Beezus and the code talkers April 14, 2017 Beverly Cleary was six days shy of turning one year’s old when the United States Congress voted to go to war against Germany and… Continue Reading
More books I’m reading April 11, 2017 I’m not sure where I read Richard Rubin’s promo/review of the PBS series on the Great War but its conclusion mentioned several of the… Continue Reading
False Memories April 5, 2017 I finished yet another book today, Mr. Speaker. Its the second book covering American politics leading up to my very Republican Grandfather’s adulthood. Thomas… Continue Reading
Chinese Bibliophiles April 3, 2017 Again. A weekend with plenty of thinking and very little posting. Actually on Friday I spent a couple hours writing in an attempt to… Continue Reading
The Rape of Nanking March 28, 2017 WDIO’s reporter, Julie Kruse, called me as I was adding another two books to “my reading list.” More on the books momentarily. Today’s ongoing… Continue Reading
Ideas when they are like mosquitoes March 24, 2017 I’ve been spilling my thoughts out the past couple days with the same sort of orderliness one slaps oneself while standing in a swarm… Continue Reading
Paranoia Pt 4 China’s turn….Aw to heck with this topic. March 21, 2017 In Chinese the character for “Crisis” is the combination of the symbols for danger & opportunity. I once asked a friend to draw the… Continue Reading
Paranoia Pt 3 Sacco and Vanzetti March 21, 2017 Last night I read something new about an old legal case that had liberals undies in a bunch back in my college days. Sacco… Continue Reading
Awash in Books March 18, 2017 Thirty years ago I read that an early Chinese leader ordered the destruction of as many ancient Chinese history texts as he could lay… Continue Reading
Two Books and flyover Country March 13, 2017 I read three books for two second grade classrooms at Lowell this morning. One of the students asked me if I’d ever written a… Continue Reading
The Good Donald Trump March 1, 2017 I had every intention of watching President Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress last evening. Instead, I got Trumped by the… Continue Reading
HAPPY # 6 (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER OTHER THAN #1) February 9, 2017 Before Claudia left for Seminary in the Twin Cities this afternoon I had time to read a little further in a book we’ve been… Continue Reading
Happy # 3 (In no particular order other than #1) February 9, 2017 After a Homecroft teacher asked me to return to read to her classrooms for “I Love to Read” month I sent out the following… Continue Reading
A change of subject- January 14, 2017 If I was going to squander my Saturday afternoon blogging it was to be on the MSBA conference but that may end up being… Continue Reading
Breach Birth of a Nation October 7, 2016 There was an article on the movie title turned on its ear “Birth of a Nation” in yesterday’s DNT. The original “Birth” gave birth… Continue Reading
ISAIAH AND THE ETHICAL PROPHETS September 23, 2016 I slogged through the first six chapters of my first Prophet, Isaiah, last night. It was mostly words passing by my eyes. I’ve got… Continue Reading
Segue from Mr. Robot to Megamind with some religion and poly sci. mixed in September 19, 2016 I just read a synopsis of Song of Solomon in a fat Bible Commentary to better understand what I had just read. The commentary… Continue Reading
The abandonment of true journalism September 18, 2016 Donald Trump is, among other things, a fellow who has profited mightily by the faltering of twentieth century journalism. In its place is a… Continue Reading
Madison and Monroe – state’s rights before States September 15, 2016 Before I delivered my grandsons to school this morning I had a half dozen posts pounding on my door begging to be written and… Continue Reading
Sex Education September 12, 2016 One of the most engaging articles in the Sunday paper was written by an intern for the Duluth Budgeteer, Ryley Graham. It was about… Continue Reading
