Caro Syrup April 28, 2012 If my eight loyal readers didn’t anticipate this I’ll make it clear. My book is not going to be finished this year. I concluded… Continue Reading
4 Books on HHH plus college admissions June 30, 2023 I started a stalled Reader column for the fourth or fifth time since I stopped submitting them a few months ago. It was about… Continue Reading
No Title. Really? How did I forget that. This is about my evolving plans … April 28, 2020 It has become fairly obvious to me that I am unlikely to go to France in October to study French for 45 days come… Continue Reading
Wake up call July 4, 2018 My 65 second riff last night on Trump’s unhealthy admiration for murderous tyrants and threats to democracy could become soul crushing should it get… Continue Reading
Think twice before pushing “send” September 16, 2016 So begins the NY Times piece on panic spreading on Capital Hill as the Russians make public yet another luminaries personal emails: WASHINGTON —… Continue Reading
Sheeple continued November 22, 2013 I know that lots of people believe fanciful things. For instance according to one poll a quarter of people think alien life has visited… Continue Reading
Civil Rights and Equitable Education in Duluth September 16, 2013 I was recently sent a request for information regarding my attitude about some ticklish issues facing the Duluth Schools. I relished a chance to… Continue Reading
My Book list for 2012 December 30, 2012 I just finished my last cover to cover book for the year the one on Thaddeus Stevens. That prompted me to fumble around with… Continue Reading
Vacation, Apathy, Metamorphosis, Whatever July 9, 2012 I suspect that my eight loyal readers are close to giving up on me. Every so often since I started this blog in 2006… Continue Reading
The Wrong General October 6, 2009 This is and the following post are both early morning Perkins’ specials – I don’t have access to a spell check on my wife’s… Continue Reading
40,560 words in July July 22, 2009 I have an old man’s sensibility about writing more than a young blogger’s. Young folks text message with cute little abbreviations that are mostly… Continue Reading
Master of the Senate December 16, 2006 I finally finished Robert Caro’s Master of the Senate and not a moment too soon. I began it last Spring but set it aside… Continue Reading
Fun with paranoia December 5, 2006 Last night I was up till midnight again reading Robert Caro’s Master of the Senate. What a great book! Oh, I’m sorry. I think… Continue Reading
Master of the Senate June 21, 2006 One thing I like about air travel is that it gives me a good excuse to read. Today, on the way home from DC,… Continue Reading
Summer Reading June 10, 2006 Last summer I read two weighty histories of close to a thousand pages each. The first was about Adolph Hitler’a cronies and the second was about Joseph Stalin…. Continue Reading
What I was reading the first time I ran for Congress May 28, 2018 I have always hoped to catch lightning in a bottle or as the French would say it “la foudre dans une bouteille.” (this will… Continue Reading
The elephant in the DFL screening room May 21, 2017 I had a jolly good time at the screening committee. I knew several of the screeners some of whom may have been surprised to… Continue Reading
No more big tent March 15, 2010 I read the other day something that I’ve noted but never quite put into words. The Democratic party which has been accused of political… Continue Reading
Popular Pariah July 29, 2009 For a pariah a lot of people have been stopping to thank me. And this is after Ralph Doty’s column and losing the taxpayer’s… Continue Reading