One month to Election Day. VOTE.GOV if you need information about your state…. For Minnesota, the information is HERE. For my Senate District HERE. I voted on October 2. Very normal process. Only a longer ballot – more offices to elect. I plan to be ‘radio silent’ politically until after the election Nov. 3. […]
PRENOTE: My post about the 2026 election is here. September 21, 2026, the International Day of Peace, was so designated by the United Nations on September 7, 2001, four days before 9-11-01. Yesterday, the third Tuesday in September, is now the official opening day of the UN in New York City. The creation of the […]
Today, Sep. 18, 2026, is the first day open to in-person voting in Minnesota. The final day of voting is 46 days away, Nov. 3, 2026. For Minnesotans everything you need to know can be found here, the website of the Minnesota Secretary of State. If you happen to live in my community, Woodbury […]
In progress. Check back later. August 6, From a Distance August 11, Forrest Gump Iran Feb 23 and Mar 3, Iran Apr 11 ref Apr 5, Jim Klein Apr 23, Jim Christie
Friday night, after I published comments about 9-11-01, I took time to read the eight additions to the conversation. It occurred to me that the eight reflections were probably a good cross-section of millions in the U.S. and elsewhere, who in similar ways tried to make sense of the insanity we all witnessed in real […]
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS THE SECOND OF TWO POSTS FOR SEPTEMBER 11. THE LINK TO THE FIRST IS HERE. My Personal Memories of 9-11-01: Among the memories are the following half-dozen links, each filling a tiny part of the story of the time immediately before 9-11-01; 9-11 itself, and the time after. Those of us […]
Pre-note: 9-11-01 was hugely impactful for me. This blog is probably the best evidence. I began writing what came to be this blog in the wake of 9-11-01, and in the past 25 years there have been over 4000 posts on a great variety of topics. But it started because of 9-11-01; My […]
POSTNOTE: I plan to post on the 25th anniversary of 9-11-01 on the anniversary, and I would invite reflections from others as well. If interested in contributing, deadline September 10.. * This year is the first I can remember missing the Minnesota State Fair. For probably over 50 yers, I’ve made it to the Fair […]
I’ve lived in Minnesota all but a single year since 1963 (excepting only 1964-65). Most of that time is in what we know as the Twin Cities, population nearing 4 million); 26 years of that within 15 minutes of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, and a similar distance from Wisconsin on Interstate […]
Today is the 6th day of the Minnesota State Fair, and the last day, Labor Day – the latest possible, Sep 7 – is 6 days away. [POSTNOTE Sep 2: my kid brother, for many years a Californian, visited the Minnesota State Fair on Sep 1 for several hours and had what I. would describe […]