Saturday, March 19, 2022

Keeping tabs on authors in LINKcat: Maureen Howard

 



New York Times, 3/15/2022
Ms. Howard’s novels, some of which took Irish American assimilation as a theme, often featured women confronting challenges in marriage and society. Three successive midcareer works, “Grace Abounding” (1982), “Expensive Habits” (1986) and “Natural History” (1992), were finalists for the prestigious PEN/Faulkner Award. 
Her final four books, as she described them, were thematically a seasonal quartet — first winter with “A Lover’s Almanac” (1998), then spring with “Big as Life” (2001), summer with “The Silver Screen” (2004) and, finally, autumn with “The Rags of Time” (2009). Paul Slovak, her editor on those four books, which were published by Viking, said by email that Ms. Howard’s works “featured an ambitious interplay of history, politics, art and life as they tracked the stories of families and especially of spirited, formidable women, providing a broad take on American life over the last 60 years.”

The 50 member libraries of LINKcat



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2022
Bruce Duffy,  (3/13)
Todd Gitlin.  (2/8)
Ron Goulart.  (2/7)
Robert Hicks.  (3/8)
P. J. O'Rourke.  (2/24)
Dennis Smith.  (1/27)

2021
F. Lee Bailey.  (6/11)
Kim Chernin.  (1/10)
Angelo Codevilla.  (10/10)
Stephen Dunn.  (6/29)
James R. Flynn.  (1/30)
Larry Flynt.  (2/12)
Lucinda Franks.  (5/11)
Joseph Galloway.  (8/25)
Norman Golb.  (2/22)
Charles Grodin.  (5/20)
Maria Guarnascheilli, book editor.  (2/18)
James Gunn.  (2/21)
Tony Hendra.  (3/7)
Donald Kagan.  (8/20)
Hans Kung.  (4/9)
Lyn Macdonald.  (5/15)
Janet Malcolm.  (6/18)
Peter Manso,  (4/10)
Ved Mehta.  (1/12)
Marie Mongan.  (3/22)
Deborah Rhode.  (1/28)
James Ridgeway.  (2/16)
David Swensen.  (5/13)
Bryan Sykes.  (1/14)
Athan Theoharis.  (6/14/)
Ed Ward.  (5/16)
Michael Thomas.  (8/19)
Adam Zagajewski.  (3/27)

2020
Ben Bova.  (12/17)
Clive Cussler.  (2/29)
Betty Dodson  (11/11)
Pete Hamill.  (8/6)
Shere Hite. (9/13)
A, E, Hotchner.  (2/18)
Roger Kahn.  (2/15)
Randall Kenan.  (9/29)
John Le Carre. (12/23/2020)
Johanna Lindsey.  (1/15)
Barry Lopez.  (12/29)
Alison Lurie.  (12/7)
Charlers Portis.  (2/19)
Julia Reed.  (9/8)
John Rothchild.  (1/22)
Gail Sheehy.  (9/3)
Jill Paton Walsh.  (11/29)
Charles Webb.  (6/30)

2019
Warren Adler.  (4/23)
Kate Braverman.  (10/28)
Stephen Dixon.  (11/12)
Dan Jenkins.  (3/10)
Judith Krantz.  (6/27)
Paule Marshall.  (8/27)
Martin Mayer.  (8/3)
Wright Morris.  (7/25)
Toni Morrison.  (8/12)
Anthony Price.  (6/17)
John Simon.  (12/1)
Sol Stein.  (9/30)
Brad Watson.  (8/2)
Lonnie Wheeler.  (7/15)
Herman Wouk.  (5/20)

2018
Neal Thompson.  (6/17)

2017
Kit Reed.  (10/1)

2016
E. M. Nathanson.  (4/10)

2015

2014

2013

Minnesota Democrats make headway in Rice County (population 67,097)


 
Source:  Wikipedia

Trump received 2,135 more votes than he did in 2016, a 14% increase.

Biden received 2,969 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 21%.  

Trump's share of the vote increased by 1.3 percentage points.  Biden decreased Clinton's share of the vote by 4.3 percentage points.



Priot to the 2016 presidential election, the last time Rice County voted Republican was in 1972, Nixon v. McGovern.  

In 2020, quite a few voters decided that, "I regret voting for him."


Related stories:

Star Tribune, 3/12/2022

Related posts:
Anoka County.  (3/16/2022)
Beltrami County.  (3/13/2022) 
Carver County.  (3/18/2022)
Clay County.  (3/15/2022)
Dakota County.  (3/14/2022)
Winona County.  (3/18/2022)

Climate change as a matter of fact: Red-hot Antarctica


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Washington Post, 3/18//2022
“Antarctic climatology has been rewritten,” tweeted Stefano Di Battista, a researcher who has published studies on Antarctic temperatures. He added that such temperature anomalies would have been considered “impossible” and “unthinkable” before they actually occurred. 
Parts of eastern Antarctica have seen temperatures hover 70 degrees (40 Celsius) above normal for three days and counting, Wille said. He likened the event to the June heat wave in the Pacific Northwest, which scientists concluded would have been “virtually impossible” without human-caused climate change.


Original 2/20/2020 post starts here.


'Antarctica Melts,' NASA Says, Showing Effects Of A Record Warm Spell.  (NPR, 2/21/2020)
The photos center on Eagle Island, part of the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula that stretches toward South America. Satellites took the images just nine days apart, on Feb. 4 and Feb. 13. But dramatic changes took place in that time span. Two days after the first photo was taken, the area hit 18.3 degrees Celsius (64.9 degrees Fahrenheit) — matching that day's temperature in Los Angeles, NASA notes. 
"The warm spell caused widespread melting on nearby glaciers," the space agency says. "Such persistent warmth was not typical in Antarctica until the 21st century, but it has become more common in recent years."

Source:  Washington Post

Related polar regions posts:
Antarctic
Record high temperature.  (2/8/2020)

Arctic
Siberia's permafrost.  (12/11/2019)
Unprecedented ice melt in Greenland and the Arctic so far this June.  (6/15/2019)
Disappearing old ice in Arctic.  (6/4/2018)
North Pole.  (2/28/2018)
Beavers migrate to Arctic.  (12/24 /2017)
Shrinking sea ice in the Arctic Ocean.  (12/14/2017)
Emaciated polar bear.  (12/9/2017)

Other editions:
Africa
Birds/bees/flowers/trees
Business and finance
Oceans
Worldwide

Other Climate Change as a Matter of Fact posts

Wisconsin 2022 elections: Who will run in the 55th Assembly District now that Rachael Cabral-Guevera has announced for Senate District 19?

 

Cabral-Guevera has served in the Wisconsin State Assembly since January 2019.


Sources:
  Ballotpedia


We Are Green Bay, 3/17/2022
Republican Rep. Rachael Cabral-Guevara, of Appleton, announced Thursday that she plans to run for state Senate. She’s seeking the Senate seat currently held by Sen. Roger Roth, who is leaving to run for lieutenant governor.
Roth is one of six state senators who is stepping down to either retire or run for another office. Cabral-Guevara is completing her first term in the Assembly. 
She joins two other Republicans in the race, Nate Gustafson and Dr. Anthony Phillips. Two Democrats have also filed to run: Mark Scheffler and Kristin Alfheim.
   
District map of 55th Assembly District

Other Wisconsin 2022 races:
5th Assembly:  Jim Steineke.  (1/15.2022)
52nd Assembly:  Jeremy Thiefsfeldt.  (2/28/2022)
54th Assembly: Gordon Hintz.  (3/6/2022/
68th Aasembly: Jesse James.  (1/28/2022)
74th Assembly:  Beth Meyers.  (3/7/2022)
79th Assembly.  Dianne Hesselbein.  (3/18/2022)
84th Assembly: Mike Kuglitsch.  (3/1/2022)

5th Senate:  Dale Kooyenga.  (3/13/2022)
15th Senate:  Janis Ringhand.  (3/11/2022)
19th Senate:  Roger Roth.  (3/14/2022)
23rd Senate:  Kathy Bernier.  (3/15/2022)
25th Senate:  Janet Bewley.  (3/16/2022)
27th Senate:  Jon Erpenbach.  (3/17/2022)
29th Senate:  Jerry Petrowski.  (3/12/2022

Friday, March 18, 2022

Minnesota Democrats make headway in Carver County (population 106,922)


 
Source:  Wikipedia

Trump received 4,953 more votes than he did in 2016, a 17% increase.

Biden received 9,266 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 43%.  

Trump's share of the vote decreased by 0.9 percentage points.  Biden decreased Clinton's share of the vote by 7.8 percentage points.


The last time Carver County voted Democratic in a presidential election was 1932, when FDR was overwhelmingly elected to his 1st of four terms in office.  The county even voted for Barry Goldwater in 1964, one of 4 of Minnesota's 87 counties to do so.


Related stories:

Star Tribune, 3/12/2022

Not to be morbid, but death by natural causes is serving to slow the red wave in rural Minnesota.

Grand Forks Herald, 10/30/2021


Related posts:
Anoka County.  (3/16/2022)
Beltrami County.  (3/13/2022) 
Clay County.  (3/15/2022)
Dakota County.  (3/14/2022)
Winona County.  (3/18/2022)

Wisconsin 2022 elections: Who will run in the 79th Assembly District now that Dianne Hesselbein has announced for Senate District 27?

 

Dianne Hesselbein has served in the Wisconsin State Assembly since January 2011.


Sources:
  Ballotpedia\

Capital Times, 12/16/2021
Hesselbein, 50, said she will step down from her role as assistant minority leader, adding that it is "critical for (her) colleagues to have a leadership team in place that is solely focused on building a strong Assembly caucus for the next legislative session." 
Hesselbein's announcement follows the news that Erpenbach, 60, won't seek reelection in 2022 after more than two decades representing the 27th Senate District, and that Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh, will step down from his leadership post in January. 
A Dane County native, Hesselbein attended La Follette High School, graduated from the the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and earned a master’s degree in religious studies at Edgewood College. She and her husband Bob, and their three children, live in Middleton.
 
District map of GOP gerrymandered
79th Assembly District

Other Wisconsin 2022 races:
5th Assembly:  Jim Steineke.  (1/15.2022)
52nd Assembly:  Jeremy Thiefsfeldt.  (2/28/2022)
54th Assembly: Gordon Hintz.  (3/6/2022/
68th Aasembly: Jesse James.  (1/28/2022)
74th Assembly:  Beth Meyers.  (3/7/2022)
84th Assembly: Mike Kuglitsch.  (3/1/2022)

5th Senate:  Dale Kooyenga.  (3/13/2022)
15th Senate:  Janis Ringhand.  (3/11/2022)
19th Senate:  Roger Roth.  (3/14/2022)
23rd Senate:  Kathy Bernier.  (3/15/2022)
25th Senate:  Janet Bewley.  (3/16/2022)
27th Senate:  Jon Erpenbach.  (3/17/2022)
29th Senate:  Jerry Petrowski.  (3/12/2022

Thursday, March 17, 2022

Meet Joe Manchin, West Virginia's "Coal Man" and fossil fuel foot soldier

 

Top headline:  Los Angeles Times, 3/16/2022
Bottom headline:  New York Times, 3/14/2022

Related posts:
GET ME REWRITE: For the Democratic agenda, all roads go through one of the whitest states.  (12/16/2021)
GET ME REWRITE: Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema now flourishing as GOP hacks.  (11/21/2021)

GET ME REWRITE: The mostly male white privilege of serving as a GOP member of the Indiana State Senate

 

39 members:  33 men, 6 women


QuickFacts (Indiana, US)
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Related posts:
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Apparently, the all-white, all-male Wisconsin GOP leadership must think they're something special.  (3/8/2022)

Minnesota Democrats make headway in Winona County


Source:  Wikipedia

Trump received 1,105 more votes than he did in 2016, a 9% increase.

Biden received 1,967 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 17%.  

Trump's share of the vote decreased by 2.2 percentage points.  Biden decreased Clinton's share of the vote by 5.5 percentage points.



Winona Post, 11/4/2020

Related story:

Star Tribune, 3/12/2022
Related posts:
Anoka County.  (3/16/2022)
Beltrami County.  (3/13/2022) 
Clay County.  (3/15/2022)
Dakota County.  (3/14/2022)

Wisconsin 2022 elections: Who will run in the 27th Senate District now that Jon Erpenbach is not seeking re-election?

 Jon Erpenbach has served in the Wisconsin State Senate since January 1999.


Known for his sense of humor and ability to sneak one-liners into tense political conversations, as well as his seriousness when it comes to drafting legislation, Erpenbach, of West Point, is currently serving his sixth term after joining the Senate in 1999.

 

 District map of GOP gerrymandered
27th Senate District

Related reading:
Verona Press, 12/28/2021

Other Wisconsin 2022 races:
5th Assembly:  Jim Steineke.  (1/15.2022)
52nd Assembly:  Jeremy Thiefsfeldt.  (2/28/2022)
54th Assembly: Gordon Hintz.  (3/6/2022/
68th Aasembly: Jesse James.  (1/28/2022)
74th Assembly:  Beth Meyers.  (3/7/2022)
84th Assembly: Mike Kuglitsch.  (3/1/2022)

5th Senate:  Dale Kooyenga.  (3/13/2022)
15th Senate:  Janis Ringhand.  (3/11/2022)
19th Senate:  Roger Roth.  (3/14/2022)
23rd Senate:  Kathy Bernier.  (3/15/2022)
25th Senate:  Janet Bewley.  (3/16/2022)
29th Senate:  Jerry Petrowski.  (3/12/2022

GET ME REWRITE: When it comes to Supreme Court corruption, Ginni and Clarence Thomas are Exhibit A

 

Photo credits:  Wikipedia (Clarence, Ginni)
Headline from AlterNet, 3/16/2022

Related post:
LOCK HER UP: Ginni Thomas, insurrectionist wife of Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas. (2/22/2022)

GET ME REWRITE: Minnesota Democrats make headway in Anoka County, the state's 4th most populous

 

Source
:  Wikipedia

Trump received 9,563 more votes than he did in 2016, a 10% increase.

Biden received 25,393 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 34%.  

Trump's share of the vote decreased by 0.5 percentage points.  Biden decreased Clinton's share of the vote by 7.2 percentage points.



Related story:

Star Tribune, 3/12/2022
Related posts:
Beltrami County.  (3/13/2022) 
Clay County.  (3/15/2022)
Dakota County.  (3/14/2022)

Wisconsin 2022 elections: Who will run in the 25th State Senate District now that Janet Bewley is not seeking re-election?

 

Janet Bewley was elected to the State Assembly in 2010 and 2012 and has represented the 25th State Senate District since January 2015. 


Sources:
  Ballotpedia

Sen. Janet Bewley, first elected to the state Legislature at the start of a tumultuous era kicked off by the battle over Act 10, will not seek reelection, the Democrat from Northwest Wisconsin announced Tuesday.   
“It is time for me to make way for a new generation of progressive and pragmatic leaders from a part of the state that has produced so many,” Bewley, who is the leader for the Senate’s Democrats, said in a statement released Tuesday. 
Bewley said she would hold on to her leadership post through the rest of the 2021-22 legislative biennium.

 

 District map of GOP gerrymandered 25th


Related reading:
Quinn running for state senate.  (Chetek Alert, 10/13/2021)

Other Wisconsin 2022 races:
5th Assembly:  Jim Steineke.  (1/15.2022)
52nd Assembly:  Jeremy Thiefsfeldt.  (2/28/2022)
54th Assembly: Gordon Hintz.  (3/6/2022/
68th Aasembly: Jesse James.  (1/28/2022)
74th Assembly:  Beth Meyers.  (3/7/2022)
84th Assembly: Mike Kuglitsch.  (3/1/2022)

5th Senate:  Dale Kooyenga.  (3/13/2022)
15th Senate:  Janis Ringhand.  (3/11/2022)
19th Senate:  Roger Roth.  (3/14/2022)
23rd Senate:  Kathy Bernier.  (3/15/2022)
29th Senate:  Jerry Petrowski.  (3/12/2022

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

GET ME REWRITE: Minnesota Democrats make headway in Clay County


Source
:  Wikipedia

Trump received 1,500 more votes than he did in 2016, a 11% increase.

Biden received 3,386 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 26%.  

Trump's share of the vote increased by 0.6 percentage points.  Biden decreased Clinton's share of the vote by 6.6 percentage points.



Star Tribune, 3/12/2022
In 1990, Peterson said 31 legislative Democrats served within the boundaries of the Seventh District. Now there are three. Fewer than a half-dozen Democrats serve in the entire 134-seat state House who represent truly rural districts, and only a couple in the state Senate, a reality that has shut the party out of power in the chamber since 2016.

 

Related posts:
Beltrami County.  (3/13/2022) 
Dakota County.  (3/14/2022)

Dorothy Giancotti McCarthy (1929-2022) Warren High School class of 1947

 


1947 Dragon yearbook


1967 Warren City Directory

1983 Warren City Directory
  • Giancotti Patricia officer worker United Refinery r 16 South Carver Street
  • Giancotti Stephen B (Mary J) retired h16 South Carver Street

The popularity of Dorothy as a baby name is graphed here.  Let's take a look at Claire.

Claire spent the first 43 years of the 1900s in the top 300 before fading away, her decline accelerating in the 1960s.   But then -- boom! -- in 1973 she jumped up 132 places on the baby name chart.  She is currently spending her 23rd year in the top 100, where she peaked at #40 in 2016.  In 1974, it was the 2nd most popular girl's name in the UK.


Other Class of '47 graduates (38):
2022

2021
Audrey Myers Mader.  (12/14/)
Martin Sisk.  (6/2/2021)

Jeanne Anthony Soliday.  (4/13) 
Jacquelyn Smith Cunningham.  (3/10)
Martha Winans.  (1/12)

2019
James Johnson.  (11/1)
Richard Morrison.  (8/6)
Richard Blair.  (6/25)
Mary Ann Gnagey Masterson.  (5/30)
Roscoe Knapp.  (5/18)
LeRoy Marti.  (3/7)

2018
Bonnie Bauer Lucia.  (8/20)
David Lopez.  (6/20)
Alan Schuler.  (6/8)

2017