JCI’s Get out of jail free card November 22, 2013 As the friend who emailed this to me said, “I guess the battle is over.” The scrappy little Timberjay was on the verge of… Continue Reading
Bullying Awareness Prevention Month… October 14, 2013 …is October. I do not have all the facts of this next story. It is a sobering story both tragic and a bit of… Continue Reading
Red Equity October 1, 2013 I almost forgot about my comments on equity at last night’s Lakeside forum when we were asked our thoughts about the subject. I mentioned… Continue Reading
Six Paragraphs July 13, 2013 My return to the Reader Weekly, Duluth’s largest tabloid, was a little awkward. Although its publisher had kind words for me as he introduced… Continue Reading
I’d rejoin the GOP just to shame them from inside… January 24, 2013 …for this kind of politically lethal viciousness. The more the GOP’s hacks try to win elections through subterfuge the more contemptible the party will… Continue Reading
I wish I could have chucked Johnson Controls out of Duluth… January 18, 2013 …the way this cyclist chucked out a refrigerator full of drugs. Continue Reading
Conservative Judicial activism March 1, 2012 Its a joke. And that’s a double entendre. Continue Reading
Pardon me for being so slow February 15, 2012 Its taken me six years of fruitless requests for the public data JCI has been hiding behind the argument that they have a right… Continue Reading
Paying your dues February 6, 2012 My Buddy sent me this last week. I’ve only just now read it. It comes from a huge horse’s ass Andrew Breitbart. That said… Continue Reading
This Chinese Life January 8, 2012 Speaking of nations with which we’ve had on again – off again relations there was a mesmerizing 45 minute long story about China today… Continue Reading
While Congress threatens to muzzle the Internet with SOPA.. November 23, 2011 …It chugs on relentlessly even allowing Russians to show the world that Tsar Putin has lost his magic. This video of regular guys booing… Continue Reading
Occupy this! November 19, 2011 My Buddy sent me this tepid criticism of Occupy Wallstreet. The gist is that the occupiers who are so eager to be cut a… Continue Reading
Our kind of corruption October 10, 2011 The founding father’s would have viewed it as such even if the laws today permit it. From a book review by Mathew Yglesias: Lessig… Continue Reading
Material Party September 30, 2011 In light of my post whining about having been a pawn as a school board member comes this post from Sullivan. This quote perfectly… Continue Reading
For crying out loud – Stop over-regulation 1 September 28, 2011 Don’t over-regulate the melon growers. Listen to the GOP. Get Government off the back of business. Continue Reading
All coked up September 21, 2011 America’s puritanical, prohibitionist laws regarding drugs are deeply flawed. I found this arresting image as I peeked back at old NPR stories I’d missed…. Continue Reading
When will Plessy vs. Fergusson be reinstated? August 14, 2011 The title is a Constitutional Lawyer’s rhetorical joke. Or maybe not: Obama, however, has yet to get a single appellate court judge under 45… Continue Reading
The Timberjay hits on the sad truth June 6, 2011 From this editorial. Voters in school districts around the state rightly assume that when officials from the Department of Education review a major school… Continue Reading
