I need a rainy day June 16, 2015 Claudia asked me why I was pacing the kitchen this morning. She didn’t realize I’d hopped out of bed at midnight too agitated to… Continue Reading
The first time I desperately wanted to write May 20, 2015 Claudia and I took six or seven years to decide whether to bring children into this crazy world. It meant a couple strong hints… Continue Reading
Wrassling April 30, 2015 The string of seven and eight hour nights worth of sleep keeps chugging along. I must be doing something right. Recently I got two… Continue Reading
My Fraternity March 31, 2015 The last post is the first one in nine years to have mentioned the name of my college fraternity, Phi Delta Theta. This is… Continue Reading
Goodbye Mom March 31, 2015 Short posts are easy. Long ones take work. When I have something I want to say well I often fail to do so because… Continue Reading
Throttling the Grizzly August 6, 2014 Just short of 2AM I was in the midst of a colorful dream too peculiar to make sense of the details. I had been… Continue Reading
Sticks and Stones January 30, 2014 Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. I said I wanted to write about Charter Schools. I even spent fifteen minutes at my Rockridge meeting talking about them… Continue Reading
Can the GOP take West Duluth? and a reminiscence August 22, 2012 I think so if two serious challengers run write-in campaigns in Kerry Gauthier’s district. I don’t know how many “conservative” votes there are in… Continue Reading
Word Search of the Day February 20, 2012 Mea Culpa I make my share of mistakes. I don’t worry too much about misspellings, typos, and other pretty constant static in my blog… Continue Reading
How I became a Republican February 16, 2012 A follow up to the previous post. So Grandma got us a room in the Duluth Radisson. Grandma and I call our Wednesdays with… Continue Reading
Craig Hunter – a most honorable man July 28, 2009 I’m sure the Red Plan cheerleaders will be crowing over this set back and heaping abuse on the taxpayer’s attorney, Craig Hunter. Let Duluth… Continue Reading
My latest Not Eudora Column July 29, 2008 Gone with the Wind Published Aug. 1, 2008 “As a little kid growing up in Topeka, Kansas, my family would often troop down to… Continue Reading
A very bad night September 19, 2007 As I look through the dried, pink wine droplets on my computer screen I’m reminded of just one more reason that last night was… Continue Reading
Anxious hours for a new Grandpa to be August 29, 2007 My daughter called yesterday. She is about, it seems, to deliver our first grandchild. This baby is in a hurry and if delivered will… Continue Reading
The advertising campaign begins September 7, 2006 I picked up a pair of magnetic signs for Harry’s car today. I took this picture of one of them on my wife’s car… Continue Reading
Why an Official Loose Cannon? August 28, 2006 “Official Loose Cannon” seems like a wierd job title, how did you guys come up with it? Harry and I were sitting in Jitters… Continue Reading
Independence Party’s Platform August 1, 2006 I’ll soon be applying for endorsement by Minnesota’s Independence Party. I printed out the application forms just before midnight will send them in. I… Continue Reading