Anne Frank and a sense of proportion April 12, 2010 Ten years ago I bought the newly published “definitive” unexpurgated version of Anne Frank’s diary. It got lost on my bookshelves with many other… Continue Reading
Sinking Sand April 12, 2010 The unpublished post of mine referred to previously was prompted by this story. Now there’s this story. Before that there was this story and… Continue Reading
How firm a foundation April 12, 2010 Vic, Sent me a link to the latest MoDo column. Vic has a bit of a love-hate relationship with Dowd. I suspect he sent… Continue Reading
Unemployment today April 12, 2010 From the Daily Beast’s Reihan Salam [W]ithout trivializing the psychic trauma involved, there’s no getting around the fact that it is in many respects… Continue Reading
Im Palin April 12, 2010 A good not so tongue-in-cheek assessment of the GOP’s porcine lipsticked one. One blogger I ran across who has been interviewing young GOP activists… Continue Reading
The GOP will kick butt in 2010????? April 7, 2010 My old sparring partner Vic sent me this political analysis from the erstwhile GOP strategist, Dick Morris, who helped elect Bill Clinton President: Essentially… Continue Reading
JCI ethics award????? April 7, 2010 Several allies alerted me to this addition to the ISD 709 website many months ago as the District battled the perception that JCI was… Continue Reading
The Buddha says April 5, 2010 Our church choir has sung so much through the Easter Season that we’re getting a break on our regular Wednesday night practice. I’ll be… Continue Reading
The District is “above the law” April 5, 2010 As you’ve read here before the District is planning to carve a statist quote from the 4th Century slave holder Diogenes to the effect… Continue Reading
Meanwhile at JCI’s other Duluth embarrassment April 5, 2010 From the DNT’s Saturday April 4th Front Page Story on the Steam Plan rip off. Johnson Controls guaranteed to produce actual savings of $6.23… Continue Reading
Meanwhile at JCI’s northern embarrassment April 5, 2010 And from the Timberjay: The latest on JCI’s foul ups up North. A sample: And that’s if everything goes well, which so far it… Continue Reading
Duluth’s “Mega Project” April 5, 2010 I doubt that I would have read today’s pro/con guest editorials about How the US should handle our money if I hadn’t been reading… Continue Reading
public data April 3, 2010 Damn, First I looked for a recent DNT editorial I wanted to pan but it seems to have been pulled from the web prematurely…. Continue Reading
Simply Criminal April 3, 2010 I am posting this letter to the DNT from a parent on the crimes committed by this school board against children in full: The… Continue Reading
JCI’s head up another school district’s Asperations April 3, 2010 JCI has made more of a mess of the St. Louis County School District’s plans for a new northern school. Here’s just just one… Continue Reading
The Trib reacts April 3, 2010 I just love it when a newspaper Editorial Board agrees with someone it has just dismissed as a whiner. No matter how anyone feels… Continue Reading
Riling up a school board member’s spouse April 3, 2010 I found this message in my email a few days back. It may help explain why the School Board members over the past few… Continue Reading
Real Estate Woes April 3, 2010 Pardon my limited posts but I’ve been a bit preoccupied. After two years on the market our modest house in St. Paul’s Frogtown neighborhood… Continue Reading
$Obamacare vs. $Bushcare March 30, 2010 The GOP Congressmen who are frothing at the mouth over the cost of Obamacare fell all over themselves to vote for Bushcare: a comparison:… Continue Reading
Let’s put a feather duster on the Red Plan March 30, 2010 JCI has seen to it that our schools will all be highly rated energy savers. So what is this “Energy Star” stuff anyway? Continue Reading
