I’ll bet the good Christians who applauded capitol punishment… September 8, 2011 …so vigorously would be happy to tell you how evil Grand Theft Auto is: I personally think prison building is a Ponzi scheme. Continue Reading
Lilly August 19, 2011 Topeka, Kansas, was not the South but it was close enough to have a sizeable black population. I was a child there in the… Continue Reading
When will Plessy vs. Fergusson be reinstated? August 14, 2011 The title is a Constitutional Lawyer’s rhetorical joke. Or maybe not: Obama, however, has yet to get a single appellate court judge under 45… Continue Reading
Obama is today’s Gorbachev July 27, 2011 My buddy who complains regularly that he reads “Welty” and then insists that this means Welty should read whichever pundit’s rant he points to… Continue Reading
Giving Sullivan his due June 30, 2011 As Minnesotans ponder whether to vote for against a Constitutional Amendment enshrining heterosexual unions of marriage I think this post of Andrew Sullivan’s is… Continue Reading
Equity I (in Duluth) May 17, 2011 From an email today concering a letter in the DNT: Sorry, for some reason I cannot link it, but a language program has been… Continue Reading
“Birther” as a an unfair prejoritive term. April 9, 2011 A friend who took exception to my insinuation that all Republicans (actually only 46 % of Mississippi Republicans) are anti-misceginists sent me this in… Continue Reading
When he leaves February 11, 2011 I was up late dealing with a little legal nightmare. I slept through the news this morning. I just looked at my favorite blog… Continue Reading
Twain weck January 6, 2011 I listened to an NPR type grilling the fellow who has edited out the “N” words from Huckleberry Finn. My family read the book… Continue Reading
Grover on the tepid defense November 15, 2010 Tim “I ain’t saying nuthin” Grover also gets his one cent in defending his heavy handed censorship. Says Tim, “On numerous occasions this year,… Continue Reading
Of course Duluth no longer does this November 11, 2010 Here’s a school district that has improved the achievement of minorities by mixing affluent and poorer students. We’ve stopped doing that. Its not quite… Continue Reading
“Are you happy now?” October 29, 2010 “Let me explain how it works to you. I’m the anchor, your’e the guest. I’m the interviewer you are the interviewee.” “The self described… Continue Reading
Struggling minorities September 15, 2010 Today’s Trib story about the District’s attempts to do right by minorities is important. Just before the Trib canned its previous Education Reporter she… Continue Reading
The undead Online June 28, 2010 As I’m off with my family listening to loons who escaped the Gulf Oil Spill I’m reduced to catching up on the Trib strictly… Continue Reading
Arizona low ways June 8, 2010 Maybe the police will ask the kids in the school for their birth certificates. The school is in Arizona afterall. Continue Reading
Two Obits November 2, 2006 Two Obits in the DNT today caught my attention. First Dr. Jane Hodgson I didn’t know the good Doctor but her appearance in Duluth… Continue Reading
How to get cuffed in ten minutes October 4, 2006 If you tell the Vice President that you think his war policies are “reprehensible” you’d better plan on going to jail. Continue Reading
“A manageable six” Hoot September 28, 2006 From the Onion in 2002 pretty well predicting the Bush Administration. Continue Reading
Elastic Clause on torture September 22, 2006 Apparently McCain, Graham and Warner have compromised with the President on his effort to ignore the General Article 3 of the Geneva Convention. I’m… Continue Reading