POSTNOTE after the event: we joined the group in Stillwater MN. It was very well organized and much effort was expended to keep it as a constructive, positive and safe experience. There was only a single police presence during our time there, and it appeared to relate to a person who had fainted. My one […]
I cast my ballot today in the special election Nov. 4 for 4 school board members of South Washington County SD #833, and new Senator for SD47. I voted at the new Washington County Center which is essentially behind Kohls Department store, just off Woodlane Drive. I have lived the same address for the last […]
Yesterday at Mass, Fr. Taste hit another homer in his homily based on Luke 17:11-19, the one where the Samaritan Leper is among 1hose who are healed, but is the only one who goes back to say Thank You…. Father T is in my neighborhood age wise, and he started his sermon with a quotation […]
Please note “ADDITIONS” at the end of this post. If it’s been your inclination to sit this one out, get off the couch. Our future as a democracy is at stake, and we’re the only solution. INFLUENCING Every now and then a new word crops up and has its day in the headlines. A current […]
Related Post “The Generals”, October 1, 2025. (There are several comments.) September 30 – October 1, 2025, seems to potentially be as historically as significant as January 6, 2021. The ultimate outcome is going to depend on the American Citizen, collectively, you, I, everyone else. I’d suggest that you at least take the time to […]
We can’t know how September 30, 2025, will play in the history books years from now, but today is the first day. Pay close attention and get, and stay. in action. My first thoughts this day go back to Union staff days where, on infrequent occasions, we “Union Thugs” were asked to help a local […]
By my count, today is the 250th day since the inauguration of the 47th president Jan. 20, 2025. Months ago, I had a fantasy that maybe it was true he would be dictator for only one day; or that it might be true he really had no idea that there was such a thing as […]
POSTNOTE Oct 5 2025: longer article by Mark Labine dated Sep 30 here: dayton with a French accent. Also, Oct 5 article about Dayton in Minnesota Star Tribune: dayton STrib 10 5 25 September 4 2025 at this space, I published a post about a new book about over 100 French-Canadian families who settled in […]
In the wake of yet another killing-by-gun at Orem Utah on September 10, 2023, I offer a tribute to a gun by its lover, Dr. Soren Kolstoe. I offer it specifically to encourage conversation among those with different opinions about guns, especially in these violent days. It is brief, and food for thought. The poem […]
10:24 a.m. September 12, 2025: The news conference is over and the apparent killer is in custody. I just read a pretty compelling commentary by Thom Hartmann about the “Both Sides” argument which has already begun to rage. I think it is important was a primer on the issue of rhetoric. Here is the link. […]