Harry Welty Hawks his Book July 20, 2019 This is a late night experiment in salesmanship. The video begins with me taping my cell phone to my desk aimed at me in… Continue Reading
Militant Moderate here Resisting the Bloody Obvious but not in Denial July 18, 2019 I circulated this pessimistic Op Ed by the NY Time’s Tom Friedman on Facebook. ‘Trump’s Going to Get Re-elected, Isn’t He?’ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/opinion/trump-2020.html Tom is… Continue Reading
Out in the Cold July 18, 2019 Loren Martell doesn’t read my blog often but he chanced to read about my campaigning a couple days ago and called me up to… Continue Reading
Long before the Pledge of Allegiance July 18, 2019 The United States Mint first used E Pluribus Unum on coins in 1795, (on the Half Eagle $5.00 gold piece) In Latin it means… Continue Reading
A commentary on Trump supporters July 17, 2019 And the most pertinent line comes at the end. Recieved from a Facebook friend………….: “An anguished question from a Trump supporter: ‘Why do liberals… Continue Reading
Cong. Stauber defends America’s most famous Jew . . . July 17, 2019 … Benjamin Franklin! or read it here. Trumplican Pete Stauber refused to censure Donald Trump for his racist tweets but he had no problem… Continue Reading
Campaign Report: Readjusting to School Board routine July 16, 2019 In the past few days I’ve gotten in the School Board groove. Last week I set up a meeting with the Superintendent after he… Continue Reading
Give’m Harry July 15, 2019 I read the following wonderful summary of Harry Truman on Facebook today. Then I looked at the apparently pro-Trump author’s Facebook Page. He didn’t… Continue Reading
When Fox bests PBS July 15, 2019 I woke from an Alzheimer’s fighting nine hours of sleep this morning. Its about time. Four and five hours for a week straight doesn’t… Continue Reading
What every election is about….. July 14, 2019 …the future! Educating our children is no small deal. America pioneered near universal public education then the Republican Party noticed some failures, real not… Continue Reading
Bye Jupiter! July 13, 2019 Bob King is a nice addition to WDSE’s portfolio. Today I saw the Trib’s retired photog explaining where we would see Jupiter this evening…. Continue Reading
A $3,000 goal for book publishing costs July 12, 2019 Here’s where I stand at this early date: I think my eight loyal readers will get a kick out of this book and learn… Continue Reading
Harry’s Diary 7-19-2019 July 12, 2019 I probably lost close to a dozen posts with my early morning mishap. I don’t recall which ones I lost. But as with the… Continue Reading
Giving a hero his due 100 years late July 9, 2019 CBS covers the work of the George Robb Center for the Study of World War 1 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/william-butler-professors-dig-through-history-to-prove-wwi-hero-deserves-medal-of-honor-2019-07-04/ Continue Reading
Its not surprising what caused me to go two steps backward… July 9, 2019 …it was my planned post to offer a small correction to an Op Ed piece about Duluth School District finance. This one: https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/opinion/3007943-Local-View-Duluth%E2%80%99s-poorer-schools-students-take-brunt-of-budget-cuts-%E2%80%94-again This… Continue Reading
Two steps back July 9, 2019 Darn it. Last night I picked up my cell phone and punched in the beginings of a new post to finish this morning. When… Continue Reading
Captcha July 2, 2019 “I am not a robot.” I heard parts of a long story on NPR’s “Mental Floss” a day ago. Here’s a brief summary. Its… Continue Reading
The Rule of Law July 2, 2019 Wherever two million people gather to protest injustice some small portion of them can be counted on to use the disruption to soil the… Continue Reading
Help yourself July 2, 2019 Three weeks ago I sent two emails to the department in charge of cleaning up streets after winter. No response. Twice. I decided to… Continue Reading