| # | Date | Title | |
| Education | |||
| 121 | 08/23/11 | Growing Up in a Small Iowa Town | |
| 108 | 08/10/11 | Selecting a College | |
| 125 | 08/27/11 | My Grinnell College Years | |
| 112 | 08/14/11 | Honorary Degree | |
| 86 | 07/11/11 | The Washington Semester | |
| 14 | 04/16/11 | Encounters with Candidates JFK and LBJ | |
| 128 | 08/31/11 | Rhodes Scholarship | |
| 126 | 08/29/11 | Sailing to Oxford | |
| 127 | 08/30/11 | My Oxford University Years | |
| 56 | 06/06/11 | Reading PPE at Oxford | |
| 60 | 06/10/11 | PPE Examinations at Oxford | |
| 69 | 06/20/11 | Oxford’s Lord Franks | |
| 50 | 05/29/11 | Celebrating Oxford’s Worcester College’s 700th Anniversary | |
| 36 | 05/18/11 | Dinner at an Oxford High Table | |
| 34 | 05/17/11 | Oxford in New York City | |
| 51 | 05/30/11 | Celebrating 80th Anniversary of Rhodes Scholarships | |
| 70 | 06/21/11 | Celebrating the Rhodes Scholarships Centennial | |
| 1189 | 05/20/18 | Nelson Mandela Makes Connection with Cecil Rhodes | |
| 187 | 12/27/11 | My Years at the University of Chicago Law School | |
| 15 | 04/17/11 | Questioning President Lyndon Johnson | |
| 28 | 05/10/11 | Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Mattie Stepanek and Five Judges | |
| 46 | 05/26/11 | A Sabbatical Leave from Lawyering | |
| 49 | 05/28/11 | A Liberal Arts Seminar for Lawyers | |
| 77 | 06/29/11 | Practitioner in Residence | |
| 3 | 04/05/11 | Adventures of a History Detective | |
| 78 | 06/30/11 | Auditing the International Human Rights Law Course | |
| 79 | 07/01/11 | Teaching the International Human Rights Law Course | |
| 754 | 10/27/15 | Reflections on Learning and Teaching | |
| 754A | 10/27/15 | Comment: Additional Details Regarding Grinnell College’s First-Year Tutorial | |
| 754B | 12/04/15 | Comment by Dr. Henrietta Barnes on Modes of Teaching and Learning | |
| 754C | 12/04/15 | Comment by Teodora Cakarmis on Modes of Teaching and Learning | |
| 796 | 01/26/16 | University Students Investigate Jim-Crow Era Killings | |
| Personal Values and Faith | |||
| 2 | 04/04/11 | My Political Philosophy | |
| 8 | 04/06/11 | My Christian Faith | |
| 8A | 07/07/16 | Comment: Correction of Author of “We Are Not Prophets of a Future Not Our Own” | |
| 186 | 12/25/11 | Merry Christmas! | |
| 9 | 04/06/11 | Minneapolis’ Westminster Presbyterian Church | |
| 46 | 05/26/11 | A Sabbatical Leave from Lawyering | |
| 19 | 04/22/11 | Retiring from Lawyering | |
| 21 | 04/23/11 | My First Ten Years of Retirement | |
| 23 | 04/27/11 | The Roads Not Taken | |
| 195 | 01/11/12 | Words of Wisdom from a History Professor | |
| 198 | 01/17/12 | A Tribute to Jim de Jong | |
| 221 | 03/08/12 | Intimations of Mortality | |
| 226 | 03/15/12 | Gratitude I | |
| 242 | 04/11/12 | Gratitude II | |
| 243 | 04/12/12 | Gratitude III | |
| 276 | 06/13/12 | Gratitude Revisited | |
| 555 | 09/30/14 | Additional Reactions to Ezekiel Emmanuel’s Desire To Die at 75 | |
| 582 | 11/29/14 | Further Reflections Ezekiel Emmanuel’s Desire To Die at 75 | |
| 582A | 12/06/14 | Comment: David Brooks’ Retort to Dr. Ezekiel Emmanuel | |
| 582B | 12/10/14 | Comment: Comment: Other Articles About Happiness | |
| 12 | 04/11/11 | Tips for Grandparents | |
| 20 | 04/22/11 | Superior Elementary Education | |
| 238 | 04/03/12 | National Geographic BEE | |
| My Brown Family Ancestors | |||
| 256 | 05/07/12 | Rev. Charles Edwin Brown’s Lineage in America [William Brown, c. 1669-1752; John Brown, 1703-1791; Perley Brown, 1737-1776; Nathaniel Brown, 1767-1854; Philip Perry Brown, 1790-1876] | |
| 258 | 05/12/12 | Ancestor’s Military Service in King George’s War [John Brown, 1745] | |
| 288 | 07/12/12 | Ancestors’ Military Service in the French and Indian War [John Brown and Perley Brown, 1757] | |
| 289 | 07/14/12 | Ancestor’s Service as Leader of Leicester, Massachusetts [John Brown, 1761-1773] | |
| 295 | 07/24/12 | The American Revolutionary War’s Mustering of the Minute Men, April 1775[John Brown, 1761-1773] | |
| 417 | 04/20/13 | Watertown, Massachusetts, 238 Years Ago [Perley Brown, 1775] | |
| 296 | 07/27/12 | The American Revolutionary War’s Siege of Boston, April 19, 1775-March 17, 1776 [Perley Brown] | |
| 297 | 07/30/12 | The American Revolutionary War’s Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775 [Perley Brown] | |
| 304 | 08/13/12 | The American Revolutionary War’s Campaign for New York and New Jersey, March 1776–January 1777 [Perley Brown] | |
| 328 | 10/08/12 | The American Revolutionary War’s Battle of Brooklyn (Long Island), August 1776 [Perley Brown] | |
| 329 | 10/10/12 | The American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights, New York, September 1776 [Perley Brown] | |
| 330 | 10/12/12 | The American Revolutionary War: The Battle of White Plains, October 1776 [Perley Brown] | |
| 381 | 01/30/13 | Rev. Philip Perry Brown and Betsy Dickey Brown [1790-1876 & 1788-1862] | |
| 254 | 04/29/12 | An 1842 Journey from New York to the Iowa Territory [Rev. Charles Edwin Brown] | |
| 363 | 12/19/12 | Rev. Charles Edwin Brown’s Baptist Missionary Work in Iowa, 1842-1851 | |
| 364 | 12/22/12 | Rev. Charles Edwin Brown’s Recuperation in New York, 1851-1857 | |
| 366 | 12/26/12 | Rev. Charles Edwin Brown’s Baptist Missionary Work in Iowa, 1857-1887 | |
| 341 | 11/06/12 | White Settler’s Contemporaneous Reaction to the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 [Charles Edwin Brown] | |
| 506 | 05/15/14 | William Carlos Brown: A 19th Century Railroading Success Story [1853-1924] | |
| 514 | 06/10/14 | Theodore Roosevelt’s Involvement in the U.S. Presidential Election of 1900 [William Carlos Brown] | |
| 507 | 05/18/14 | The New York Central Railroad at the Start of the 20th Century [William Carlos Brown] | |
| 511 | 05/30/14 | William Carlos Brown’s New York Central Railroad Career | |
| 551 | 09/13/14 | President Theodore Roosevelt and William C. Brown’s Interactions Regarding Railroad Regulation, January-May 1907 | |
| 562 | 10/24/14 | Andrew Carnegie’s Quest for Peace [William c. Brown] | |
| 382 | 02/02/13 | Grand Central Terminal’s Centennial [William c. Brown] | |
| 410 | 04/07/13 | Another Report on Grand Central Terminal’s Centennial [William c. Brown] | |
| 513 | 06/06/14 | William Carlos Brown’s Loyalty to His Parents and Home State of Iowa | |
| 400 | 03/14/13 | James DeGrush Brown and Ella Francelia Dye Brown [1846-1923 & 1853-1928]. James served in the Civil War, but was discharged after a few months due to a serious illness. He worked for railroads his entire working life in IA and St. Joseph, MO. After retiring in 1914 he and his wife lived in Pasadena and Long Beach, CA. | |
| 401 | 03/17/13 | George Edwin Brown and Jennie Olivia Johnson Brown He was born in Lime Springs, IA on May 30, 1876, and married Jennie O. Johnson on March 4, 1903 in Ottumwa IA. He worked for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. He died on September 29, 1931 in Ottumwa. | |
| Marian Frances Brown Krohnke was born April 24, 1906 in Ottumwa IA. She was the valedictorian of her high school class and studied for two years at Des Moines University, after which she moved to Perry IA where she taught school. On June 15, 1926 she married Ward Glenn Krohnke in that town. In the late 1930’s they lived in Farmington IA. During WWII they lived in Fort Madison IA, and c. 1944 moved to Des Moines IA. Circa 1949 they moved to his home town of Perry. She was an Assistant Libraian and Head Librarian in the town for many years and took coursesabout library science in the summers at the University of Iowa. After Ward’s death in 1967 she moved to her home town of Ottumwa IA and later to a retirement community in Albert Lea MN where she died on Nov. 29, 1992. | |||
| My Johnson Family Ancestors | |||
| Sven Peter Johnson and Johanna Christina Magnusson Johnson. In Sweden. | |||
| Jennie Olivia Johnson (Brown). Born on Feb. 28, 1881, in Ottumwa IA. Married George Edwin Brown on March 4, 1903 in Ottumwa. Died in Ottumwa on Dec. 9, 1945. | |||
| Marian Frances (Johnson) Brown Krohnke was born April 24, 1906 in Ottumwa IA. She was the valedictorian of her high school class and studied for two years at Des Moines University, after which she moved to Perry IA where she taught school. On June 15, 1926 she married Ward Glenn Krohnke in that town. In the late 1930’s they lived in Farmington IA. During WWII they lived in Fort Madison IA, and c. 1944 moved to Des Moines IA. Circa 1949 they moved to his home town of Perry. She was an Assistant Libraian and Head Librarian in the town for many years and took courses in the summrers at the University of Iowa. After Ward’s death in 1967 she moved to her home town of Ottumwa IA and later to a retirement community in Albert Lea MN where she died on Nov. 29, 1992. | |||
| My Krohnke Family Ancestors | |||
| Claus T. Krohnke (Kroehnke) and Antge Krohnke (Kroehnke). Lived and died in Germany. | |||
| Johann N. Krohnke (Kroehnke), born Nov. 26, 1839, Holstein, Denmark. Emmirgrated to U.S. c. 1867. He denounced allegieance to the King of Prussia, Oct. 9, 1867, when he applied for U.S. citizenship in Davenport, IA. He was granted U.S. citizenship on March 7, 1871. In 1881 he owned the first grist mill in Keystone IA. and was a member of the local fire department. In 1890s he was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge and the Turner Society. On Dec. 26, 1871 he married Elizaberth Heyer in Pickaway, Benton County IA. She was born Oct. 13, 1847 in Krofdorf (near Giessen), Province of the Rhine, Hesse, Germany. She died May 11, 1913 in Benton County, IA. | |||
| Alvin J. Krohnke (AJ) was born Aug. 30, 1872 in Benton County, IA. He was a train dispatcher and station agent for the Milwuakee Railroad. He married Indiana “Anna” Keenan in 1898; she was born Oct. 24, 1876 in Warren County, Illinois and died Dec. 29, 1971 in Perry IA. | |||
| Ward Glenn Krohnke was born Aug. 26, 1900 in Herndon IA. After graduating from Perry High School (IA) in 1918, he enlisted or was drafted in the U.S. Army, but was honorably discharged after the Nov. 11, 1918, Armistice. He married Marian Frances Brown on June 15, 1926, in Perry. In the late 1930’s they lived in Farmington IA where he worked for a monument company. During WWII he worked for a munitians plant in Fort Madison IA, and c. 1944 moved to Des Moines IA where he worked for another monument company. Circa 1949 they moved to his home town of Perry where he purchased an interest in the Perry Monument Works and where he worked until he died, Aug. 26, 1967. | |||
| Blogging | |||
| 185 | 12/23/11 | The Joy of Blogging | |
| 392 | 02/26/13 | A Septuagenarian’s Reaction to the Social Media | |
| 192 | 01/02/12 | 2011 Annual Report on dwkcommentaries | |
| 370 | 01/01/13 | 2012 Annual Report on dwkcommentaries | |
| 456 | 01/01/14 | 2013 Annual Report on dwkcommentaries | |
| 594 | 01/01/15 | 2014 Annual Report on dwkcommentaries | |
| 785 | 01/01/16 | 2015 Annual Report on dwkcommentaries | |
| 934 | 01/01/17 | 2016 Annual Report on dwkcommentaries | |
| 1112 | 01/03/18 | 2017 Annual Report on dwkcommentaries | |