Art Johnston, Part 1 September 19, 2013 The dilemma of a Reporter: My rainy day post has been bothering me ever since I wrote it. I hate it when people tell… Continue Reading
Iowa, Iowa, Best in all the land, Corn in every hand… September 8, 2013 …that’s where the tall corn grows. My wife taught me that song years ago and regrets it every time I sing it back to… Continue Reading
About that seminary September 5, 2013 I often mention my wife, Claudia, in blog posts much to her chagrin. She ordered me years ago not to mention her. Long time… Continue Reading
Hell’s Kitchen March 1, 2013 I just got back from an overnight flight from Duluth. I was pleased to see my home intact as we drove up 21st and… Continue Reading
The Strib and the DFTRA pension January 20, 2013 This morning I got a very brief peek at the news after waking up at 4AM to head to the Ft. Lauderdale airport and… Continue Reading
The NRA needs more armed guards at their press conferences December 21, 2012 I’m listening to the beginning of Wayne LaPierre’s press conference. It started with his hinting that we need as many armed guards at elementary… Continue Reading
Mr. Moto January 8, 2012 Claudia loves old Charlie Chan movies. I’m not such a fan of them. I remember an “informative” speech a classmate gave back in high… Continue Reading
Replying to an email February 11, 2011 Dear A****************************, You might send my Blog’s URL to your friends and neighbors. www.lincolndemocrat.com. The St. Louis County School District is also fighting JCI…. Continue Reading
SSA backwards October 27, 2010 I posted Move Forward Duluth’s email earlier. Today their thousand buck add showed up in the Trib. I only noticed it because the word… Continue Reading
TV covers the Red Plan Referendum October 21, 2010 I’m just going to put the entire news story from WDIO here. I don’t think they will raise hell about their copyright. Apparently all… Continue Reading
Call me…… August 6, 2010 Despite only having written a single post I’ve had a good number of visitors today. I don’t know how many I’ll post between now… Continue Reading
4 minutes a day June 16, 2010 I was looking for the latest aerial picture of the Gulf with oil in it. The pictures I’ve already seen give me a graphic… Continue Reading
The Wrong General October 6, 2009 This is and the following post are both early morning Perkins’ specials – I don’t have access to a spell check on my wife’s… Continue Reading
Vile March 21, 2009 Paul Goossens and I go way back to 1999 when we were both allies in the effort to keep the Edison school experiment alive… Continue Reading
I’m going to court March 11, 2009 Five little people (I’m one of them) are bringing suit against two monsters. The first is the Duluth School District which has $170 million… Continue Reading
Belated kudos to Kooi February 8, 2009 While I was away on “vacation” I couldn’t keep up with the blog. During that time the Zenith City Weekly broadsheet published one of… Continue Reading
Today’s LDV ad April 10, 2008 Today Let Duluth Vote put an ad in the Tribune. A similar ad will appear in this weekend’s Budgeteer. The ad encourages people to… Continue Reading
Crunchy conservatives August 2, 2006 Joe Souchery who called me once from his Radio Show after I performed voodoo wrote this about common sense. I think he’s completely in denial about the… Continue Reading
This probably means that we’ve won June 8, 2006 Now that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has let the genie of insurrection out of the bag we’ve killed him and several of his top lieutenants. What… Continue Reading
Once again Bush shafts the troops for Domestic political considerations. June 8, 2006 Appeasing angry anti-immigrant Republicans is more important than giving our troops in Iraq replacement pieces for the equipment that is falling apart. The words… Continue Reading