Here’s my letter about Joe Torre moving from the Yankees to the Dodgers.
NYT Letter: Beeline
I wrote this many years ago. I was a response to once scientist’s claim that Yellow Rain was actually bee excrement.
WSJ Letter Re Trump
I wrote this letter as a follow up to this OpEd by Dave Seminara.
Star Tribune Essay on Handwriting
National Handwriting day is January 22 every year. Here is a piece I did for the Strib. https://www.startribune.com/human-touch-endures-in-the-handwritten-word/600014017/
Letter Re Senator Dave Durenberger
The Star Tribune published the following letter after the death of Senator Durenberger SEN. DAVE DURENBERGER His approach will be missed Many years ago, on a flight home from Washington, D.C., Sen. Dave Durenberger was just a few rows ahead (“GOP senator stressed ‘shared value of civic engagement,’” Feb. 1). I didn’t want to bother him … Continue reading
Counterpoint: One answer to a decline in churchgoing? Parents
Here is my oped published by the Star Tribune in November 2018.
Enough With the Lawn Signs
The Star Tribune published my op-ed on the futility and ugliness of lawn signs.
Getting Out of Dodge, or Baltimore
The WSJ published my letter to the editor. See http://www.wsj.com/articles/getting-out-of-dodge-or-baltimore-1434398183
In Iraq, chaos of our own making
Earlier this fall, the Star Tribune ran my oped on Obama’s handling of Iraq. I have never been an Obama supporter, but he has been true to his campaign promises and his handling of Iraq clearly reflects his view of America’s role in the Middle East.
To ‘the’ or Not to ‘the’
On June 4, 2013, The Wall Street Journal ran my essay on the use of the word, “the.” This letter “T” — which begins “these” not “the” — was one of over 200 T’s Donald Jackson created for The Saint John’s Bible. The text in this photo is from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible … Continue reading
Jottings by Jim 