“Kind of Random” Duluth history January 5, 2013 Woke up early. Laid in bed thinking about things from my past: specificially the 1960’s, Junior High, a friend’s sexual indiscretions. After an hour… Continue Reading
Dr. Whoa! The secret life of Prof. James Fezter January 4, 2013 I’m periodically subjected to stories about ex UMD professor Jim Fetzer. Today the DNT told us that Fetzer’s latest research strongly suggests that the… Continue Reading
Lousy sales pitch January 4, 2013 Today Superintendent Gronsethweighed in with what he must have thought was a good sales pitch to follow up the recently approved 12% increase in… Continue Reading
And a few drivebys January 4, 2013 To continue the last post’s ruminations I’ll mention that my yard gets noticed regularly each winter that I can put a snow sculpture together…. Continue Reading
13 loyal readers January 4, 2013 I used to routinely say that I appreciated my 8 loyal readers. For reasons I can not explain there has been a small uptick… Continue Reading
Who without fanfare or celebration x’s 2 January 3, 2013 My wife noticed a new free magazine the other day, The Duluth Quarterly” and squinted at it hard before turning up her nose at… Continue Reading
My Book list for 2012 December 30, 2012 I just finished my last cover to cover book for the year the one on Thaddeus Stevens. That prompted me to fumble around with… Continue Reading
A chat about opinion page and other boozey things December 29, 2012 When my wife and I went up to the Mt. Royal Bottle Shop to pick up four bottles of wine for the Duluth-Superior Symphony… Continue Reading
Procedure will kill a comprise on the Fiscal cliff… December 29, 2012 …at least initially: I think Mark Tomasky is absolultey right about this: “Never have the priorities for survival and success of a major party’s… Continue Reading
Letter to Mark Lanthier December 23, 2012 Mark Lanthier, Duluth, Minnesota What a hypocrite he is the one who did not want the children of Duluth to have safe schools. It… Continue Reading
Best reading of the day December 21, 2012 I thought it would be interesting to see what gun rights folks thought about LaPierre’s press conference today. Googled gun rights blogs and found… 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
One reason there are 300 million guns in America. December 20, 2012 A year’s worth of political spending. Continue Reading
December 20, 2012 Re: the previous post. I am flattered that the Duluth News Tribune has featured my snow sculpture for two days in a row. Below… Continue Reading
Ignorance is bliss December 20, 2012 Dr. Dixon; whom the DNT’s editors believed a few years ago when he told them that the School Board would soon have 32 million… Continue Reading
The first beneficiaries of the Second Amendment… December 19, 2012 …owned muskets and guns that had to be reloaded after a single shot and had to make their own bullets. “I am certainly not… Continue Reading
Guardian Angel in my front yard December 19, 2012 She and her sisters were at Sandy Hook first. Continue Reading
I keep tearing up lately. December 19, 2012 It only cost about $30 in bullets to kill a class of kindergartners. Continue Reading
