The Aborted Girl April 25, 2006 My Reader column for this week begins: “In 1990 I was ecstatic when the popular Republican, State Auditor, Arne Carlson replaced the opportunistic, “pro-life,”… Continue Reading
El Salvdakota April 24, 2006 What Minnesota’s neighbor to the west, El Salvdakota, aspires to become in its new law to protect human life. a small sample” “Today, Article 1 of… Continue Reading
800 Schools left behind April 24, 2006 In an earlier post I complained about the Left Behind policies of the Bush Administration and how Duluth Schools could be listed as failing… Continue Reading
Blogniscient April 24, 2006 Its nice to have some friends out there who keep finding interesting things for me to link to. In this case its a site… Continue Reading
No time to blog April 24, 2006 I’ve just started two posts on topics so big it would take a day to edit my thoughts into coherence. I’ve saved but not… Continue Reading
Lesson in the Sub Caucus System April 22, 2006 Like the Republicans the Democrats that met at Woodland Junior High managed to put the platform on the backburner. In the case of the… Continue Reading
Off to the races April 22, 2006 I’m off in ten minutes to the DFL District Convention. I’ve got an early meeting of the Rules Committee to attend. Listening to Weekend… Continue Reading
A Good Reading April 22, 2006 The Sedaris reading was great fun. Its the first reading I’ve been to since college when I heard Dick Gregory. Guess I’m just not… Continue Reading
David Sedaris April 21, 2006 I’m going to hear a reading by David Sedaris at the DECC tonight. Never heard of him? He’s a hoot. Sometimes an x-rated hoot…. Continue Reading
Save the Trib April 21, 2006 Save the Duluth News Tribune I don’t know what good this will do but it sure is a good cause (notwithstanding my occassional pot shots… Continue Reading
The Decembrist April 21, 2006 Forbes Magazine has correctly used the world “dross” to describe most political blogs. Nonetheless, they have suggested five that they think have merit. As I… Continue Reading
What’s the murder with kids these days? April 21, 2006 The foiled plot to exceed the carnage Columbine put writer Walter Kirn in a reflective frame of mind. He’s been filling in for Andrew Sulivan… Continue Reading
The Nation’s Prayers Hoot April 21, 2006 The Onion has the goods on the power (or lack of it) of Prayer in the Oval office. Continue Reading
My missing link April 20, 2006 Golly, my blog just got linked to is first ever blog “DuluthPolitics.” Sadly. its anonymous 28-year old author doesn’t really like me. Maybe he’s a hockey fan… Continue Reading
And don’t forget the fish with fingers April 20, 2006 Tiktallik takes a bite out of life science. Continue Reading
Teachers more pessimistic on NCLB goals April 20, 2006 An AP story shows that parents are more optimistic than teachers about the NCLB law’s likely success in raising student achievment. Continue Reading
Nyah Nyah Nyah April 20, 2006 The State DFL is hopping mad that the conservative Minnesota Citizens in Defense of Marriage has doctored the photographs of several DFL legislators in… Continue Reading
The Kerry Blues April 20, 2006 Surveyusa shows how the Bush “Red” and Kerry “Blue” states of 2004 feel about their respective choices for President today. Kerry should be singing the… Continue Reading
Literature and Western Man April 19, 2006 As I was putting away the book Pox Americana IÂ took a peek at another book I failed to finish ten years ago, “Literature and… Continue Reading
