The Waning Sanity and Civility of Minnesota Politics
I try to remember George W. Bush’s advice to stop judging others by their worst actions, and ourselves by our best intentions. It's not easy.
Politics
Sane Lane Republicans: Your Party is Gone. Your Country Needs You.
YOU can save us from madness.
Why Democrats Should Miss Bob Dole
War hero, great Republican and decent human being when ignorance, anger and whining wasn’t killing his party.
The 4th Wealthiest Woman in America, and Other Fantasies
You'd think she could afford a hat.
Four Ways The Left is Ruining the Democratic Brand
We have abdicated the face of the party to avant-garde elites.
Gangsterism
"What we have learned is this. There is no such thing as security for any nation or any individual in a world ruled by the principles of gansterism."
Letter to Denmark
We are in peril because Donald Trump knows nothing and cares even less for our shared history, our shared threats, our shared values. He knows nothing. One can only hope that reason prevails.
When Even The Wall Street Journal is a Skeptic
Excerpts from a Wall Street Journal Editorial, April 2, 2025
Donald Trump would hate Near v. Minnesota
The landmark case has protected press freedom since 1931.
Arthur Vandenburg, Michigan’s Greatest Flipper
Vandenberg’s post–Pearl Harbor pivot helped Roosevelt and Truman create the modern world.