The most important speech I’ve ever heard a Duluthian give May 26, 2017 is here: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/05/26/mpr_news_presents Its on China from a thirty year resident, James McGregor, formerly from Duluth. He lambastes Hillary Clinton for backing away from… Continue Reading
Comey, Pump priming, impeachment May 11, 2017 Yesterday I spent a couple hours writing and editing my thoughts on Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey. It added little to the… Continue Reading
Books that count April 17, 2017 I just polished off my seventh book of the year and entered it on my reading list online. I set Destiny of the Republic… Continue Reading
More books I’m reading April 11, 2017 I’m not sure where I read Richard Rubin’s promo/review of the PBS series on the Great War but its conclusion mentioned several of the… Continue Reading
Principles before Principals – The rush to war April 8, 2017 I’m two days late mentioning the centenary of America’s entry into World War 1. For the next 20 or so months I’ll be reminding… Continue Reading
Chinese Bibliophiles April 3, 2017 Again. A weekend with plenty of thinking and very little posting. Actually on Friday I spent a couple hours writing in an attempt to… Continue Reading
Trump’s pollution initiatives March 28, 2017 Trump surrounded by coal miners cancels Obama’s limits on coal production and Climate change actions. Chinese protect themselves from coal fouling smog made worse… Continue Reading
The Rape of Nanking March 28, 2017 WDIO’s reporter, Julie Kruse, called me as I was adding another two books to “my reading list.” More on the books momentarily. Today’s ongoing… Continue Reading
Ideas when they are like mosquitoes March 24, 2017 I’ve been spilling my thoughts out the past couple days with the same sort of orderliness one slaps oneself while standing in a swarm… 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
Paranoia Pt 1 March 21, 2017 ……………………………Pages………Hits………Bandwidth ph Philippines ph…… 13,847.. 14,925…. 296.13 MB us United States us… 6,761…. 12,671….. 436.29 MB cn China cn…………….. 2,858….. 2,872….. 13.08 MB Looking… Continue Reading
Awash in Books March 18, 2017 Thirty years ago I read that an early Chinese leader ordered the destruction of as many ancient Chinese history texts as he could lay… Continue Reading
Two Books and flyover Country March 13, 2017 I read three books for two second grade classrooms at Lowell this morning. One of the students asked me if I’d ever written a… Continue Reading
HAPPY # 6 (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER OTHER THAN #1) February 9, 2017 Before Claudia left for Seminary in the Twin Cities this afternoon I had time to read a little further in a book we’ve been… 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
A change of subject- January 14, 2017 If I was going to squander my Saturday afternoon blogging it was to be on the MSBA conference but that may end up being… Continue Reading
On Santa and a Grinch December 24, 2016 From NPR’s Story Corps: On Santa’s Air Force Helper And about our new national Grinch, from my Xmas gift to myself, a year’s online… Continue Reading
Trump’s new pal December 16, 2016 I woke up this morning to find that “My Buddy” had sent me an email with links to bloggers skeptical of the claim that… Continue Reading
Today’s Trump News December 15, 2016 China concurs with me that our President elect is a lot like the Jerry Lewis character in the movie Visit to a Small Planet…. Continue Reading
Trump as Coyote? Naw. He’s more Jerry Lewis December 6, 2016 I’ve been trying to see the positives in the looming Trump Presidency. He does break molds. The Georgian leader manhandled by Russia who thought… Continue Reading