The best blogger on politics I know is a retired guy in Los Angeles. Alan, aka Just Above Sunset, offers very long commentaries six days a week, summarizing what other well informed people are saying about political issues of the day. His posts typically arrive in my e-box about 2 a.m. I always scan their […]
At Franco-Fete, Martine Sauret, visiting professor at Macalester College in St. Paul, gave a talk on Louis Hennepin. Here is the pdf text, in French, of Dr. Sauret’s remarks: Louis Hennepin. Texte Dr. Sauret’s remarks were presented to a diverse group, including students and teachers of French, persons of French-Canadian descent, and others. For those […]
Last evening we attended the candidate forum for Senate District 53 at City Council Chambers in Woodbury. The event was expertly moderated by the League of Women Voters, and was televised by South Washington County Telecommunications Commission, and will likely be rebroadcast there between now and general election November 6. Check with SWCTC for details. […]
Four weeks from today, Tuesday, November 6, we Americans will vote as we always do: by secret ballot. Many of us have already voted. Some will vote informed, some uninformed. Huge numbers will not bother to vote at all. Nov. 6, I will proudly vote to reelect President Obama, as well as for the Democrats […]
Recently, there seems a sudden reverence for public schools in Minnesota. After years of using the schools and the local communities as a piggy bank to avoid political decision making requiring use of the word “tax” in the state political conversation, the architects of damaging schools are suddenly proclaiming that they are about the business […]
UPDATE Jan. 22, 2013: At the time of Franco-Fete, Sep 28-30, 2012, I cobbled together an earlier version of this post conveying spontaneous thoughts of B. Marshall West (Marshall) of Petaluma CA about his family roots at Our Lady Of Lourdes in Minneapolis. What follows is an edited version of the original. A few days […]
On September 29, those attending Franco-Fete heard very meaningful remarks from Hennepin County Judge Jacqueline Regis. Her 12-page remarks, printed here with her permission, “Serving our Community through the unique perspective we acquired through our French language”, can be seen here: Jacqueline Regis at Franco-Fete Sep 29, 2012 Her talk concluded with sustained applause. Judge […]
UPDATE Oct. 17: see article from Oct. 17 St. Paul Pioneer Press here. A month from now – 5 weeks – is the 2012 Election. Our society has many layers of government. In my town – and yours – on November 6 we are going to elect, among many other positions, our Representatives to the […]
UPDATE February 21, 2013: Most recent is #10, added February 21, 2013 The original post follows this Updates section. 1. UPDATE OCTOBER 5, 2012: Here is the text of Hon. Judge Jacqueline Regis‘ talk at Franco-Fete, September 29, 2012. 2, UPDATE OCTOBER 7, 2012: Marshall West remembers his family history at Our Lady of Lourdes. […]
This weekend is Franco-Fete at the Nicollet Island area in Minneapolis. It’s been publicized before at this space. There’s still time to check it out, register and drop in. All details are here. Scroll to near the end of the site for a copy of the ten page conference program – the same program folks […]