dix September 15, 2018 I made the Duluth News Trib a couple days ago much to my amusement. Reporter Brady Slater, who has been covering the Congressional campaign… Continue Reading
Huitieme et neuvieme jours, Je suis desole d’etre en retard September 14, 2018 The Title says, “Eighth and ninth days, I am sorry to be late. Couldn’t be helped. My wifi connection petered out in St. Malo… Continue Reading
Sept on Sept. 11 September 11, 2018 Seven days in to my vacation and I ran out of time. Its 1AM in France and I lost a 194 day streak of… Continue Reading
Six – that’s pronounced seece – rhymes with fleece September 10, 2018 For several months I got used to talking with french folks online who were on their computers while I was still waking up. In… Continue Reading
Cinq for the memories – deep background September 9, 2018 In most of my previous big trips Claudia and I wrote a daily journal. Both of us would write in longhand in a diary… Continue Reading
Le quatrième jour September 9, 2018 I summed up our fourth day of travels this way in my Facebook post: “We left Paris – for now – well organized and… Continue Reading
Managing my Trois September 8, 2018 I spare my Facebook friends long tedious explanations of what I do. I simply inundate them with pictures when I go traveling. Here’s how… Continue Reading
Notre deuxième jour – “our second day” September 6, 2018 In 2016 when Claudia and I were in Jerusalem every political know-it-all was assuring Americans that Donald Trump could never get elected President. In… Continue Reading
Paree September 5, 2018 I may have gotten a wink of sleep on my flight over the Atlantic to France but, if so, it was quite literally a… Continue Reading
Bon Voyage September 3, 2018 For two years I’ve been salivating over the prospect of traveling across the battlefields that my Grandfather fought on one hundred years ago. For… Continue Reading
Giving the Duluth School District short shrift August 30, 2018 I presume that one hallmark of my eight loyal readers is their interest in following my observations about the Duluth School District. That’s understandable…. Continue Reading
The Reader August 28, 2018 At the insistence of the Duluth Reader’s publisher I quit submitting my by weekly column when I filed for the Eighth District Congressional Seat…. Continue Reading
My Kind of Loser August 25, 2018 John McCain is on his death bed. The news has it that he is no longer accepting treatment for his cancer and that his… Continue Reading
Guilt by Association August 24, 2018 The Congressional Republicans are raising hell about Joe Radinovich’s parking tickets. I hope that in this election guilt by association will be a bigger… Continue Reading
Yesterday in West Virginia Donald Trump asked for proof of his Russian collusion August 22, 2018 OK Mr. President. Here it is: Continue Reading
The elephant in Pete Stauber’s room August 15, 2018 Pete told the Duluth News Tribune these wise words he picked up from Vice President Pence: In recounting advice passed along to him from… Continue Reading
Some quick Welty analysis of the primary results August 14, 2018 The NY Times is still updating Minnesota’s primary election results. I hoped to get 10 percent of the vote in Duluth. I did better… Continue Reading
Apparently I do need to say more about Trump’s and Stauber’s World August 14, 2018 Migrant-teens-hooded and restrained Continue Reading
Need I say more? August 13, 2018 Trump rips McCain hours after signing bill named after him Trump Endorses Minnesota Candidate Pete Stauber In Tweet Continue Reading