Another new start on a book January 31, 2020 Trying to figure out just what to write bookwise has been a preocupation of mine for ten years. It keeps getting more urgent. Donald… Continue Reading
A little Happy for you January 31, 2020 I heard this fun little communally produced poem about New Year’s resolutions on NPR this morning. Its compiler just was awarded a Caldecott Medal… Continue Reading
Eight loyal readers plus January 31, 2020 I’m not running for anything. I’m not harping about the Duluth Schools. I’m rarely mentioned by the News Tribune. And this month my readership… Continue Reading
The Real Game January 30, 2020 Mr. Percent said today’s “real game” isn’t between Democrats and Republicans but between national sovereignty and globalism. I beg to disagree. America’s Democrat vs…. Continue Reading
Juan Percent January 30, 2020 My Column on Brooks v. Rogers got a very quick kick in the shin A long time critic of my columns under the sobriquet… Continue Reading
Today in the Reader- David Brooks is Wrong… January 30, 2020 …Will Rogers Had it Right It begins: Last week I began sleeping well for the first time since Donald Trump became a Presidential contender…. Continue Reading
Three visions of Satan January 29, 2020 One of my favorite stories is The Devil and Daniel Webster. Our great old debater got the best of Old Scratch as I recall…. Continue Reading
News links on current politics 1 January 29, 2020 This is a place I’ll start putting links to news stories I’ve been emailing myself for the past year or more. I want a… Continue Reading
News links on the end of the Earth 1 January 29, 2020 Just a little overstatement in the headline. No human tech for a thousand or maybe a million years will be sufficient to stop the… Continue Reading
Judy Sill January 26, 2020 I can’t recall ever hearing of this young woman who is the latest in a parade of belated obituaries of women who’s lives the… Continue Reading
David Brooks is wrong January 25, 2020 A fretful sleepless me awoke in a drier version of night sweats. I got up and wrote my next Reader Column. You will only… Continue Reading
God Bless Adam “Shifty” Schiff January 24, 2020 I heard that fair and balanced Fox News let Hannity mute Adam Schiff’s eloquent and damningly persuasive closing argument yesterday. Talk about hacks sticking… Continue Reading
I returned some of my book money January 23, 2020 I sent this letter to my 70 some book buyers. It prompted four of them to request refunds. December 18, 2019 To 75 people… Continue Reading
Harry’s Diary 1/23/2020 January 23, 2020 I returned money yesterday…..that’s the next post. Today I signed up for two more French apps on my cell phone. One allows me to… Continue Reading
Will UMD’s College Republicans accept my “debate” challenge? January 22, 2020 I accepted a challenge to defend Richard Nixon just before the 1972 Presidential election. I would very much admire UMD CR’s if they accepted… Continue Reading
“Stauber is facing off against . . . Harry Welty.” January 22, 2020 So says Fox 21 News: https://www.fox21online.com/2018/08/14/congressional-candidate-stauber-ready-for-strong-primary-showing/ While picking up a glazed-raised doughnut for my cold-suffering sweetie at Mt. Royal Foods this morning one of… Continue Reading
From Ken Star – GOP expert January 20, 2020 The Constitution is unconstitutional. And this is the second time he’s been involved in one. I am tempted to think he’s a tad hypocritical… Continue Reading
My big read today – January 16, 2020 This is very long but, for those interested in the Middle East, very worth the reading. Mohammed bin Zayed’s Dark Vision of the Middle… Continue Reading
My Reader column, Waltzing Matilda January 16, 2020 It begins: Everything about Down Under appealed to me. Aussies were like a second version of Americans, open, unpretentious and they loved America. We… Continue Reading
Emperor Xi, Tsar Putin, King Trump and George Washington January 16, 2020 Perhas the most unsurprising but appalling news yesterday came from Russia. In one way I miss the Soviet Union. Other than its delusional infatuation… Continue Reading