Semi-ariel view of the Duluth Indivisible “Hands Off” gathering April 6, 2025 Last post Next post There were an estimated 2000 to 2,500 of us better than one of every Duluthians in the Crowd at the… Continue Reading
I got an April Fools column in the last Reader April 6, 2025 Last post Next post It was in addition to my account of the East High meeting of Practicing-Democracy. I got a thank you from… Continue Reading
The Reader set my NYUR column aside and put my take on last weeks Indivisible meeting in its place April 3, 2025 Last post Next post https://duluthreader.com/uploads/image/article/131/004/131004/header_1080x/26408_54417253132_39e94e37a8_c.jpg The title is: Empty chair for Stauber at productive town hall you can read it here Continue Reading
I wrote about studying the Smoot Hawley Act in high school April 3, 2025 Last post Next post https://bsky.app/profile/altspaceforce.altgov.info/post/3llwb3zkk2c2h Like these kids in Ferris Beuhler’s day off the voters went to the polls to elect Trump with their… Continue Reading
On Wisconsin – an homage for this week’s election April 3, 2025 Last page Next page And Wisconsin’s city Ripon has a strong claim on being the place where the Republcan Party was born…. And Abe… Continue Reading
Adding to the hundred thousand that Trump killed in his panic over Covid April 2, 2025 Last post Next post First one of many sources unmasking Trump for supercharging Covid deaths. Now his looptyloop RFK is supercharging bullshit to kill… Continue Reading
More on Musk’s very, very, very bad day April 2, 2025 Last post Next post Musk has more money to flush down the Trump toilet than anybody else in the world which considering the dividends… Continue Reading
An omen of Musk’s fall Part one April 2, 2025 Last post Next post In Europe, as in America, Elon Musk is pissing people off and empowering people of a far more liberal bent… Continue Reading
My Magical antidote to “Writer’s Block” April 1, 2025 Last post Next post When I began writing for the Reader Weekly – “the best newspaper money can’t buy” I would often struggle to… Continue Reading
Not a “harmless little fuzzball March 31, 2025 Last post Next post A nearby used book store will be closed soon. Its books are being given away free. I brought back a… Continue Reading
Handing out 4 of 10,000 bookmarks on a lovely Sunday afternoon March 31, 2025 Last post Next post I’ll make this short. I just sent an email to a young woman who emailed me a week ago asking… Continue Reading
A personal anecdote that was very pleasing to me but will seem trivial to my readers March 31, 2025 Last post Next post For years I’ve been curious about an Uncle of mine who married my mother’s sister. I think he damaged his… Continue Reading
Oh Canada, Oh Canada, What’s wrong with our strawberries? Orange leaves? March 31, 2025 Last post Next post A message (translated for my readers) to me from my friend Adelaide telling me what Canadians are telling her son… Continue Reading
Title TBD Maybe something like a good week and end March 31, 2025 Last post Next post Several delightful things were part of my week and my head is full of a half dozen seperate ideas for… Continue Reading
Pete wasn’t there but it was SRO for the Indivisibillions March 29, 2025 Last post Next post The center walkway was filled with folding chairs not long after I took this picture. The room holds 750 people… Continue Reading
Nous avons Trump dans notre collimateur March 29, 2025 Last post Next post For the third week in a row I’ve written several abandoned columns that seemed too big to reduce to my… Continue Reading
The American Way of Dentistry – New in the Duluth Reader March 27, 2025 Last post Next post I borrowed this title from a series by June Thomas in the Slate Magazine of Sept. 28, 2009. She was… Continue Reading
Immunity Chest March 26, 2025 Last post Next post Yesterday morning before my wife and I took a short drive to get lunch at a favorite North Shore restaurant… Continue Reading
3-26-25 Gray Lady Report – Reality March 26, 2025 Last post Next post From my morning reading, 4 stories about what constitutes reality in times of paranoia: Key paragraphs offered if you can’t… Continue Reading
Apropos the last post….The dumbing down of the Republican Party March 24, 2025 Last column Next column I think the most genuinely brilliant President was Abe Lincoln. He was deeply mortified about his humble origins and limited… Continue Reading