Meet the new member of the “no evil” clan December 16, 2019 If you couldn’t tell it by looking at my friend here, he’s pinching his nose tight. He’s not alone on my front yard. His… Continue Reading
“Make Trump” and a visual spoiler alert December 9, 2019 As is usually the case when I hold back my blog posts the process works rather like a fast car on a heavily traveled… Continue Reading
Fake Fakery December 5, 2019 Sitting between my Governor Ventura and Garrison Keillor Bobble heads is this perfect metaphor for today’s Republican Party. And this story in the “Fake”… Continue Reading
The Reverie of a Busy Mind at 4 AM, December 3, 2019 December 5, 2019 My latest column for the Duluth Reader. Charcoal sketch of Daniel Marsh Welty by his wife, Georganne, circa 1960 Continue Reading
Turley’s defense of Trump December 4, 2019 This best argument the Republicans on the Judicary Committee could muster against continuing the Impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump Nine minutes long followed by… Continue Reading
If God ordained Trump King… December 1, 2019 …it was to humble the arrogance of today’s golden calf worshipers in the evangelical church. This is one of many stray thoughts while shoveling… Continue Reading
“Jew Coup” and its antidote November 27, 2019 I’ve just come back from a Thanksgiving Open House at the restored Gloria Dei Church which burned nearly to the ground not long ago…. Continue Reading
Reader’s Digest November 22, 2019 The beginning of a “Drama in Real Life” published in the Reader’s Digest magazine exactly 70 years ago this month, November 1949 four months… Continue Reading
Sweet Jesus November 22, 2019 Snapped while stopped behind a car heading into St. Scholastica the other day. Continue Reading
My contribution to this week’s Reader is their online lead. November 21, 2019 One Heel of a Candidate Continue Reading
Fiona Hill for President November 21, 2019 Sadly her birth in England prevents her from becoming a candidate. After Sondland – who can’t remember ever mentioning Biden but can remember (and… Continue Reading
Rudy, Rudy, Rudy November 20, 2019 The Impeachment hearings keep reminding me of Rudy Guilani in drag with a dapper and younger Donald Trump. I was only looking to show… Continue Reading
8 days since my last post November 20, 2019 Yup, Eight days! Over those days I’ve been engrossed in imminently bloggable activities. I read the book about Stalin’s Nose. I watched the movie… Continue Reading
To Dare Mighty Things November 12, 2019 Just in case I don’t get around to the pile up of cars in my head here are a couple of them with a… Continue Reading
And I’ve caught it three times November 12, 2019 Oh, I’ll get around to the Title in a moment but first. In the last couple days of modest posting the ideas for posts… Continue Reading
Dick Gastler, a remembrance on the 30th anniversary of… November 10, 2019 …the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Dick was my friend who lived two houses up 4th street from me and the fellow I took… Continue Reading
Pardon me while I commit the crime of looking backwards November 10, 2019 I found this story from a few days ago in the Trib unsurprising: https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/education/4760757-School-construction-process-faulted-in-Minnesota The Minnesota Department of Education was recently criticized for not… Continue Reading
Back to the Reader November 8, 2019 Here’s my column in this week’s Reader: On Being a Student Until the Day I Die Continue Reading
Why Trump and the GOP have made impeaching Trump more important than … November 8, 2019 … than defeating him in the 2020 election. NOTE: I don’t say removal from office. If the Republicans want to continue their journey to… Continue Reading
After election analysis, hiccups November 7, 2019 Remember. Any candidate who tells you what he or she will do after losing an election can’t be trusted. There was Nixon with his… Continue Reading