Today is Good Friday in the Catholic tradition, nearing Easter, at the end of what is called Holy Week which began last Sunday, Palm Sunday. I have 84 years of experience with Holy Week in the Catholic Church. Lots of memories. More in a bit on that. This week the really intense news emphasis is […]
Today is tax day, Ours is not yet filed – an extension because one piece of paper remains to be received. There is no worry. We file our taxes with no complaint. We are ordinary people. We feel taxes are the reasonable dues for a livable society. I think my attitude is representative of […]
April 22, 2025, is the 55th celebration of Earth Day. The official website is here. I’m posting early about this so that there is some advance notice about this important annual observance. Pat Hamilton’s commentary has been waiting patiently in the wings since I saw it in the Minnesota Star Tribune on January 8, 2025: […]
POSTNOTE April 12, 2025: This afternoon I went to a community meeting including my state representative and state senator. There were about 75 of us in attendance. The purpose of the open meeting was to update us on the Minnesota Legislature now in session. The meeting was remarkable in its civility. The two legislators did […]
The previous post got me to thinking about politics in my own life. What I articulate below I have said before in various ways. I doubt it will surprise anyone who knows me. In my early times I had no particular interest in politics. Dwight Eisenhower was President in my high school and college years, […]
Day 73 of first 100. Tuesday was an important Election Day in Wisconsin. There were also two elections in Florida. I choose to focus on Wisconsin because I’m about ten miles “as the crow flies” from Wisconsin, and the Twin Cities media carried much of the advertising seen by Wisconsin voters. (I’m the dot on […]
April 1: An election day in Wisconsin and Florida. Give yourself 10 minutes to either read or listen to Thinking About from Timothy Snyder. Skeptic? Okay. Shelve it for the necessary 10 minutes. * Here is my March 29 post, published on Day 68 of the first 100 days. I am reposting this because nearly […]
By my count, today is Day 68 of the first 100 days. Our democracy is under assault, we have to be the ones who defend it. Do something, every day. There are at least 75 million of us. It seems pertinent this day to reprise my first and only reference to Tesla in these pages. […]
This letter is especially to you, specifically to you. Today (Saturday, March 22, 2025) is the second day of Spring in Minnesota, and Day 61 of the first 100 days since the inauguration of the 47th President of the United States. Today, it is increasingly evident that the citizenry of the U.S. is beginning to […]
UPDATED MARCH 22, 2025: The last few days I’ve had the privilege of watching the four episodes on the life of James J. Hill. HERE is the link to the four episodes. An earlier promotional link about the series can be read here. The portion about the link to the series there is outdated, […]