An inconvenient fate July 5, 2006 Vic again. Once a great skeptic about whether human activity has boosted global warming Vic seems to have slowly tipped over to accept that’s… Continue Reading
Fireworks July 5, 2006 Tomorrow I will begin asking for people to sign my petition so that my name can be placed in nomination. I’ll probably go to Duluth’s… Continue Reading
A drug debate July 4, 2006 Vic and another reader took issue with my reply to Vic: The other correspondent suggested that I look to Alaska as an example of… Continue Reading
Vic’s Challenge July 4, 2006 My email buddy Vic who has sent me interesting items for years recently read my gushing praise for the “This I believe” segment sticking… Continue Reading
Gerald Heaney Retires July 4, 2006 Gerald Heaney was interviewed by MPR’s Stephanie Hemphill for Voices of Minnesota. Heaney has an laudatory past but he’s also a key figure in the story… Continue Reading
Another sign that the Duluth School District is on the right path July 3, 2006 I recently heard a story which confirmed a long held belief. People who are being watched are more likely to behave. This has also… Continue Reading
Three cheers for the middle July 3, 2006 “I believe in the middle.” So begins an essay by chemist and holocaust survivor, Roald Hoffman. Finding an analogy in chemistry Hoffman gently argues… Continue Reading
Can’t sleep so I’ll work on the campaign July 3, 2006 I got to bed at about eleven but tossed and turned for a couple hours. Rather than continue I got up and put some… Continue Reading
Always tell the truth July 2, 2006 Tonight I just submitted my last column to the Reader Weekly. You can read it here. Continue Reading
Tentative organizing July 2, 2006 In every campaign I’ve been a candidate (there are 11 of these) and in a dozen more in which I was the principal cheerleader… Continue Reading
Blog Metamorphosis July 2, 2006 As of today loyal readers, whoever you are, this blog has undergone a change from caterpillar to butterfly or, depending on your point-of-view, vice… Continue Reading
Duluth Solutions June 30, 2006 My friend Chris invited me to check out his new internet forum www.duluthsolutions.com. Chris is looking for civil discourse and for solutions to the problems facing… Continue Reading
Harry’s been strangely silent June 30, 2006 And there is a good reason. Harry has been madly getting things ready to file for Congress. As if you hadn’t figured that out… Continue Reading
Storming Washington June 28, 2006 I’ve been very busy; too busy to post yesterday. I’ve been puttering around with a campaign website which I’ll soon be uploading. I’ve just ordered the… Continue Reading
A modest rebuke to the enemies of the Death Tax June 26, 2006 Warren Buffett said this of his massive contribution to the Gates Foundation. “Neither [late wife] Susie nor I ever thought we should pass huge… Continue Reading
Buffett Gates Free Trade – to help the world’s poor June 26, 2006 This post and the resulting discussion are interesting. They are prompted by the remarkable Warren Buffett gift of most of his vast fortune to the Bill and… Continue Reading
A dialogue June 26, 2006 Jason wrote back in defense of Ford Bell to say: “Except it’s not a ‘cold heart’ (as you imply that Bell has) for calling… Continue Reading
Rinos June 26, 2006 After fundamentalists took over the Republican Party they began redefining old Republicans out of it by derisively calling them Rino’s: “Republicans in name only.”… Continue Reading
Someone Replied!!?? June 25, 2006 I rarely have someone write back to one of my Reader columns so I was grateful when David wrote back to take me to… Continue Reading
Blog Spam June 24, 2006 Out of bed at 5AM on a Saturday. I thought I might go swimming but with the scent of hot steaming blueberry buckle in… Continue Reading
