Drowning in Books June 23, 2023 Not only have I ignored writing my columns for the Reader I have only rarely and half heartedly attempted to write anything in this… Continue Reading
Looking for some traction in resuming my writing which has been on hiatus since I missed a Reader deadline six weeks ago. March 23, 2023 As a Lincoln liberal I don’t have any arguments with liberals. I do have some quibbles with the self righteous who cloak themselves in… Continue Reading
Two more Reader Columns January 15, 2023 Three Books It begins: It’s a good year when I read 10 books – histories mostly. Much to my wife’s chagrin I buy real… Continue Reading
Grim and Bear it. November 8, 2022 We walked over to the UCC church a few blocks away to cast our votes this morning and were joined by neighbors heading the… Continue Reading
Two Bibles and more October 15, 2022 After my foray into Native American history I am going to change course. Claudia is now reading Black Elk Speaks and we were chatting… Continue Reading
History’s Sausages October 15, 2022 Carl von Clausewitz My French pen pal really liked this column which begins: “A couple decades ago when Duluth was about to disinter the… Continue Reading
Techumseh October 6, 2022 Having finished my second book on native american history in the last month I’m starting two new books. I’ll start Peter Cozzens book Techumseh… 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
From expulsion to Extermination September 23, 2022 The densely fact filled Unworthy Republic by Claudio Saunt has been waiting for me for a year or so. I had read 40 pages… Continue Reading
Still Positive September 15, 2022 As of this morning I’m still covid positive and my ailing better half finally shows a positive result too. My suffering was brief but… Continue Reading
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
Books that have me engaged at the moment. September 10, 2022 Among the things that has made restarting my campaign to have Pete Stauber removed from his timid treachery have been my reading of a… Continue Reading
Looking back to see the future – Now including pics August 19, 2022 I have been so preoccupied with planning a run for Congress and learning French that I have just gone through one of my longest… Continue Reading
The Southernization of the United States March 26, 2022 https://www.flickr.com/photos/30095042@N00/51962085271/sizes/z/ A new book says what I’ve been harping about for years. I saw a review somewhere on line and this morning it made… Continue Reading
Letter from Isaiah March 18, 2022 https://www.flickr.com/photos/30095042@N00/51943831158/sizes/m/ I tempt fate when I neglect my blog. I want it to be read but my readership, modest as it is, needs something… Continue Reading
Books I’ve read; 2-9-2022 February 9, 2022 Thaddeus Stevens Nineteenth-Century Egalitarian This was the best rated book on Republican Radical Stevens as near as I could tell. It wasn’t an easy… Continue Reading
The books I’ve read; Feb. 8, 2021 February 8, 2022 This book is somewhere on the “My Reading List” page in my old Snowbizz.com webpage. I may never have started seriously learning a language… Continue Reading
The Books I intend to read: Feb. 7, 2022 February 7, 2022 This is a classic of American political literature that I’ve wanted to read for ages. I bought the English version many years ago and… Continue Reading
Today’s reading – the hits and the misses February 7, 2022 After a lovey and much improved night’s sleep I feel prepared to do some writing today. It helps that in recent days I finished… Continue Reading
The First Draft of History December 4, 2021 I found this a few years back when I wondered if old issues of the Reporter, Mankato State’s Student Newspaper, could be found online…. Continue Reading