Good Wednesday morning, Fellow Seekers,
After six hours of following the Super Duper Tuesday returns and listening to the talking heads, I’ll just blurt my impressions, then come back and discuss them a little.
John McCain has about locked up the Republican nomination. All he has to do is avoid a meltdown and run the clock. […]
Good Monday morning Fellow Seekers,
This piece is cross-posted at my new home, MinnPost.com
Campaign ads in Minnesota in January? Unheard of, until the Mike Ciresi and Al Franken for Senate ads hit the air over the past two weeks. I take it as one more sign that with such unprecedented amounts of money are coursing […]
Good Tuesday noon,
Pres. Bush seems to be saying that yesterday’s big news that U.S. intelligence now believes Iran is not actively developing a nuclear bomb doesn’t affect his policy. I didn’t hear anything specific that might signal whether the bellicose “World War III” rhetoric, which seemed to be laying the groundwork for possible U.S. military […]
Good Wednesday morning Fellow Seekers,
After state Sen. Terri Bonoff’s announcement event Monday morning, I wrote a bland, neutral piece. Bonoff, whom I had never seen before, didn’t blow me away with her eloquence, but competently delivered a well-constructed script that, as these things do, roamed freely among biography, philosophy, issue positions and tributes to the […]
Lieberman, Kerry, Dean, Kerry, Bush.
Good Friday morning Fellow Seekers,
It’s fine to describe Hillary Clinton as the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination. She is. You could say the same about Rudy Giuliani on the Repub side, although his situation is more complicated.
It’s fine to laugh and roll your eyes when pollsters say that their poll results […]
Good Friday morning Fellow Seekers,
Other than the joint appearance by three of them on Almanac two weeks ago, Wednesday evening’s debate in Golden Valley between Al Franken, Mike Ciresi, Jim Cohen and Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer was the closest we’ve had to a debate among contenders for the DFL nomination for U.S. Senate.
I say the “closest to […]
After 30 years of scribbling for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, I acquired the right to refer to myself as a humble and obedient ink-stained wretch. Now I seek the wily and elusive prey called wisdom and truth. Fellow seekers are most welcome to join the hunt.