Caro Syrup April 28, 2012 If my eight loyal readers didn’t anticipate this I’ll make it clear. My book is not going to be finished this year. I concluded… Continue Reading
Stuck in the Fox Alternate Reality April 28, 2012 I’m between Day 2 and Day 3 in Florida. That means I’m getting a near lethal dose of Fox News. I’m hiding out in… Continue Reading
Paul Ryan’s “come to Jesus” moment April 28, 2012 Regarding the Gospel according to Rand – Ryan renounces Rand (or denies her like Peter denied his savior) and stops handing out her scripture…. Continue Reading
JCI’s Birds of a feather April 23, 2012 a letter to the editor sent to the Timberjay: 4/22/12 What are JCI and the school board trying to hide? Mr. Helmberger: My recent… Continue Reading
Nebraska GOP majority sides against fetuses… April 19, 2012 …to fight illegal immigration. I missed going on the Internet at all yesterday I was so busy. I had a couple things I wanted… Continue Reading
Mitt will say anything April 17, 2012 I really don’t feel confident in predicting the winner of this November’s Presidential Race even though I’m reasonably sure one candidate is less honest… Continue Reading
Strawman Poll April 17, 2012 As for the thousand folks who supposedly showed up at the Tea Party in the DECC a lot of them didn’t bother to vote… Continue Reading
The Dip that the dip Mitt Romney promises April 16, 2012 When I was in high school or college I recall learning that FDR was criticized for causing a second rise of unemployment during the… Continue Reading
An agnostic thinks about John 20:19-23 April 16, 2012 The Choir sang “Were you there” …when they crucified our Lord? yesterday. As always I sat behind the pulpit and listened to the sermon… Continue Reading
Party time April 16, 2012 The biggest Tea Party yet in the Northland which seems to be no bigger than the one I passed leafelets out at a couple… Continue Reading
A newspaper in JCI’s pocket… April 11, 2012 …get’s pulled out with the lint. Apparently after cheering on JCI and the closing of the Orr School the Cook News-Herald is finding ad… Continue Reading
Speaking of credibility April 9, 2012 I like the way the DNT finds good counterpoints to balance off left and right, pro and con. The damning letter in the Sunday… Continue Reading
This is from a student in our schools… April 9, 2012 …not me and my idle speculations. Reader’s View: Duluth school district hasn’t kept its promises If ISD 709’s plan was to make kids leave… Continue Reading
What we spend on things April 9, 2012 Here’s an interesting graphic using Census Data: The grapic on the original site can be hovered over to get more detail. I found it… Continue Reading
Wisconsin and Michigan Republicans are in race… April 7, 2012 … to alienate the most people. Using anti equal pay for women reasoning like this Wisconsin closes the gap: Whatever gaps exist, he insists,… Continue Reading
Maunday Thursday 9 PM – Pt. 1 April 5, 2012 This old agnostic went to our church’s Maundy Thursday service tonight and broke bread. Our pastor mentioned a detail about the Last Supper I’d… Continue Reading
Maunday Thursday 9 PM – Pt. 2 April 5, 2012 I’ve followed fundamental thinking with great interest since Ronald Reagan and the Moral Majority did a Vulcan Mind Meld in 1980. In those early… Continue Reading
Maunday Thursday 9 PM – Pt. 3 April 5, 2012 What puts pitchforks and torches into the hands of Republicans is Christian fundamentalism. It teaches that the Bible is inerrant. That means it makes… Continue Reading
Maunday Thursday 9 PM – Pt. 4 April 5, 2012 Having just accused the new Republicans of not being Christians I’ll make an easier claim. They are lousy defenders of democracy. I think I… Continue Reading
