September 13, 2022 I tested Covid positive on Friday. I tested Covid positive today the Tuesday following. I had a half day in full Covid mode stuffed… Continue Reading
Some paranoia is deserved, some is financed with deep pockets August 4, 2021 I mention this book in next Friday’s column the Reader: I mention in the column that I only have 100 pages of it under… Continue Reading
Polluted to death April 7, 2020 I used that phrase in my last video. Here’s what’s on my mind. Out of the habit of thirty years I washed this old… Continue Reading
If its death panels or a good economy… March 23, 2020 …which one will Donald Trump choose? Trump is complaining that being President has cost him 2 Billion dollars. The virus is causing his properties… Continue Reading
American Shams March 17, 2020 Salon ran a short thoughtful piece that began with the government showing flexibility where it once was arbitrary. This piece in Salon is well… Continue Reading
Warrenism 2 March 12, 2020 Brad took issue with Mr. Wilkerson’s NY Times opinion piece. This was how I defended Wilkerson’s point of view: Brad, Just because the Congressional… Continue Reading
Irony in a fortune cookie February 25, 2020 From the first side of my Chinese take out last night. and the other side: Continue Reading
Wealth Taxes and :( sigh ): This September 14, 2019 23 minutes – This comes from NPR’s . Its about the Ultra Rich wealth tax of Elizabeth Warren. Since my college days forty years… Continue Reading
“Trade Wars are Easy to Win”…Iowa farmers…. September 8, 2019 … are desperately hoping Donald Trump is right! I always come back from my wife’s Iowa reunions with new insights. Her cousin who farms… Continue Reading
What Harry’s reading 8-20-2019 August 20, 2019 Both stories/opinion pieces are from the New York Times: I vividly recall the Tea Party demanding that America pay its debts at the beginning… Continue Reading
Sepsis, Isis, Trumpsis August 6, 2019 Rot, mayhem, stupidity = world economic collapse. Sustained and amplified by Republican politicians hiding under a naked President’s petticoats. Continue Reading
Juan Percent’s True Colors April 5, 2019 I have a grudging respect for Juan Percent. Unlike the majority of strangers who have anonymously faulted my writing Juan has taken part in… Continue Reading
My Socialist Republican Column . . . March 28, 2019 . . . is online and on the newsstands. Continue Reading
Putting God to the Test – My latest in the Reader March 14, 2019 It begins: The devil tested Jesus as he fasted in the wilderness for 40 days. The devil told him that if he jumped from… Continue Reading
A tale of two Editorial Boards October 24, 2018 These days I’m not cranking out five or ten daily posts as I have in the past. I’m being very selective. Even my eight… Continue Reading
Abood today June 27, 2018 I got a question from WDIO today on the case which guts public employee unions. I returned one email reaction. Then I returned a… Continue Reading
Condescension in politics May 28, 2017 I’ve mentioned to others that Hillary Clinton’s “deporables” comment was a catastrophic mistake. The great irony of the Trump election is that blue collar… Continue Reading
The most important speech I’ve ever heard a Duluthian give May 26, 2017 is here: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/05/26/mpr_news_presents Its on China from a thirty year resident, James McGregor, formerly from Duluth. He lambastes Hillary Clinton for backing away from… 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