If you watch the news at all, it is not necessary to define the very recent topics in the subject line, at least in the terms that they have been reported, and your personal feelings about them. In my opinion, both give we Americans an opportunity to take stock of ourselves: how each and every […]
Friday and Saturday, Oct 9&10in Minneapolis, is the Workable World Conference devoted to ideas about transforming the UN system. All details are here. Registration is still open. Here is the program of speakers at the event: Workable World Speakers Oct 9-10 2015 Workable World endeavors to take a look at the United Nations at 70, […]
(click to enlarge) In 2013 I happened to come into possession of a book of poems, “Lyrics of the Prairie” by a retired professor at the college I attended beginning in 1958. Soren Kolstoe (bio here: Kolstoe,Soren-History) had retired right before I began my four years, but he was legendary at Valley City State Teacher’s […]
Friday evening, October 2, the French-American Heritage Foundation (FAHF) hosts a special event focusing on genealogy in Maple Grove MN. All details are here. Time is short, so check this now, if interested*. The event venue is in the heart of what used to be one of the French-Canadian rural settlement centers in what is […]
In my September 21 post, I described Pope Francis as a transformational figure, setting a new tone for the global conversation, not only among Catholics. He had just arrived in the United States. Today he leaves. Nothing changes in my personal assessment of this Pope. I was most interested in his address to Congress on […]
Friday evening and Saturday,October 9&10, at the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Dr. Joe Schwartzberg’s book, Transforming the United Nations System, will help focus attention on transformation of the United Nations, this year celebrating its 70th birthday. All details about this “Creating a Workable World” conference, including about conference convenor Joe Schwartzberg, […]
Today I went to the third event I knew about relating to International Day of Peace in this area. I described each of them a few days ago, here. It was a joy, not a chore, to go to these events. This afternoons was a particularly gentle set of songs presented by Ensemble Music as […]
The United Nations has had an International Day of Peace since 1982; and in 2001, set the day for future annual observances as the autumnal equinox, September 21, of each year. The theme is “an annual day of non-violence and cease fire” (The observance of Peace Day at the United Nations in 2001 happened to […]
Last night I turned off the “telley” at 6:30. I missed the “debates” from the Reagan Library in Simi Valley California. Not that there is much to miss. The combatants (that’s what they are) are practicing refining their hopefully winning message to a certain subset of the American electorate who will, in a few months, […]
NOTE: I’ve added a postnote to this post. Seventy years ago today, September 11, 1945, my mother’s brother – my Uncle and Navy Lieutenant George Busch – was on board the Destroyer, the USS Woodworth, which had anchored the day before in Tokyo Bay. (WWII was over, the surrender signed nearby on September 2, 1945.) […]