Recently House of Representatives Whip Eric Cantor admitted that there is a problem with the disequity in wealth in this country. The brief commentary, here, is worth reading. Probably a more honest assessment of who has, and who deserves, and how they get what, was this letter to the editor in yesterday’s Minneapolis Star Tribune. […]
This entire program is accessible here. In all, the program is nearly four hours, but worth a watch.
Message to the assorted groups that make up the Peace and Justice community (of which I am a part): this is a time of opportunity to convey your message; but it is long past time to change tactics and strategies. Public attitudes have changed pretty dramatically, but our approach has not. We need to act […]
As I write, October 13, the Occupy Wall Street initiative seems to be gaining momentum. Two weeks ago, September 30, I submitted an opinion piece on the issue to my local newspaper at a time when the metro newspapers were ignoring the happenings in New York. I was motivated by the video clip of the […]
Related posts: here and here and here. Earlier this summer I more or less formally resigned my volunteer position as family historian. Thirty years and several books was enough, I reasoned. But one just doesn’t “resign” from such a “career”, I’ve learned, and the past week, which began with publication of this October 5 post […]
Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Wangari Maathai died September 25, 2011, in a Kenya hospital. I never met her, or knew much about her. I wish I had. My friend Lynn Elling asked retired Minneapolis teacher Nancy Paxson to send along Ms Maathai’s obituary and her wonderful and inspirational recitation “I will be a Hummingbird”. […]
UPDATE September 7, 2013: This post has evolved into time into a series of posts directly related to Heritage. Directly related post are here. Also related is a post on Tin Type photographs accessible here. Also see Part 3 here, and Part 4. Also at Nov 3, 2011; Dec 22, 2011; Apr 7, 2012; Sep […]
Related posts here and here. On my father’s death in 1997, I became custodian of our family photos. While he came from an ordinary North Dakota family of French-Canadian descent, the family had an inclination to take pictures documenting important events, such as weddings, new births and such. Within the box of photos was a […]
We watched the first segment of Ken Burns latest documentary on PBS last night. (Part 2 of the 3 part series is tonight at 7 p.m. Sunday nights program here. More details including archived material here.) I very highly recommend watching the entire series…and doing more than just watching: it is a natural for very […]
Today is the last day of the 2011 Renaissance Festival in suburban Minneapolis MN. Friday’s local news brought a story about a fire at the Festival. Several food vendors shops burned to the ground. The fireman being interviewed said that they were hampered by the fact that they had to truck in water to fight […]