My latest in the Reader November 24, 2020 I sculpted an innocent Turkey for Thanksgiving. The Reader has a more telling image to match the column I wrote for them. But this… Continue Reading
When is my blog going to pick up again? November 17, 2020 I mostly posted political stuff when I began my run against Pete Stauber in June not my usual Motley Crue of topics. That didn’t… Continue Reading
Fortunate Son November 17, 2020 A great rock tune from my college days. I heard Creedance Clearwater Revival playing it recently and thought it was a perfect song for… Continue Reading
Trump’s Twenty Thousand and- First Lie November 13, 2020 A yellow-headed Republican is a poor substitute for Jesus on the cross. Illustration by Harry Welty. It begins: No, Mr. Trump. You did not… Continue Reading
Hey Hey, Ha Ha, Ho Ho November 12, 2020 My Reader column takes aim at Christian Zombies of the Trumpian Apocalypse. Its not up yet but here are three quickies that hint at… Continue Reading
Something uplifting November 6, 2020 A two minute reprise of a former NPR Story Corps program about the power of education: https://www.npr.org/2020/11/06/931765825/encore-memories-of-great-grandmother-silvia Continue Reading
Trump 2024 November 6, 2020 I for one encourage our President to run for President in 2024. Already his favorite turd holders can’t smear enough of his scent over… Continue Reading
Evangelical Chit inanity November 6, 2020 well sorry @Eminem for that. But that's the first instrumental track i thought about. pic.twitter.com/5uce3N3GSP — Capitaine OSEF (@Soapmoine) November 5, 2020 Continue Reading
Bidin my time November 5, 2020 I took two of my troika of lawnsigns down this glorious morning. I left the little Biden sign up as the election has yet… Continue Reading
Sympathy for high school grads October 30, 2020 Somewhere in my records I have the letter of apology a local judge sent me. I had just written a letter to the editor… Continue Reading
From Clinton to Trump October 30, 2020 I just watched the host of PBS’s Washington Week in Review traipsing around his old home state of Pennsylvania to interview locals on their… Continue Reading
Clay Feet a tentative prologue October 30, 2020 Clay Feet Prologue This may be the beginning of a book I’ve thought about writing for twenty or more years. It won’t be my… Continue Reading
A binge watch I recommended to my bro. October 29, 2020 Even before the corona virus Claudia and I loved to sink ourselves into engrossing television series. This habit predates Netflix by decades. Our habit… Continue Reading
The Fall of Lincoln – Not Eudora October 22, 2020 Last night I was on a one-hour zoom chat with my fellow Minnesota RepubliQuinns, Senator David Durrenberger, Governor Arne Carlson and long time Republican… Continue Reading
The Night Donald Trump Was Elected October 8, 2020 My latest column in the Reader, It begins: Last Friday night, 30 days before the 2020 Presidential election, Donald Trump was put on oxygen… Continue Reading
Trumpers try to overthrow Michigan October 8, 2020 I think I saw this coming Make America Two Again Continue Reading
Have the Prophets failed us in 2020 September 25, 2020 My latest column in the Duluth Reader Is this what happens when an angry God wants to punish America? It begins: I hope Martin… Continue Reading
I dedicate this to my friend who keeps calling Obama a “N*****” September 25, 2020 From Andrew Sullivan’s latest essay: This is the Face of a Tyrant If there’s one enduring theme about tyrants in myth, literature, and history… Continue Reading
