The busy life of a not too retiring man, Pt. 1 July 22, 2025 Last post Next post Let me blurt (type) this out before I forget it…..”Forgive them for they know not what they do.” Good now… Continue Reading
Harking back to the greatness that preceded US journalism’s current forlorn state. July 19, 2025 Last post Next post Uncle Walter Ed Murrow Vietnam Murdoch Trump MAGA Last night I woke but was concerned that if I tromped around… Continue Reading
My initial campaign materials July 19, 2025 Last Post Next post Welty Duluth SB campaign in 500 words: My amended lawnsigns from 2024: Claudia jumped to see a $575 payment for… Continue Reading
I will use my column in the DNTrib for my handout. July 18, 2025 Last post Next post It will contain these sections all on a 8×11 inch copy paper – probably tri-folded: We face the arrogant ignorance… Continue Reading
Vote for me for Duluth School Board, Donate to a 2026 Congressional campaign July 11, 2025 Last post Next post If I get past the Aug. 12th primary I will campaign for the School Board vigorously. Whether I am elected… Continue Reading
4Chan president July 11, 2025 Last post Next post Some of today’s headlines with some quotes 4chan: The Skeleton Key to the Rise of Trump | by Dale Beran… Continue Reading
Welty for School Board July 11, 2025 Last post Next post I have ordered enough of the sticker above to put on 250 lawnsigns. I have sent a 500 word column… Continue Reading
Chernow’s Hamilton July 10, 2025 Last post Next post I woke at 3 last night and read Chapter 37 “Deadlock” about how after weakening President’s John Adams chances at… Continue Reading
Chernow and historians et al July 10, 2025 Last post Next post These are the three Ron Chernow books I have in my bookshelves. I am just under one hundred pages left… Continue Reading
National Public Radio – news July 7, 2025 Last post Next Post I have always liked good summaries since before my grandmother gave me birthday subscriptions to Readers Digest for my junior… Continue Reading
Went fishin July 7, 2025 Last post Next post Other than bots I’m not sure this old blog of mine is viewed by much of anybody. The place to… Continue Reading
Times today…From real news sources, Buckley’s last 40 years and 30 trillion for the uber rich June 26, 2025 Last post Next post Oxfam estimates that over the last decade the world’s richest 1 percent have gotten 34 trillion richer. The Top three… Continue Reading
Twenty minus six in a ChatGPT hallucination June 25, 2025 Last post Next post AI translation is damn good. The first time I showed my French pen pal samples from the ten-year-old google translator… Continue Reading
My Hallucinating AI French lesson comes in the next post. This was before it flew off the rails June 25, 2025 Last post Next post Its noon and I’ve been blogging for two hours. I will come back to this but first without an explanation… Continue Reading
Why should I run for the school board? Education as a game June 25, 2025 Last post Next post I’ve never stopped thinking about the hows and whys of Education since I graduated from High School. I remember how… Continue Reading
An updated “my reading list” June 25, 2025 Last post Next post As I said in the previous post I used my blog’s dashboard to transfer my old reading list which stopped… Continue Reading
One way I find my blog useful June 25, 2025 Last post Next post I decided to keep this long enumeration of the books I recall reading from cover to cover in this post… Continue Reading
Osnos, China and Have Yachts June 22, 2025 Last post Next post I saw this book title yesterday in a NY Times news story and again today. I read it outloud to… Continue Reading
And a story about Gaza condoms from the Condom King June 22, 2025 Last post Next post This would be my nominee for the State of Arkansas’s memorial to “the unborn.” As for living children Trump has… Continue Reading
Japan isn’t the only nation that can pull off a Day of Infamy June 21, 2025 Last post Next post Trump wants me to listen to him at 10 tonight. I won’t. A sneak attack is a lousy way of… Continue Reading
