After the Civil War 2 – “Little Billy Gronseth from Morgan Park” September 18, 2013 That’s how Superintendent Gronseth described himself to me when he introduced himself to me after the last School Board meeting. He was puzzled and… 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
Demographics # 2 April 5, 2013 Also on the Daily Dish was a graph that blew me away. A longer version of it from the World Bank can be found… Continue Reading
My Favorite Movie Pt 3 – ctd. (another unedited late night mental ramble) February 21, 2013 Its eleven PM the night after I began the above named post. I’ve watched two more great hours of the British series The Hour…. Continue Reading
Shame Shame Shame February 12, 2013 Tom Huntley is the latest of a list of politicians that have grievously disappointed the editorial Board of the Dululth News Tribune. The include… Continue Reading
Minnesota Voter ID pros September 13, 2012 From the amendment’s sponsor Mary Kiffmeyer. She’s persuasive. I resisted looking at this for a couple days thinking it would be a long written… Continue Reading
My Buddy is a little sensitive December 31, 2011 On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 3:38 PM, my [Buddy] wrote: Harry: I am “after youâ€? Paranoia? I circulated the related link to about… Continue Reading
Spoiling for a fight November 11, 2011 Art Johnston is a pain in the neck. He’s also been elected to represent the people on the School Board. He’s proven to me… Continue Reading
Who gets the blame in 2012 … July 18, 2011 …if America grinds to a halt? For my buddy who desperately wants the blame to fall on Obama I sadly have to concur with… Continue Reading
“an uncensored copy of [the Superintendent’s] employment contract” December 17, 2010 Board member Seliga-Punyko sent the Board members a copy of a story about the Farmington Minnesota School Board where the majority of the Board… Continue Reading
Cheapshot Trib story of the day May 6, 2010 Golly, but people who want to make a mountain out of a molehill can always count on the Trib. Its too bad it doesn’t… Continue Reading
Reflections on Electro magnetism January 27, 2010 OK, its been half an hour since I read and posted the story about cell phones. More worrying to me than the possibility of… Continue Reading
Then and Now October 22, 2009 Here’s a little background on Greg R which has little to do with whether the construction of the Red Plan is merited but which… Continue Reading
Six times is the charm October 19, 2009 One of the anti red plan folks told us recently that he sent five letters in succession to the DNT but none were published…. Continue Reading
My biggest fan and toughest critic October 15, 2009 This is me at the State Fair this year. I’ve cut out my traveling companions who posed with me at the Minnesota Public Fair… Continue Reading
A reliable source? September 15, 2009 This is a letter received yesterday in response to a flyer for First District school board candidate Marcia Stromgren. The anonymity doesn’t help its… Continue Reading
Occam’s Razor explains most, if not all July 23, 2009 As a school board member I always thought the official slogan of Board members ought to be: “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t meant they… Continue Reading
Sabotage July 9, 2009 The bad press LDV has been getting for the past couple weeks. Strictly bull tweet concocted by the District and JCI. We just found… Continue Reading
The Sprint to the finish June 28, 2009 Mysteriously absent from my blog reports over the past week have been my portion of the tally for donations. I headed to California with… Continue Reading
Happy Cinco de Maya & We didn’t stiff our lawyers! May 15, 2009 I used to joke that I had eight loyal readers. I did it when I wrote Not Eudora columns for the Northland Reader and… Continue Reading