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  • More on Media bias, part "whatever"

    Via Instapundit and Extreme Mortman, Deborah Howell at the Washington Post writes another article about the perceived liberal bias at her paper. To me, one of her most telling points:
    But some of the conservatives' complaints about a liberal tilt are valid. Journalism naturally draws liberals; we' [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2008, 1:04pm EST

  • The Sun Has Set on Northwest Airlines

    I don't normally talk about my employer here, but yesterday Northwest Airlines passed into history. The people, aircraft and other things that once composed Northwest now belong to Delta.

    I suppose I should look upon working at NWA as just a job, but after nearly 15 years that seems' [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2008, 8:53pm EDT

  • Gardens



    Here's a couple of photos of the Japanese garden at the McNeely Conservatory, just because. Politics just kind of sucks as a topic, anyway.' [...]
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    Posted: September 29, 2008, 12:28am EDT

  • I was surfing about looking for reactions ...

    I was surfing about looking for reactions to Sen. McCain's acceptance speech tonight and came across Megan McArdle's reaction. No offense intended, but what is it about John McCain that is so distasteful to her? She can't seem to comment on the guy of late without mentioning how awful' [...]
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    Posted: September 05, 2008, 12:55am EDT

  • Something


    you can see in Minnesota when the weather isn't punishing us...' [...]
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    Posted: May 26, 2008, 12:56am EDT

  • How Should Tax Burden be defined?

    Depending on whether one is talking with a liberal or a conservative, we are taxed unequally with the liberal arguing the rich don't pay enough and the conservative arguing the rich pay too much and the middle class and poor not enough. Both use a different way of describing the' [...]
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    Posted: May 01, 2008, 10:39pm EDT

  • On Bill Maher

    In keeping with this blog's tradition of being far behind the bleeding edge, I just wanted to write a bit about Bill Maher. He stirred up the blogosphere during Pope Benedict's visit to Washington and New York. He called the Pope a Nazi and accused him of being an apologist [...]
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    Posted: April 27, 2008, 11:15pm EDT

  • Unlike the LA Times, ...

    Unlike the LA Times, I think John McCain earned that disability pension..... [...]
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    Posted: April 24, 2008, 12:09am EDT

  • Lest one thinks

    that Democrats have cornered the market on stupidity and intolerance, witness the campaign of Tony Zinkle ... . (via Little Green Footballs) [...]
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    Posted: April 23, 2008, 11:25pm EDT

  • It's stuff like

    this that makes me feel unwelcome in the Democratic Party. What a demonstration of the virtues of embracing diversity and tolerance. [...]
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    Posted: April 22, 2008, 1:14am EDT

  • Today at the MIA


    Today is what is called a 'fine spring day' up here, so a break was taken from politics today to visit the Minneapolis Institute of Art to see the John C. Weber collection of Japanese art. Since photography isn't allowed in the exhibit, I had' [...]
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    Posted: April 20, 2008, 7:12pm EDT

  • A livelier Star Wars

    Just some nostalgia from years ago... . Not better, just different. James Last's version of the MECO Star Wars theme.


    ' [...]
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    Posted: April 20, 2008, 12:32am EDT

  • A little self-exmination blogging..

    This post over at Althouse prompted me to take a look at the posts on this little blog to see what kind of blog it is. It seems that I've become a male political blogger of sorts. Funny thing is, I'm not a very political person. This blog started [...]
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    Posted: April 19, 2008, 9:58pm EDT

  • This development looks like ...

    This development looks like something from the movie "Enemy of the State" . I don't believe that fighting jihadis justifies this kind of domestic surveillance. I think I agree with the Democrats' view on this one. [...]
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    Posted: April 13, 2008, 10:53am EDT

  • Democrat Bigotry on Display

    Via Tom Maguire, (who has much more to say about it) this post from the "Big Tent Democrat" at TalkLeft just reinforces my dislike of the way Dems are unable to listen to a Republican without labeling them as a racist or bigot or some other derogatory term. [...]
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    Posted: April 13, 2008, 2:12am EDT

  • Spring in Minnesota


    Worth a thousand words... mostly unprintable ones.
    [...]
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    Posted: April 13, 2008, 1:29am EDT

  • Welcome Back, James!

    I see that James Lileks is once again gracing the pages of the print edition of the Star Tribune. About bloody time. Now, how about adding via subtraction by firing Nick Coleman?
    [...]
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    Posted: March 23, 2008, 2:37am EDT

  • Obama's Speech

    Am I deluded, or was the Kim Ode/Patricia Lopez story about the effects of Barack Obama's speech on racial issues just a little one-sided? They mentioned one person who was critical of Obama's effort. Everybody else, it seems, was sure that white folk just don't understand. Would it have' [...]
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    Posted: March 23, 2008, 1:55am EDT

  • Who's to blame for McCain?

    Over the past couple of weeks, I've a lot of comments from alleged "true conservatives" on blogs expressing sentiments like this:

    Again, dont blame me if Obama or Clinton win in November. Blame the people that brought us McCain. If they were really interested in winning the general election,' [...]
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    Posted: March 09, 2008, 8:55pm EDT

  • Downs and Ups

    This has been an up and down week. One of the people I've worked with for years lost his eldest son in an auto accident, so I attended his son's funeral this week. When I spoke with my friend/coworker, what could I do or say that would help? Not a [...]
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    Posted: March 02, 2008, 10:21am EST

  • Lean Times

    for Al-Qaeda in Iraq. Pity Nancy Pelosi doesn't get it. Look, the merits of invading Iraq were debatable but if one styles themselves to be of the "reality based" community, isn't willful denial of the facts on the ground kind of silly?

    (via Drudge) [...]
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    Posted: February 10, 2008, 10:17pm EST

  • McCain is doing well tonight

    I wonder if Mark Levin's head will explode (figuratively)... ' [...]
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    Posted: February 06, 2008, 1:29am EST

  • My First Caucus

    After many years of just voting, I went to my first caucus tonight. Since I am not a member of any MN political party I didn't know if I would be considered to be rather like the skunk at a picnic, but I guess when you live in St. Paul' [...]
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    Posted: February 06, 2008, 1:07am EST

  • Deranged by McCain

    I'm a political independent, so I don't have a dog in this fight until November, but I confess to having a problem understanding the hatred and vitriol currently being directed at John McCain by many talk radio hosts and other self-styled "true" conservatives. Under what criteria does 25 years of [...]
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    Posted: January 31, 2008, 12:08am EST

  • Lileks, Cub Reporter

    The Star Tribune killed James Lileks' column and put him on to reporting local news stories. Personally, if they were going to reduce the number of local columnists, would it not be better to RIF Nick Coleman or Doug Grow instead of their most talented guy? Surely the Strib' [...]
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    Posted: May 08, 2007, 12:41am EDT
    by Doug

  • When Spinning...

    The Strib should really read their own editorials:
    Republicans in and out of the statehouse are doing their level best to gin up sticker shock over the Senate DFLers' proposed new fourth bracket in the state income tax -- with a 9.7 percent rate, the highest in the nation! [...]
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    Posted: April 04, 2007, 11:01pm EDT
    by Doug

  • I'm Tired of Jason Lewis

    There, I said it. I've really had it with his attitude since he returned to the Great White North. In fact, I think he has become a right-wing version of the shrill, obnoxious busybody that I've come to dislike on the left. Why? Let's see...

    First, his insistence on [...]
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    Posted: March 22, 2007, 12:31am EDT
    by Doug

  • After the election

    Well, 40% of the people have spoken, and now Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid will be running Congress. Not the outcome I was hoping for, really. It's not that I think all that highly of the GOP (newest practitioners of the circular firing squad strategy), it's just that the Dems [...]
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    Posted: November 08, 2006, 11:45pm EST
    by Doug

  • Kerry's "Apology"


    Somehow I don't think these guys are going to be satisfied with Senator Kerry's "apology".

    The funny thing is, Kerry's apology might have been good enough if he had left it at this:

    As a combat veteran, I want to make it [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2006, 10:37pm EST
    by Doug

  • Shame on the Strib

    I haven't much felt like writing of late (work pressures and general malaise are a potent combination), but I just feel obligated to vent my feelings about the Strib endorsement editorial for Minnesota Secretary of State. It isn't so much the Strib's disgreement on policy that bothers me. The [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2006, 5:09pm EDT
    by Doug

  • Middle East Conflict, round 37,498 and counting

    I must confess that I don't know what is going through the minds of the Israeli government these days. When Hizbullah invaded Israel and kidnapped (and killed) its soldiers, it was no surprise at all when Israel retaliated. After all, what nation would tolerate random rocket attacks launched at its [...]
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    Posted: July 20, 2006, 1:09am EDT
    by Doug

  • Happy Birthday, USA!

    IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.

    The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

    When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate [...]

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    Posted: July 04, 2006, 1:54pm EDT
    by Doug

  • More Proof the Strib Doesn't Get It

    And Adam Platt, too, judging by today's commentary defending the New York Times. He apparently is of the opinion that secret (and legal) anti-terrorist programs work best when advertised in the NYT. But don't accuse him of being a limosine liberal:
    Before you pigeonhole me as a limousine liberal, [...]
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    Posted: July 04, 2006, 12:34pm EDT
    by Doug

  • Via Instapundit, this Ana Marie Cox review of Kath...

    Via Instapundit, this Ana Marie Cox review of Katha Pollit's new book, Virginity or Death caught my attention. I don't really care for her writing, since it's basically the warmed over, narrow-minded, ignorant of the other side leftism that seems to permeate The Nation, where columns that comprise [...]
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    Posted: July 02, 2006, 12:53am EDT
    by Doug

  • Just wanted to note the passing of Rob Smith, the ...

    Just wanted to note the passing of Rob Smith, the Acidman. Ornery, intermittently grouchy, always willing to say exactly on his mind and at the same time a Southerner from head to red toes, his site was one of the first I found when discovering the world of [...]
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    Posted: June 26, 2006, 11:04pm EDT
    by Doug

  • Welcome to Hell, Al-Zarqawi!

    Abu, you look so surprised!

    On a different note, I just can't feel sorry for a murderous, terrorist SOB. This guy's greatest contribution to humanity will be as fertilizer. Congratulations to the Iraqi government and the United States armed forces for getting this dirtbag.

    UPDATE: [...]
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    Posted: June 09, 2006, 1:38am EDT
    by Doug

  • Not much to write about lately,

    but I did want to point out one thing about Minnesota Public Radio. Who else on the 62nd anniversary of the Normandy invasion would run programs about Afghanistan and Vietnam? C'mon folks, how about exercising some sense of history? [...]
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    Posted: June 07, 2006, 1:01am EDT
    by Doug

  • To the Fallen:




    Thank you.
    [...]
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    Posted: May 29, 2006, 1:29am EDT
    by Doug

  • More Negativity from the Strib

    Another "Iraq is a Disaster" editorial from the Star Tribune. I think the last paragraph sums it up fairly neatly:
    What is to happen to Iraq? Perhaps this new government will defy all odds and actually pull the country together. We can all hope that will happen, but don't [...]
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    Posted: May 25, 2006, 12:17am EDT
    by Doug

  • Just one question

    for Newt Gingrich, Nancy Pelosi, and Dennis Hastert. In what universe is videotape of a Congressman taking a cash bribe insufficent cause to obtain a search warrant? I'm not in the business of exhorting people to do stuff, but I'm sure going to write my Congresscritter to express an [...]
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    Posted: May 24, 2006, 11:10pm EDT
    by Doug

  • After reading the text (courtesy of the Wall Stree...

    After reading the text (courtesy of the Wall Street Journal) of John McCain's speech to the graduates of the New School, I disagree with Professor Althouse's take on his speech. I don't believe the speech was inappropriate for a graduation, being about the need for civil debate and [...]
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    Posted: May 23, 2006, 12:47am EDT
    by Doug

  • Today's Kersten column makes the point (oft-made i...

    Today's Kersten column makes the point (oft-made in the blogosphere, not very often in the mainstream press) about the difference in treatment between works that offend Muslims and those offensive to Christians. I don't have anything to say on the subject that hasn't been said before, but in the [...]
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    Posted: May 21, 2006, 3:02pm EDT
    by Doug

  • How things have changed

    I never thought I would ever see this in my lifetime. (Click on the TV ad partway down the left side of the page). Who would ever have thought that California would need to advertise to get visitors? [...]
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    Posted: May 11, 2006, 9:41pm EDT
    by Doug

  • The Moussaoui Sentence

    Although the editors of the National Review are disappointed in it, I don't believe the jury's verdict in the Moussaoui case is wrong. I admit that it wouldn't have kept me awake nights if the jury had sentenced this clown to death, but I don't know that he's worth [...]
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    Posted: May 05, 2006, 12:34am EDT
    by Doug

  • Jobs Americans won't do

    According this profile (note: audio file) at National Public Radio, illegal immigrants make up just under 5% of the workforce, and tend to be more concentrated lower skilled occupations. Examples of where they are concentrated include:
    • 24% of farming jobs
    • 17% of cleaning jobs
    • 14% of construction
    • 29% of roofers
    • 12% of food [...]
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    Posted: May 02, 2006, 12:47am EDT
    by Doug

  • I just finished watching the whole of Firefly this...

    I just finished watching the whole of Firefly this week, and although I don't believe it was intentional the 'verse portrayed in the series has some similarities to the Spinward Marches in the Traveller universe. This in spite of the fact the Alliance is a very statist government compared with [...]
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    Posted: May 01, 2006, 1:31am EDT
    by Doug

  • I haven't had much to say of late (given the traff...

    I haven't had much to say of late (given the traffic level here, who'd notice? - ed.), but there's one question bugging me at the moment. The president and his administration gets a lot of scrutiny and critcism (some valid, a lot of it not) as they should, being the [...]
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    Posted: April 22, 2006, 1:57am EDT
    by Doug

  • A Few More Words about Immigration

    I just have a few more words about our immigration policy, directed to some of the parties involved:

    To the editors of the Wall Street Journal -
    1. Cheap labor is not the only consideration in forming immigration policy.
    2. The "Jobs Americans Won't Do" line [...]
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    Posted: April 13, 2006, 12:02am EDT
    by Doug

  • Open Borders, Closed Minds

    The immigration debate is not advanced by arguments like those in this WSJ editorial. First, they misrepresent the positon of those who do not favor open borders and unlimited immigration, by claiming they want to "seal the borders". No, they don't. What's desired is control of the borders, which [...]
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    Posted: April 07, 2006, 10:43pm EDT
    by Doug

  • Not much to write

    I haven't written much of late (not that anyone will notice, given the talent level around here...), mostly because work issues have taken precedence over blogging, and when I started this blog I made the decision not to blog about work or about my employer, mostly because I'm not sure [...]
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    Posted: March 27, 2006, 1:53am EST
    by Doug
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