Come on News Tribune. Treat Ellison fairly in your coverage of his campaign. October 20, 2018 My better half, once a critic of Keith Ellison, was happy to let me put this lawnsign in our yard today. I’ve spent several… Continue Reading
The Republican Party is Patty Hearst October 19, 2018 In the 70’s there were a number of very peculiar news stories that demonstrated how people could go off the rails like Jim Jones… Continue Reading
Russia, If you have access to Pete Stauber’s email, please release it. October 18, 2018 Congressional goody-two-shoes and “I’m my own man” candidate, Pete Stauber, will not give St. Louis County permission to release the 15 emails he exchanged… Continue Reading
One of dozens of stories told at lunch yesterday October 17, 2018 Here is the Statue of Albert Woolson the last living soldier to survive the Civil War parked in Gettysburg National Park. Its likely I… Continue Reading
I want to dance with you in the worst way October 16, 2018 For those who think my politics are idiosyncratic I’ll not argue. I prefer that to conformity any day. So let me tell you who… Continue Reading
Harry’s Diary TMI? Yeah I know. Tough! October 15, 2018 In a couple hours at about 8 AM I’m going to let the doctors check to see if that polyp they found six years… Continue Reading
An anonymous critic October 12, 2018 I discovered a critic at the end of my column on “Frat Boy Justice” in the Reader: Juan Percent Thursday Oct. 11, 2018 Welty,… Continue Reading
Truth in Advertising? October 12, 2018 I remarked recently that the Trib in endorsing another candidate for County Auditor simply mentioned that Nancy Nilsen had been on the School Board… Continue Reading
I really like Jimmy Kimmel October 12, 2018 If you put Jimmy Kimmel in this blog’s search engine you will find four posts (now five) with the talk show host’s name in… Continue Reading
The Chief Justice is concerned about the reputation of the Supreme Court October 11, 2018 Relative to the previous post: Chief Justice John Roberts is one of the few brave Republicans left to give Abraham Lincoln’s spinning corpse some… Continue Reading
Frat Boy Justice October 11, 2018 My column made it to the Reader today: It begins: “My first stab at writing about our newest Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was… Continue Reading
For Hysterical Trumpmen October 10, 2018 Forty years ago male teachers started getting called for getting too touchy feely with female students. I remember older men telling me, then a… Continue Reading
Another Echo from World War I October 10, 2018 Park College in Parkville, MO which has named created a center for World War I after their distinguished alumni, and my Grandfather, George S…. Continue Reading
Boys will be jerks October 10, 2018 Thirty days in France was a welcome relief from the continuing Trump news sepsis in the United States. Oh, I did peek at the… Continue Reading
Politics at the DNT October 9, 2018 The new more fair and balanced Duluth Trib that has apparently been endorsing a bunch of Republicans did them all a big favor a… Continue Reading
Napoleon – lessons to learn October 6, 2018 I bought this book for three reasons and paid full price at the Musee de l’armee in Paris where Napoleon is buried in a… Continue Reading
The long game of Harry Welty – Watch out Federalist Society October 6, 2018 I know such a peculiar picture may seem an odd way of following such a heady blog headline but sometimes life is absurd. The… Continue Reading
Flying over sunken ships October 5, 2018 Even when I haven’t just returned from France my head is often bursting with thoughts I’d like to commit to the blog. France has… Continue Reading
Trente – Day thirty October 4, 2018 I write this from Charlotte, North Carolina. The reservoir and river below us looked swollen with the non existant consequences of Global warming’s over… Continue Reading
Vingt-neuf, Day twenty-nine October 4, 2018 From Facebook: Today was our last day and night in Paris and in France. We are packed with a cab ordered to pick us… Continue Reading
