80% European April 18, 2013 I recently read a fascinating article about Neanderthals in my Discovery Magazine. Recent genetic breakthroughs have answered an old question. Did they interbreed with… Continue Reading
ND Republicans demand… April 18, 2013 …that these children be born with their recent legislation. But they are too stingy with tax dollars to pay for their medical care. That’s… Continue Reading
30 seconds to make a far better case… April 18, 2013 …than all the paragraphs I’ve written about sensible gun regulation: ” Continue Reading
Zero tolerance for Bullies April 17, 2013 is just the next 3-strikes-your-out in law enforcement. ” Continue Reading
Schools as prisons April 17, 2013 An easy solution will often prove to be a very hard one. The Duluth School District is getting closer to locking students in their… Continue Reading
157 million dollar bailout? April 17, 2013 A couple weeks ago the Duluth paper published an update on appeals to the state from the Duluth Teachers pension planners to bail them… Continue Reading
Fairy tales #2 April 16, 2013 I couldn’t lambaste the Strib for inserting paid advertising as a news story because they published the story noted in the previous post in… Continue Reading
Fairy Tales #1 April 16, 2013 Two readers of the Minneapolis Star Tribune were quick to send me this story from last week. It is as one of them said… Continue Reading
Spitting on the Stripper April 16, 2013 I haven’t written anything on the blog for ten days. Its not for want of subject matter. The depredations of Boston certainly call for… Continue Reading
Boston April 15, 2013 One of the top women finishers at Boston today used to run by my house every day in high school as she practiced for… Continue Reading
Demographics # 2 April 5, 2013 Also on the Daily Dish was a graph that blew me away. A longer version of it from the World Bank can be found… Continue Reading
Demographics #1 April 5, 2013 I’d heard recently that American women’s longevity, which for so long exceeded men, was beginning to wane and men were catching up. That is… Continue Reading
The Duluth School Board is so desperate… April 3, 2013 …that the made a rational spending decision! To spend only a quarter of a million dollars clean up dollars on Congdon Elementary. “Choosing everything… Continue Reading
Not gloating April 1, 2013 A friend keeps writing every time the Trib writes a positive story about things happening in the Duluth Schools or every time calamity seems… Continue Reading
No Say April 1, 2013 I’m a little embarrassed that I didn’t make the same connection that this reader did when she read the recent Headline “No say, Just… Continue Reading
