Frat Boy Justice October 11, 2018 My column made it to the Reader today: It begins: “My first stab at writing about our newest Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was… Continue Reading
For Hysterical Trumpmen October 10, 2018 Forty years ago male teachers started getting called for getting too touchy feely with female students. I remember older men telling me, then a… Continue Reading
Boys will be jerks October 10, 2018 Thirty days in France was a welcome relief from the continuing Trump news sepsis in the United States. Oh, I did peek at the… Continue Reading
Abood today June 27, 2018 I got a question from WDIO today on the case which guts public employee unions. I returned one email reaction. Then I returned a… 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
My email exchange on “equity” May 18, 2017 From: “T F” To: “Harry Welty” Cc: Sent: 17-May-2017 14:14:55 +0000 Subject: Equity Harry, I read with interest your post about the Denfeld Equity… Continue Reading
A little “flight” reading “Minnesota Rag” May 1, 2017 On the Flight back I finished up William Allen White’s book and then began the book “Minnesota Rag” by Fred Friendly I bought the… Continue Reading
That hotel cleaner you didn’t tip March 17, 2017 “Maybe she wipes your child’s face at day care. Maybe he mops the floors at your church. Maybe she makes the beds in the… Continue Reading
Foresight, what might have been, and temper tantrums March 3, 2017 I slaved off-and-on from 5 AM until midnight yesterday to whittle nonsense riddled old posts from 700 offenders to about 80 left today. It’s… Continue Reading
Rascals are rascals no matter under what banner February 16, 2017 My Buddy sent me a link about DFLers who were taking advantage of their connections to leach off of our new Billion dollar Football… Continue Reading
Debating red flags February 10, 2017 My Debate over the Constitution with my Buddy: ——– Original message ——– From: “Your Buddy” Date: 2/10/17 10:02 AM (GMT-06:00) To: Harry Welty Subject:… Continue Reading
Raising my flag to America’s judiciary February 10, 2017 There were two clarifying interviews on NPR this morning which I thought were helpful in making sense of the Federal Court’s decision which President… Continue Reading
Three cheers for the Jay January 11, 2017 It is with much satisfaction that I can report that the Timberjay has sluffed off the lawsuit from its competitors and the sour attorney… Continue Reading
Robert Rowe Gilruth – Duluth Central Grad 1931 January 8, 2017 Kevin Costner plays a “composite” of the technicians in charge of America’s Space Race in his portrayal of the mythical “Al Harrison” in the… Continue Reading
My Better Angel’s spiel in today’s DNT November 28, 2016 “Spiel” is a pretty self deprecatory way to describe a column I put a lot of effort into writing. Getting it pitch perfect took… Continue Reading
Fear and silencing in 2016? November 17, 2016 The initial reactions of many in the wake of Donald Trump’s election have been fearful, ugly, gloating and generally panicky. There is an abundance… Continue Reading
Pick your abomination November 15, 2016 I mentioned in my speech to the VFW on Veterans Day that I had just stopped briefly at the Brown V Board of Education… Continue Reading
“THROWING GREASE ON THE FIRE” November 15, 2016 As I indicated in my email to my Buddy the election last week has opened Pandora’s box with lots of noisome, nasty, dance on… Continue Reading
Relishing my post-election ease November 14, 2016 Not only do I have a weeks worth of chores from my recent trip but I face days of work printing out a thousand… Continue Reading