POSTNOTE Sep 23: Final post related to November 5 here (Sep 20, 2024) Related: An excellent commentary from John Rash in Saturday Minnesota Star Tribune on “The facts on Afghanistan from a Minnesotan who was at the center of it all.” Here is the article in pdf: John Rash 8 31 24 STrib Afghan. Rash […]
“Never underestimate a public school teacher.” Tim Walz, acceptance speech at the DNC Convention 2024. Tuesday after Labor Day is the traditional start to the school year in Minnesota. While there are some deviations from that norm, most pre-K-12 kids will be back in school on Tuesday. This means approximately 50,000,000 youngsters. Another 5 million […]
A longtime friend of mine alerted me to the following very long article about the Mendota Tribe in the August 18, 2024 St. Paul Pioneer Press. I prefer to simply let the article speak for itself. The locus of this tribe, Mendota Mdewakonton Dakota Tribal Community, is not far from where I live, in the […]
Monday I went to the Minnesota State Fair. This has been an annual event for me for many years. Nothing fancy. In most years I’ve gone by pubic transportation, had a defined ‘circuit’, stayed maybe three hours, then back home. This day it was probably 80 by the time I arrived at the Fairgrounds about […]
“Do Something.” This phrase says it all about the next 70 or so days. NOTE to non-voters, independents et al at end of this post. First: 1) Voting information for any state: VOTE.GOV 2) A brief and very interesting history of political conventions comes from Heather Cox Richardson for August 22, 2024; and her August […]
Later today the Democratic Convention convenes in Chicago. At the end of this post are two links which seem appropriate to the Convention and coming days. * Early Sunday morning came a response to my “Political We” post from my long-time friend in England, SAK. The response, also at the aforementioned post, is at the […]
“Regardless of where you live, please visit and share this website: VOTE.GOV”. The following is my personal thoughts about politics, generally, formed over many years of observation and involvement. This is just a summary, only intended to assist as a thought-starter for anyone who reads what follows. Anyone who knows me knows my politics. In […]
“Regardless of where you live, please visit and share this website: VOTE.GOV”. Minnesota Primary Election is Tuesday, August 13. Information including sample ballot accessible here. August 19-22 is the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. That will be my “Act Two” in the 2024 election drama. (Act One was the Republican Convention last month.) This post […]
POSTNOTE August 23, 2024: An editorial and a commentary about Tim Walz in Saturday Aug 23, Minnesota Star Tribune (formerly Minneapolis): Tim Walz Minnesota Star Tribune Aug 24 24 Wednesday night Tom Walz accepted the nomination for vice-president of the United States at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The next morning was the first […]
My post relating to Tim Walz is here. “Regardless of where you live, please visit and share this website: VOTE.GOV”. Minnesota Primary Election is August 13. Information including sample ballot accessible here. Today (August 9) is the 78th anniversary of the second Atomic Bomb which struck Nagasaki, Aug 9 1945. I noted this in #1, […]