I’ll do my damnedest to avoid the use of the word “traitor” in this campaign May 18, 2024 But it ain’t gonna be easy! This is the photo I took this morning after mulling over the column I wrote last week which… Continue Reading
Here come de Jury – today’s Reader Column March 8, 2024 It begins: “I went to my second Republican precinct caucus last Tuesday since returning to spread my heresies after a two year flirtation with… Continue Reading
My Civic Duty calls – Jury Duty February 20, 2024 Yesterday my younger grandson dropped by with his family and we were talking about television shows we enjoyed. I mentioned Jury Duty and he… Continue Reading
A damn good letter February 7, 2024 Another picture from my Flickr Page This is a letter Park College gave me sent to them in the Second World War when they… Continue Reading
From the Pottawattamie death trail to the 1966 trail of destruction in Topeka, Kansas October 5, 2022 I’ve finished my third book this month about the expulsion of Indians. It was based on a bill that only passed with a margin… Continue Reading
My latest from the Reader September 23, 2022 Trump’s Crime Spree, with thanks to Sean Hannity Continue Reading
Blood on the hands of Minnesota’s Young Republicans September 3, 2022 TALK ABOUT “UNHINGED” Just one of many questions that could be asked in response to this fundraising email I got yesterday: …… How many… Continue Reading
Betraying myself, Betraying my supporters an apology to Pete Stauber July 17, 2022 I have removed a post from a couple days ago which should never have seen the light of day. I accused Congressman Stauber of… Continue Reading
Killing Dr. Tiller May 8, 2022 Killing Dr. Tiller. My shortest podcast to date. No gift to cleanse the stain of Trump from America is too small. Continue Reading
Impeach Clarence Thomas March 25, 2022 When I was a kid white women who married Black men were considered insane. Clarence Thomas seems to hail from that era. I remember… Continue Reading
Cheating your way to the top February 13, 2022 “Cheating” may be too strong a term for what Pete Stauber did to lead his 1988 hockey team to the National Championships. I had… Continue Reading
Breaking news trumps Harry’s secrecy over his next column November 22, 2021 I rarely if ever steal the Duluth Reader’s thunder by putting my columns online before they appear a week later in print but I’m… Continue Reading
36 Children August 7, 2021 I finished the first 40 pages of this book yesterday in preparation for finishing my next week’s Reader column. I read the book almost… Continue Reading
Pete defends the right of Donald Trump to act like Goebbles January 13, 2021 Every time the Duluth News Tribune made me wait to publish a letter to the editor until 30 days had passed since the last… Continue Reading
Just maybe Trump is a racist not just a white race baiter June 30, 2020 https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/opinions/opinion–trump-may-be-a-racist-discuss/2020/06/12/a63b9a50-d7d1-460a-adf4-785e7bf61097_video.html Continue Reading
“Arbitrary and Capricious” June 18, 2020 Donald Trump has handed himself another defeat in his slipshod Presidency. The Supreme Court just overruled his elimination of President Obama’s DACA policies allowing… Continue Reading
Cops June 17, 2020 Last night I missed a call from a TV reporter. He had just read Scott Brady’s story in the Duluth News Tribune about the… Continue Reading
Posthumous Justice for black Americans June 12, 2020 This is a story about Duluth and Minnesota when it bent over backward to prove an innocent man guilty of murder to mask the… Continue Reading
Keeping taxpayer gifts to corporations secret. Thank you Mr. President. June 12, 2020 Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Congress on Wednesday that the Trump administration will never reveal the companies which received loans through the Paycheck Protection… Continue Reading