyed the column. The Councilor also told me that that the UGLRC scandal helped convince them… Continue Reading
Boo May 15, 2006 After my last post I returned to the manuscript and found it a little quicker read. Thank goodness. Before setting it aside to get in a my… Continue Reading
