Axe me no questions … September 13, 2014 Nudged by a sleeping but heat seeking grandson in a hotel bed this morning I woke to an hour’s restless thinking. I left the… Continue Reading
The Trib’s ed contents today September 11, 2014 To my delight and frustration the Trib over the past several months has had more stories worthy of my attention than a couple of… Continue Reading
The missing… September 11, 2014 …syllable. My Buddy takes a break from critiquing my analysis and evidentiary standards to attend to something a little more prosaic: Harry: “metamorphis”? What… Continue Reading
Civility – and ancient history September 10, 2014 During the height of the Red Plan fight some of my allies were perplexed at my divided loyalties. In particular there was my fondness… Continue Reading
My current metamorphis September 10, 2014 I am in another of those recurring periods where I have 1. oodles of ideas for posts, 2. a great reluctance to shoot my… Continue Reading
The condition of African Americans in Duluth September 8, 2014 Its not great. First there is this in the Trib today. On the reading test, black students, who make up 8.5 percent of the… Continue Reading
Face Cages for board members? September 8, 2014 My Buddy took a break from needling me for what he seems to regard as my muddled thinking about the challenges facing African Americans… Continue Reading
Treasure Hunts, a reminiscence September 6, 2014 I woke up in the middle of the night thinking about my Dad’s treasure hunts and decided I’d prefer to write about them instead… Continue Reading
Swatting email gnats September 6, 2014 One sign of the Duluth School Board’s dysfunction can be found in the Board email box. For my first three months on the Board… Continue Reading
Martell is back in fine form September 6, 2014 I just read Loren Martell’s latest column detailing the antics of the Duluth School Board at its August meeting on the Duluth Reader’s website…. Continue Reading
I’ve been ruminating September 4, 2014 That’s part of my excuse for not posting. The rest of it is family time and time spent on projects getting my house prepared… Continue Reading
My old bully Gary died September 4, 2014 According to a website that keeps up with my old high school graduating class about one in ten of the 450 of us who… Continue Reading
Martell’s Heartbreak August 27, 2014 I met Loren Martell’s wife briefly once or twice at her back door when I delivered things to Loren a few years back. We… Continue Reading
Martell’s heartbreak – just kidding August 23, 2014 This is the fifth post in a series. To read them in order I’d suggest going back five posts ago to “Promises, Promises” and… Continue Reading
lie, lie, lie August 23, 2014 Chair Miernicki was so incensed by Mr. Martell’s assertion that he had abruptly adjourned the meeting with the state auditors that he wrote in… Continue Reading
Martell’s longer column in the Reader, post auditor August 23, 2014 I have already commented favorably on and linked to the earlier and extensive piece Loren Martell wrote for the Reader Weekly about the presentation… Continue Reading
Martell’s Tribune column, post auditor August 23, 2014 It was a brilliant summation of Mr. Martell’s position regarding the value of the long awaited and disappointing non audit by the State Auditor…. Continue Reading
Promises, Promises August 23, 2014 I’ve promised readers that I would explain my theory that one tool used in the courts is to impoverish court adversaries. This relates to… Continue Reading
Good news, Bad news August 21, 2014 The good news is that Minnesota tops the nation in ACT scores. The bad news is that its for our white students. I suspect… Continue Reading
A sane, fair, and neutral appraisal of the Duluth School Board August 21, 2014 One of the pleasures of being in the public eye is the chance to meet folks who are passionate about the same sort of… Continue Reading
