Character and its absence December 25, 2017 I have written before about my Grandfather’s attitude regarding a reputation, “… he told my Mother that a man who has lost his reputation… Continue Reading
I’m with USA Today December 13, 2017 A president who’d all but call a senator a whore is unfit to clean toilets in Obama’s presidential library or to shine George W…. Continue Reading
Chopsticks December 11, 2017 Yesterday I completed my 67th orbit of the Sun. We took our grandsons to hunt down a suitable Christmas tree outside of town along… Continue Reading
The PBS Vietnam Series gets me thinking September 18, 2017 I watched all the Stanley Karnow episodes in the 1990’s about Vietnam but I think Kevin Burns will bring a little more nuance at… Continue Reading
DACA September 1, 2017 How much has America spent educating 800,000 children illegally brought into the United States by their parents as infants and toddlers? If its anything… Continue Reading
Pickle relish and ketchup on my Deep State, Please? July 12, 2017 Mother nature woke me at 4AM. The “Deep State” prevented me from going back into a deep sleep. Before I launch into my thoughts… Continue Reading
Donald Trump single-handedly turns the G-20 into the G-19 . . . July 9, 2017 . . . by removing America from any serious consideration as a world power by the rest of the world. This frank assessment is… Continue Reading
American Conservativism – From innovators to imitators to idiots. July 8, 2017 I highly recommend a thoughtful NYT column about the Republican Party’s devolution from William F. Buckley, a man I worked very hard to understand… Continue Reading
Blessed is Donald Trump May 29, 2017 From Andrew Sullivan on our Presidents visit to Rome: He loves the exercise of domination, where Christianity practices subservience. He thrills to the use… Continue Reading
Condescension in politics May 28, 2017 I’ve mentioned to others that Hillary Clinton’s “deporables” comment was a catastrophic mistake. The great irony of the Trump election is that blue collar… Continue Reading
The most important speech I’ve ever heard a Duluthian give May 26, 2017 is here: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/05/26/mpr_news_presents Its on China from a thirty year resident, James McGregor, formerly from Duluth. He lambastes Hillary Clinton for backing away from… Continue Reading
The Kushy life May 26, 2017 A New York Times editorial about a slum lord and his tenant and those awful “community organizers” like Barack Obama. A sample: Community organizers… Continue Reading
“No news” for me isn’t “good news” although I was hoping it would be May 20, 2017 I’ve reading the news since waking this Saturday while also listening to NPR’s Saturday new program. Before the November election I had anticipated being… Continue Reading
Lifehouse CHUMS and their alter egocentrics May 19, 2017 I gave up trying to fall back asleep at 3 and padded downstairs to read the third chapter of Dark Money. The first two… Continue Reading
It has been reported that the President is in a sour mood … May 17, 2017 …and who can blame him? https://youtu.be/EU3VpwV4-nk I do. Continue Reading
Comey, Pump priming, impeachment May 11, 2017 Yesterday I spent a couple hours writing and editing my thoughts on Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey. It added little to the… Continue Reading
Jimmy Kimmel tells his audience about his son’s birth… May 2, 2017 …and close shave. Funny, sobering, serious: Continue Reading