Generosity and trust 2016 and on Aug. 29, 1942 November 17, 2016 I mentioned the magnanimity and solidarity of Duluth’s students yesterday particularly at Denfeld with its post-it note campaign started by its student rep on… Continue Reading
Speck # 6 The League of Democratic Women Voters November 16, 2016 This is a report from a reliable source who attended the pre election meeting of Duluth’s League of Women Voters: At one point a… Continue Reading
Speck # 5 The Creature of the black lagoon is elected to … November 16, 2016 “Drain the swamp” Who knows? Maybe he can do it. This is a five minute long NPR story from this morning. Continue Reading
Speck # 4 Roy Cohn’s Revenge November 16, 2016 In no way do I mean to praise Donald Trump. His campaign was as sleazy as it gets. Hillary’s insider string pulling in the… Continue Reading
Speck # 3 a rumor of a threat against Trump November 16, 2016 By now all of Duluth has heard of racist grafitti on our high school walls. Today a rumor got to me that the Ordean… Continue Reading
Speck #2 Kids November 16, 2016 What’s the matter with kids today? That was the question asked in the 50’s musical Bye Bye Birdie. After watching my generation’s reaction to… Continue Reading
Seeing the Speck in their eyes November 16, 2016 Confirmation bias has become a subject of great interest lately especially as it relates to the US Presidential election. As a cerebral sort myself… Continue Reading
Lenny Cohen November 16, 2016 I’m always getting teed off with my Buddy and vice versa. Its amazing how we go on and get over our spats. Then he… Continue Reading
Art Johnston election analyst November 16, 2016 Art sent me an email he composed for a friend. I share it with my readers for them to exult or lament: To: Michael… Continue Reading
Letting our guests cool their heels… November 15, 2016 …and putting noses out of joint unnecessarily. In catching up with last week’s Business Committee meeting on youtube I saw how our board majority… Continue Reading
Pick your abomination November 15, 2016 I mentioned in my speech to the VFW on Veterans Day that I had just stopped briefly at the Brown V Board of Education… Continue Reading
“THROWING GREASE ON THE FIRE” November 15, 2016 As I indicated in my email to my Buddy the election last week has opened Pandora’s box with lots of noisome, nasty, dance on… Continue Reading
Relishing my post-election ease November 14, 2016 Not only do I have a weeks worth of chores from my recent trip but I face days of work printing out a thousand… Continue Reading
A little bit of Post-Trump here in the Northland November 14, 2016 In my view America elected a demagogue rather than a scold. In fairness to Hillary Clinton, the unprecedented calls of “lock her up” at… Continue Reading
Rhinocerous November 14, 2016 Whether President Elect will attempt to rule like an autocrat remains to be seen. He ran as a demagogue. I expect that he will… Continue Reading
Veterans Day 2016 November 12, 2016 These were given to me on Veteran’s Day when the Philip Billard VFW Post 1650 of Topeka, Kansas, honored George Robb on the 99th… Continue Reading
2 am. Topeka, Kansas, Nov. 10, 2016 November 10, 2016 I just woke up from 4 badly needed hours of sleep. I could use another 4. I’m sitting in the lobby of the downdown… Continue Reading
2016 election night November 9, 2016 America is like the character Dustin Hoffman played in The Graduate after he raced off from the church with his runaway bride and sat… Continue Reading
Family Research in KC November 7, 2016 This is the view I had of the Missouri River as I headed into Kansas City MO after spending the morning researching more about… Continue Reading
Is the School board being a little chippy? November 7, 2016 …as in a chip on their shoulder. I sent this request to my fellow board members yesterday via email: Supt, and fellow board members,… Continue Reading
