Free Speech could get you killed April 23, 2010 A blog called slog has been encouraging folks to do this: The reason. The take-on-all-comers Southpark cartoon has just lampooned Islam by skirting around… Continue Reading
Red Plan haste lays waste April 21, 2010 A raft of unfavorable publicity has affixed itself to Woodland Middle School. This is today’s black mark. Its not a healthy sign. And the… Continue Reading
If they build it . . . April 21, 2010 From the Apr. 15th Timberjay not the Field of Dreams. It begins: Enrollment gap raises questions about school plan School district faces significant enrollment… Continue Reading
The future of the St. Louis County schools April 21, 2010 JCI may end up causing the dissolution of a school district. Due to lost email I can’t find the link to the Timberjay story… Continue Reading
JCI a target of Duluth’s legislative agenda April 21, 2010 I’m in Florida for a few days visiting family. My head has been elsewhere so I’ve missed a few chances to harp on my… Continue Reading
One week ago to the minute April 17, 2010 I’ve posted little again this week. Its not that I haven’t had some zingers to bestow its that this week marks the conclusion of… Continue Reading
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery April 13, 2010 Nazi Germany burned books they didn’t like. Israeli book stores just won’t sell them. Nazi Germany confiscated Jewish possessions to help fund the war…. Continue Reading
Katyn Forest April 12, 2010 Few people reading or hearing about the plane crash that killed 93 leaders of Poland probably know much about the historical event that they… Continue Reading
Anne Frank and a sense of proportion April 12, 2010 Ten years ago I bought the newly published “definitive” unexpurgated version of Anne Frank’s diary. It got lost on my bookshelves with many other… Continue Reading
Sinking Sand April 12, 2010 The unpublished post of mine referred to previously was prompted by this story. Now there’s this story. Before that there was this story and… Continue Reading
How firm a foundation April 12, 2010 Vic, Sent me a link to the latest MoDo column. Vic has a bit of a love-hate relationship with Dowd. I suspect he sent… Continue Reading
Unemployment today April 12, 2010 From the Daily Beast’s Reihan Salam [W]ithout trivializing the psychic trauma involved, there’s no getting around the fact that it is in many respects… Continue Reading
Im Palin April 12, 2010 A good not so tongue-in-cheek assessment of the GOP’s porcine lipsticked one. One blogger I ran across who has been interviewing young GOP activists… Continue Reading
The GOP will kick butt in 2010????? April 7, 2010 My old sparring partner Vic sent me this political analysis from the erstwhile GOP strategist, Dick Morris, who helped elect Bill Clinton President: Essentially… Continue Reading
JCI ethics award????? April 7, 2010 Several allies alerted me to this addition to the ISD 709 website many months ago as the District battled the perception that JCI was… Continue Reading
The Buddha says April 5, 2010 Our church choir has sung so much through the Easter Season that we’re getting a break on our regular Wednesday night practice. I’ll be… Continue Reading
The District is “above the law” April 5, 2010 As you’ve read here before the District is planning to carve a statist quote from the 4th Century slave holder Diogenes to the effect… Continue Reading
Meanwhile at JCI’s other Duluth embarrassment April 5, 2010 From the DNT’s Saturday April 4th Front Page Story on the Steam Plan rip off. Johnson Controls guaranteed to produce actual savings of $6.23… Continue Reading
Meanwhile at JCI’s northern embarrassment April 5, 2010 And from the Timberjay: The latest on JCI’s foul ups up North. A sample: And that’s if everything goes well, which so far it… Continue Reading
Duluth’s “Mega Project” April 5, 2010 I doubt that I would have read today’s pro/con guest editorials about How the US should handle our money if I hadn’t been reading… Continue Reading
