Gerald Heaney Retires July 4, 2006 Gerald Heaney was interviewed by MPR’s Stephanie Hemphill for Voices of Minnesota. Heaney has an laudatory past but he’s also a key figure in the story… Continue Reading
Blog Metamorphosis July 2, 2006 As of today loyal readers, whoever you are, this blog has undergone a change from caterpillar to butterfly or, depending on your point-of-view, vice… Continue Reading
Master of the Senate June 21, 2006 One thing I like about air travel is that it gives me a good excuse to read. Today, on the way home from DC,… Continue Reading
Nixon’s purging of Texas Democrats June 18, 2006 This Ben Barnes interview is very interesting. It ties in to my own writing about Don Boyd and the politics of 1972. More later Continue Reading
How badly did HHH want to be President? June 9, 2006 As I write this book its been important to put the times in context. Governor Rudy Perpich was a generation past Humphrey and not… Continue Reading
The Lying Machine June 7, 2006 I just caught the last half of a speech NYTime’s reporter David Halberstram gave at the Kennedy Center a few months ago. It was… Continue Reading
I could almost see becoming a historian June 6, 2006 Other than my mile swim I devoted my entire day to reading though old books and newspaper clippings. Seeing them all together through the… Continue Reading
But their President still denies the Holocaust May 24, 2006 Iran will not be forcing religious minorities to wear special clothing. Continue Reading
A new Anne Frank in hiding? May 22, 2006 We could have saved Anne Frank from Holland too if only she’d been allowed to come to America. The Dutch must be smoking too much pot these days to… Continue Reading
What’s Sauce for the Goose April 30, 2006 Regarding my post on Rush Limbaugh a friend emailed me this comment: Harry…part of your presentation…causes me to think of a possible parallel presentation that… Continue Reading
America’s Al Quaeda April 29, 2006 Florence Latimer has died. She stood up to America’s version of Al Quaeda in the Deep South. Continue Reading
Bush vs Roosevelt April 27, 2006 Newsweek had a great comparison between these two blueblood presidents. I was a little put off to see that Newsweek’s columnist Jonathon Alter was able… Continue Reading
Lincoln Republicans April 13, 2006 Old habits die hard. I’m at the Airport in the Cities. (Should be on the plane to San Ann. Don’t ask) Tried to log… Continue Reading
Lincoln Republicans April 13, 2006 Old habbits die hard. I’m at the Airport in the Cities. (Should be on the plane to San Ann. Don’t ask) Tried to log… Continue Reading
Did the Founding Fathers lie to Tripoli? April 6, 2006 A reader took strenuous issue with my post suggesting that the Founding Fathers did not regard the United States as a “Christian Nation.” Pointing to… Continue Reading
Here were hanged April 6, 2006 I got an email yesterday from a student at my old alma mater, Mankato State, which was rechristened Minnesota Univeristy, Mankato. I get such… Continue Reading
Historical forecasting April 3, 2006 In my continuing search for a pundit glossary I ran across an interesting article on ranking Presidents in the Opinion Journal. Written just before last… Continue Reading
Keeping History Straight March 28, 2006 I think it was yesterday that I got Howie Hanson’s email blog and was surprised to see Senator Yvonne Prettner Solon accused of voting against… Continue Reading
How the first President George behaved March 21, 2006 How should anyone, not just a President, deal with God? A friend sent me this page from Colonial Williamsburg’s website. It lists over a… Continue Reading