300 years and counting May 5, 2018 Longer than England and France were united African Americans have worn dark skins which make their lighter shaded neighbors fret. American Catholics suffered for… Continue Reading
The “wrong side” is winning April 10, 2018 https://zippy.gfycat.com/SoulfulAcclaimedKouprey.webm Despite the impossibly compelling news items today about our unraveling Presidency I have only one item to mention in the blog today. It… Continue Reading
Before the Black Panther February 18, 2018 I am very pleased by the success of the new Black Panther movie. My littlest grandson, as white as he can be, has been… Continue Reading
The MP who pulled black men off white prostitutes – The rest of the story February 15, 2018 Walt W deserves better than I gave him in my Reader column. He’s the MP that pulled black men off Italian prostitutes. The operative… Continue Reading
The rest of the Walt W story February 15, 2018 About that guy who pulled black men off of Italian prostitutes……I’m composing a bit of a tribute to him for a more balanced picture…. Continue Reading
Be advised, I spell out the “N” word in the following column – four times! February 15, 2018 Don’t worry. I’m sure the defenders of Harper Lee and Mark Twain won’t mind. Oh, and the Reader found or made up this cool… Continue Reading
Coda Coda February 13, 2018 Before the day is out I will write a second coda of sorts to the previous post which I billed as a coda or… Continue Reading
CENSORING MARK TWAIN AND HARPER LEE? Coda February 9, 2018 One of Duluth’s teachers who was brought up short by our Administration’s decision to pull Harper Lee and Twain out of the curriculum makes… Continue Reading
Washington’s slaveless plantation February 8, 2018 The public radio program “This American Life” features wondereful stories including this one by Azie Dungey. She recounts her summer as an employee at… Continue Reading
Censoring Mark Twain and Harper Lee? February 8, 2018 The DNT’s story on our Administration pulling Huckleberry Finn and To Kill a Mockingbird out of our curriculum made it to the Washington Post… Continue Reading
PBS’s Vietnam, Episode 4 September 21, 2017 I will write this later. I’m spending my day passing out lit door to door. I’ll just note the jarring sight of a confederate… Continue Reading
Minnesota not so nice August 23, 2017 CBS reports that an organization called Wall Street 24/7 Minnesota is the second most unequal state in the Union just behind Wisconsin. In Duluth… Continue Reading
Mankato, another Minnesota town with some history June 19, 2017 A few weeks ago an old acquaintance from Mankato, where I graduated from high school in 1969, asked me to write up a post… Continue Reading
Keen on Kuehn June 19, 2017 Photo by: Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com I was pleased to see this picture on the anniversary of Duluth’s infamous lynching because one of the… Continue Reading
Ripped (off) from the headlines April 20, 2017 I twitted Wrenshall a couple posts ago so this post might be viewed as excessive harassment which I don’t mean to inflict. However, that… Continue Reading
Indian ghosts April 17, 2017 I just keep adding more books to my reading list. The lastest is Killers of the Flower Moon. I’ve been catching reports on Public… Continue Reading
Why I haven’t succumbed to paranoia – a last thought March 22, 2017 Its because of Seth Meyers, Jon Stewart, Samantha Bee, Colbert etc. For the time being late night television and many other sources give me… Continue Reading
Getting a swim and a trim February 3, 2017 One of the big 15 minutes stories of this summer’s Olympics was the black female swimmer who won gold. Unlike Gymnastics’s, Simone Byles, who… Continue Reading
My first march since 1973 January 17, 2017 I don’t do marches. My last two were during Vietnam. As a Freshman in 1969 I was one of many students who blocked the… Continue Reading
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery January 17, 2017 or is it? I stopped reading my email a couple days ago when I got this subject heading: “YOU ARE A RACIST, HARRY” It… Continue Reading