Quick thoughts on . . . September 11, 2019 Transpanency: The Trib adds to the story of an unhappy school board. I offered the video and some context here. https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/education/4655508-Duluth-School-Board-members-call-transparency-of-superintendent-search-into-question Tonya Sconiers I… Continue Reading
The Lost Children of Tuam October 28, 2017 For the past two months I’ve read very little. No books. I’m looking forward to the end of this campaign so I can once… Continue Reading
Lifehouse CHUMS and their alter egocentrics May 19, 2017 I gave up trying to fall back asleep at 3 and padded downstairs to read the third chapter of Dark Money. The first two… Continue Reading
The fifth “C” April 14, 2017 Last night I decided to skip singing in our church’s Maundy-Thursday service to attend Denfeld’s meeting where parents concerned about their children getting the… Continue Reading
House Hunting March 20, 2017 The Trib reports that the Duluth City Council wants to address the issue of homelessness. I found these two paragraphs pertinent: “According to the… Continue Reading
How yesterday started September 14, 2016 Yesterday I got a lousy night’s sleep. They seem to have come back again with the beginning of the School Year after a relatively… Continue Reading
Crapweasels December 1, 2015 More Un-Vetted Refugees Coming to Minnesota? After ISIS terrorists killed 130 people and injured 352 more in Paris in coordinated attacks just this month,… Continue Reading
The world the Catholic Church abhors February 28, 2013 Because it involves contraception and family planning: ” Continue Reading
Hind tit January 21, 2012 I take some satisfaction in knowing that the richest school community, Congdon, had to wait as long as the poorest school community, Grant/Nettleton to… Continue Reading
Apropos the “Smart People” – Predatory Lending December 26, 2011 I’ve been railing at predatory lending long before the 2008 financial colapse. Here’s a blog post on one form of it payday loans dating… Continue Reading
Minnesota Poor [BIGOT ALERT] September 23, 2011 This AP story about the growth of Minnesota’s impoverished in the Trib today was interesting. Those of us in St. Louis County live in… Continue Reading
Reversing Democracy [BIGOT ALERT] September 22, 2011 This column in the Washington Post pretty well outlines the half dozen ploys by which the GOP is attempting to limit the voting population… Continue Reading
Throw in Social Security and Medicare… September 21, 2011 …and we aren’t quite so unequal here in America. A very smart report from the PBS News Hour from a favorite of mine Paul… Continue Reading
Children can’t vote May 20, 2011 A decade ago I was pouring over old newspapers from the time I was in college back in the 1970’s and was struck by… Continue Reading
Find out what Grant drinks and send it to my other commanders February 16, 2011 My gadfly critic, Vic, thinks Blogger Andrew Sullivan is “tendentious.” Here’s my reply to an email Vic sent me this morning in which one… Continue Reading
Brazil could teach us a few things January 12, 2011 I just read this fascinating NYT article. Brazil (and about 40 other nations pay the poorest of the poor) Its working. Its keeping corruption… Continue Reading
knocking the optimist down a peg December 16, 2010 The video I posted earlier has caught one skeptic’s attention. I guess I am the last person with an internet connection to see this… Continue Reading
four minutes for optimists December 10, 2010 Maybe the category I’ve chosen for this is poorly named. Continue Reading
The plight of nations August 23, 2007 This web tool artfully demonstrates demographic trends nation by nation. Continue Reading
