Diogenes
So sayeth Diogenes
"I'm searching for an honest man."
I've always gotten a kick out of old Diogenes. Sleeping in a bathtub! Whoa
Nelly, I guess the English didn't invent eccentricity. As much as I like
him Diogenes was a cynic and I'm not. I'm an optimist, a pragmatist and a skeptic. I'm
probably even an idealist but I'm definitely not a cynic. Heck, I even drew the old
fellow without his blindfold because I really would like him to
find that honest man he was looking for.
I've got a new gig. I'm writing for the Reader Weekly: I'll post my columns here as
I crank them out. Other essays and miscellany from the past will be posted below
as I dig them out of old filing cabinets.
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2002 Not Eudora columns in the Northland Reader Weekly
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| 2003 Not Eudora columns in the
Northland Reader Weekly
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| 2004 Not Eudora columns in the Northland
Reader
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| 2005 Not Eudora columns in the Reader
Weekly (its been renamed)
2006 Not Eudora columns in the Reader Weekly
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| 2008 Red Plan Chronicles in the
Reader Weekly
2008 Not Eudora columns in the Reader Weekly |
| I've been invited to write occasional columns for the Duluth
Budgeteer
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| Opinion Index
Harry's columns on specific issues. |
| this
is what he looks and sounds like when he's pontificating. |
| Socrates - 1991 short and sweet reflection on
another Greek Philosopher |
| Bob Dole on the Iraq War - 1991 - Not really
an essay this was a letter-to-the-editor that I sent to the Topeka Daily
Capitol in Bob Dole's home state. Subsequent events proved the wisdom of
defending Kuwait but I was mad at Bob Dole for waving the bloody flag of
patriotism to cast doubts on the loyalty of Democrat senators who had
misgivings about going to war with Iraq. |
| Searching for Bedru My
friend and high school guest was probably murdered by his government. |
| Gun Control - a letter to the editor I wrote
in 1993. For some strange reason this is one of the most
visited pages on my website. It got 208 visits between November 2001 through
January 2002,
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| Epistles
and Missiles some letters
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| Sculpting Bill
Clinton
I wrote this for my Givemhellharry site in 2000 but I thought it was worth
duplicating here
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| Code Red I wrote this
short analysis of health insurance costs for the Duluth Chamber of
Commerce
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| Letters to Editors
I hope to someday put all the letters-to-the-editor I've written
over the years. I don't write so many now that I can vent by writing Not
Eudora columns.
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| Email
to Vic
unpublished
Not Eudora column that got pushed aside by other topics Published
"Vic
and I have traded email for four years."
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| Hidden
Hitler Ever since I was a small child I heard that Adolph HItler was
a "madman." I never believed it. In much the same way I've tried
to learn about virtue by reading about people like Abe Lincoln I've looked
for books that would explain Hitler with more analysis than moral outrage. I
wrote this after reading Hidden Hitler which I think correctly identifies
his homosexual side. Ironically his reign of terror made homosexuality just
another target. How ironic, if true, if he was unapologetically gay in his
youth. Since reading this book I've read the much more daunting "The
Devil's Disciples" which examines him by looking at his principal acolytes.
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| When
I did not CREEP When I kept my distance from an invitation to work
for the Nixon Campaign.
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