My Book list for 2012 December 30, 2012 I just finished my last cover to cover book for the year the one on Thaddeus Stevens. That prompted me to fumble around with… Continue Reading
A chat about opinion page and other boozey things December 29, 2012 When my wife and I went up to the Mt. Royal Bottle Shop to pick up four bottles of wine for the Duluth-Superior Symphony… Continue Reading
Procedure will kill a comprise on the Fiscal cliff… December 29, 2012 …at least initially: I think Mark Tomasky is absolultey right about this: “Never have the priorities for survival and success of a major party’s… Continue Reading
Letter to Mark Lanthier December 23, 2012 Mark Lanthier, Duluth, Minnesota What a hypocrite he is the one who did not want the children of Duluth to have safe schools. It… Continue Reading
Best reading of the day December 21, 2012 I thought it would be interesting to see what gun rights folks thought about LaPierre’s press conference today. Googled gun rights blogs and found… Continue Reading
The NRA needs more armed guards at their press conferences December 21, 2012 I’m listening to the beginning of Wayne LaPierre’s press conference. It started with his hinting that we need as many armed guards at elementary… Continue Reading
One reason there are 300 million guns in America. December 20, 2012 A year’s worth of political spending. Continue Reading
December 20, 2012 Re: the previous post. I am flattered that the Duluth News Tribune has featured my snow sculpture for two days in a row. Below… Continue Reading
Ignorance is bliss December 20, 2012 Dr. Dixon; whom the DNT’s editors believed a few years ago when he told them that the School Board would soon have 32 million… Continue Reading
The first beneficiaries of the Second Amendment… December 19, 2012 …owned muskets and guns that had to be reloaded after a single shot and had to make their own bullets. “I am certainly not… Continue Reading
Guardian Angel in my front yard December 19, 2012 She and her sisters were at Sandy Hook first. Continue Reading
I keep tearing up lately. December 19, 2012 It only cost about $30 in bullets to kill a class of kindergartners. Continue Reading
Sandy Hook on my mind December 19, 2012 Tonight two women knocked on our front door and asked whether I would mind if they placed 26 red roses below the snow sculpture… Continue Reading
Compare and contrast newspaper vigilance – Nay December 18, 2012 Published December 18, 2012, 12:00 AM Our view: Let’s work with district this time The tax increase promises to be a big one. (I… Continue Reading
Compare and contrast newspaper vigilance – Yay December 18, 2012 Calling a spade a spade. It’s time for state officials to address JCI’s activities by Marshall Helmberger Publisher, Timberjay Newspaper Tower, Minn. When is… Continue Reading
Interesting new Lincoln histories just keep popping up. December 18, 2012 His last words are a surprise to me even though the general history is not news. Continue Reading
Bushmasters are flying off the shelves December 18, 2012 Here’s the online ad they’ve been using. More here Bushmaster owners can still probably stare down kindergartners. Continue Reading
My Buddy thinks I was unfair to the NRA December 15, 2012 He doesn’t drop a kindergartner off at school every Wednesday morning. From a story on the rampage: The tiny victims were riddled by as… Continue Reading
Knives vs. Guns December 14, 2012 Two Christmas Horrors. According to one fellow this is what was used in Connecticut. Not exactly conceal and carryable. Continue Reading
