Long time readers know I have a penchant for talking about all the books I want to write and or take old columns and turn them into a book. I’m very close to doing that.
I imagined fifty page books and have a section of my office wall dedicated to the short issue related books I’d like to crank out. I changed tack a couple days ago after reading all the columns I wrote in 2002 when I became a columnist for the Reader. I decided that so many talk about the roots of issues we face today with the Republican party, abortion, Israel/ Palestine relations and some others of a more personal nature that would appeal to people who don’t trust politicians. So I’ve put them in order and I’m filling them out with pages to direct people to ways to defeat Pete Stauber or Linty Pete as I call him.
BTW I will not run against Jen Schultz who announced her candidacy yesterday. I will vote for her if Pete wins the GOP primary. If you look at my book cover you will see the photo that my brother took of me behind my lawnsign with the sticker I bought to advertise for Jen after I lost the primary.
BTW 2 You might ask how I possibly could campaign against her if I do defeat Pete. I won’t. I’ll campaign for myself. A moment ago I asked myself to jot down reasons to answer this question “How could an old 1 term Congressman whose Ideas are anathema to people who caucus Republican could possible the right Congressman for 2024” Over the next ten minutes I jotted down three pages on a legal pad of reasons.
Frankly I’ve laid out who I am what I believe in over 300 Reader columns over the years and I decided that to speed up my first book I’d simply take the columns for 2002 and add some color to additions to them. They take up 45 pages for 15,000 words and I think they will charm enough people that I can build on them. The book will be 60 to 70 pages long. I’m weighing getting an ISBN number but I may only treat issue one like a prototype to see if I catch some positive vibes.
Its late for me after two long days writing so I’ll wrap up her with two things to show you. First the cover as I have it now and then a list of the columns I’ll put in the book with the first lines from each one.
NOT EUDORA COLUMNS 2002
About this column title. I’m not related to Eudora Welty, the short story writer, and she didn’t care a whit about politics so this is definitely not Eudora.
Sour Milk Published Feb. 21, 2002 “Compared to the vast sums of money it takes to elect politicians on the national level the funds raised locally seem laughably small. That is until you try to raise your first thousand dollars….”
Another V Monologue Published Feb. 28, 2002 “One of the biggest problems we face in politics is the refusal of so many people to face hard and honest truth. Too many of us find comfort in old wives’ tales and soft, fuzzy euphemism.”…
On Holding Your Nose Published March 7, 2002 “So, last Tuesday came and went and you didn’t attend your precinct caucus? Tsk, tsk, tsk! Reading this column will be your penance for turning your back on grassroots democracy.”,,,
“Here were hanged” Published March 21, 2002 “‘Here were hanged 38 Sioux Indians December 26 1862.’ “…
Escaping the Minority Published April 6, 2002 “As a potential legislative candidate I’ve been watching the game of musical chairs left in the wake of redistricting.” …
Sympathy for a Mass Murderer Published April 21, 2002 “I am a mass murderer. Now mind you, I’m not talking about just any old, garden variety, mass murder but the world’s most massive holocaust ever.”…
Peeing Contest Published May 3, 2002 “Don’t sell the great temple of Duluth, the school administration building!
Eve of Destruction Published May 17, 2002 “It’s a little disconcerting for a mild mannered Republican like me to realize that leading members of my party support the Jewish State in Israel because of their impatience to see the world come to its apocalyptic end.”…
The King is Naked Published May 31, 2002 “‘The king is naked!’ shouted the boy’…”
St. Louis County Election Avoidance Plan Published June 7, 2002 “My favorite CountyBoard member , Joanne Fay, is suing the St. Louis County Board. Go Joanne!”…
Dishing Dearth Published June 14, 2002 “A couple weeks ago, the Reader’s editors hyped my column as the place to read political dished dirt.” …
Pitching Penny Published June 29, 2002 “I’ve only met one of the many candidates hoping to replace Governor Ventura, Tim Penny, who happens to be Jesse’s own choice for succession.” …
Hearts Behind Bars Published July 12, 2002 “When my son and daughter were little they learned how to play hearts at Duluth’s Federal Prison.” …
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Selected Scenes from my Queer Life Published July 19, 2002 “1960, Age 9 – My neighbor’s junior high boyfriend calls another boy a ‘queer.’ I’m astonished by the target’s humiliation. I ask my Mom what “queer” means. She tells me a story.” …
The Strange Case of Darrell McKigney Published August 9, 2002 “Darrell McKigney emailed my wife at work last week. How, she asked me, did her least favorite Minnesota political commentator get hold of her business email address to warn her that Minnesota had the third worst business climate among the fifty states? How indeed?” …
Learning to say “No” Published August 23, 2002 “For six years on the School Board I’ve been expected to protect every budget line item by some advocate or increase it by yet another. I don’t imagine it will be much different if I get myself elected to the state legislature. . . . Long ago I learned the importance of saying the word “No.” The story I am about to tell has very little to do with this lesson.”. . .
Madman Published September 6th, 2002 “Like children begging their mothers to watch them plunge off a diving board for the umpteenth time, some politicians never outgrow their craving for attention. I say this with some humility because I am no shrinking violet where reporters are concerned” …
Out of the Box Published September 20th, 2002 “One of the indispensable assets for any aspiring politician is the ability to think outside the box. So, when at a recent debate my Primary opponent described himself as thinking outside the box I was reduced to stammering, “Well, I’ve never been accused of NOT thinking outside the box.”…
Tanked Published October 4th, 2002 “Yeah, it was over sold. Yeah, the backers had stars in their eyes. Yeah, the skeptics saw through the pie-in-the-sky attendance projections. Yeah, the backers were local power brokers who could pull strings behind the scenes and bulldoze the skeptics. Yeah, its gonna cost Duluth some serious money to subsidize the Great Lakes Aquarium this year and probably for years to come…”
Boiling a Frog Published October, 15 2002 “First they closed Birchwood but I did not speak out because my children did not attend Birchwood. Then they closed Grant but I did not speak…”
Never Vote for a Democrat and Other Simple Lessons Published October 31, 2002 “When I was 11 or 12 years old, long before my obsession with politics began, I got some unsolicited advice about voting from my Grandfather…. ‘Never vote for a Democrat.'”
You Wanna Fight? Published November 14, 2002 “I used to have a southern accent. I didn’t say “ya’ll” or anything like that because I was from Kansas . Still,. . . ”
Methuselah Thurmond Published December 14, 2002 “The US Senate celebrated a milestone when its first member ever, Strom Thurmond, reached his one-hundredth birthday. . .”
God Made Us That Way Published Dec 26, 2002 “When I was about six years old I embarrassed my Mother while we rode home on the Topeka City bus. We sat next to a black woman we did not know, and I piped up “Why are you that color? . . . “
