What does it profit a man…? July 23, 2024 With 21 days to go I woke up after three hours and 13 minutes. My sleep o meter tells me I dreamed (was in… Continue Reading
Liar liar…..a little harsh March 8, 2024 I just read my last Reader column after picking it up in print at Mount Royal. A couple small wording changes might have been… Continue Reading
Cast the 34th vote in the Presidential Primary election today March 6, 2024 I was the 34th vote at precinct 9 two hours in to the balloting. I voted in the GOP for Nikky Haley to keep… Continue Reading
Fencing with my editor and other stuff. February 22, 2024 I’ll post my latest Reader Article when its up online. I asked the editor about it and he wasn’t finished uploading. He kidded me… Continue Reading
If it ain’t illegal it’s legal, How short of stealing an election Republicans stay in power February 7, 2024 I’ve been going through my bulging Flickr page looking for images to put in my campaign book. Its quite a compendium of the stuff… Continue Reading
Looking back on my Reader Columns as I put a book together January 28, 2024 NOTE This comes from 10:30 PM – I have been organizing materials all day and I just discovered a trove of documentation I’d forgotten… Continue Reading
A Vote for Emily is a vote for Duluth – too November 1, 2023 Occasionally I allow myself to introduce a new Reader column a little ahead of the Distribution of the Reader. With an election coming up… Continue Reading
The Big Lie November 16, 2022 I talked about the book The Oppermans the day before the election. I have been reading it to Claudia and today I finished the… Continue Reading
Paper Ballots This week’s reader column November 4, 2022 It begins: Last week I noted that in 1860 even in the Southern states, where Abe Lincoln was kept off the presidential ballot, no… Continue Reading
Help Harry fill out petitions with 1,000 names to get on the 2022 ballot May 4, 2022 Starting no sooner than May 13th and running no later than May 31st I need well over 1,000 signatures on the petition below to… Continue Reading
Suffer the Little Fetuses May 4, 2022 Six weeks and a heart beat make a constitutionally protected American citizen according to Pete Stauber’s party. Pete no doubt is eager to put… Continue Reading
Priorities April 6, 2022 I put in my notice for my principal substitute teaching gig. Tuesday next will be my last day…. I’d already opted out of Wednesday’s… Continue Reading
I’m running for Congress March 28, 2022 Last night I gave my grandsons and their parents my new card which I had printed at the UMD printshop a couple weeks ago…. Continue Reading
My prophetic daughter made and posted this just days before Trump encouraged his people to overthrow the US government on Jan. 6 March 13, 2022 Continue Reading
My latest Reader Column, Pete’s Way February 18, 2022 Not yet up online so here it is in Lincoln Democrat for you Pete’s Way First they came for the socialists, and I did… Continue Reading
A very nice February First February 1, 2022 Monday I actually had a nice long sit down with the publisher of the Reader. We were both masked of course. We reviewed his… 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
Democracy on the Cheap December 11, 2020 My latest Duluth Reader column: It begins: “The Duluth School Board is contemplating changing school board elections from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years.” Read… Continue Reading
Trump’s Twenty Thousand and- First Lie November 13, 2020 A yellow-headed Republican is a poor substitute for Jesus on the cross. Illustration by Harry Welty. It begins: No, Mr. Trump. You did not… Continue Reading
Hey Hey, Ha Ha, Ho Ho November 12, 2020 My Reader column takes aim at Christian Zombies of the Trumpian Apocalypse. Its not up yet but here are three quickies that hint at… Continue Reading