I’m not a fan of spoilers but it will hard for me not to vote Libertarian this year May 30, 2016 Hillary Clinton needs my vote. I’m not sure she will get it after the Libertarians added William Weld to their ticket as a VP… Continue Reading
A CORRECTION AND AN APOLOGY TO MY READERS May 29, 2016 First the apology: I posted a letter to the editor written by a Bruce Johnson and proceeded to beat up another Bruce Johnson that… Continue Reading
A message to be proud of May 28, 2016 “The world was forever changed here, but today the children of this city will go through their day in peace. What a precious thing… Continue Reading
PIG’S BLOOD May 28, 2016 My Buddy sent me Andrew Sullivan’s long piece in the New York Magazine which mentioned this fascist libel on General Pershing which I found… Continue Reading
This being Lincolndemocrat and…. May 26, 2016 ….recent events having been what they’ve been I tried to look up a quote about Lincoln by, I think, his old law partner William… Continue Reading
Everyone is saying the Planning Dept.’s decision to scuttle the DPSA High School has nothing to do with politics. May 25, 2016 I find that very hard to believe: Hamre said that if Edison had pushed forward with those requests, and the city planning commission followed… Continue Reading
Snowflake High or not? May 25, 2016 I don’t know what this means but I was notified by a veteran City Hall watcher that the various requests for variances and special… Continue Reading
Break for books May 25, 2016 I’ve had a bit of a respite from School Board work for gardening and books the latter of which keeps my mind busy. On… Continue Reading
My [Buddy] just won’t cut me any slack May 24, 2016 From: “Your Buddy” To: Cc: Sent: Mon, 23 May 2016 10:23:49 -0500 Subject: Re: Andrew Sullivan thinks Donald Trump may defeat Hillary Clinton. Jeez,… Continue Reading
Trumped May 23, 2016 The email that preceded the email in the last post and my reply to it: My Reply: [Buddy], My impression certainly could have been… Continue Reading
“Herd up” May 23, 2016 From my Buddy: See http://www.startribune.com/wake-up-and-see-the-trump-card-he-can-win/380327951/, which includes this interesting language: For all the talk of Republicans who won’t vote for Trump, it’s quite likely… Continue Reading
Delaying the Big Objective May 20, 2016 Winston sniffed me awake this morning in his sleeping quarters, my Son’s sunroom. I had to sleep diagonally in the guest bed but being… Continue Reading
The BIG objective May 18, 2016 This will be so brief my readers will wonder why it took me so long to compose it. Well, the reason is that I… Continue Reading
The small objective – zero hour May 18, 2016 Monday and Tuesday were, Geez. I was going to write “Red Letter Days” for me – as if every day since 2007 hasn’t been… Continue Reading
The little story – Zero Hour May 17, 2016 I’m too pooped to scribble it down now. I was told that WDIO did a good job telling the story yesterday. Not bad at… Continue Reading
How about that! We saved the Zero hour May 17, 2016 Can’t wait to tell you about it…….after my grandson’s concert this afternoon. Sorry, I guess that was a teaser. We partied (ice cream and… Continue Reading
Another banner headline today May 16, 2016 Native American parents assess Duluth schools It was actually a somewhat hopeful story in view of the failure of the District to do justice… Continue Reading
Blasphemer or Gadfly? May 16, 2016 To quote the beginning of the Sunday Trib’s Editorial: “The blasphemy was uttered by an elected official. Of course elected. Easy political points. Except… Continue Reading
Unto the fifth generation – Not! May 14, 2016 My children are as allergic to today’s GOP as though it was a toxic substance. If it had not become the party of God… Continue Reading
