PRENOTE March 1, 2026: Coincident with the convention described below came news that the U.S. had begun to bomb Iran. A few days ago, I started a post about Iran which you may wish to look at and comment on. It is here. Note: at the time I published this post, I had no idea […]
I am not sure I’ll waste any time tonight watching the 2026 State of the Union. For sure, today, I’ll revisit the President March 4, 2025, State of the Union address, which you can read here. Remember, this is the speech one year ago. I recommend, also, two posts I did in the last two […]
See also March 3 2026 post Tuesday night, it is probably a good guess that the topic of Iran will come up in the State of the Union. It is a good time to once again reprint the map of Iran and its close neighbors in the Middle East. Iran Lebanon Israel area (pdf – […]
Each Sunday at Basilica of St. Mary each person receives a newsletter/worship aid for the specific weekend service. The first two pages generally are a column written by one of the staff members of the Parish. Todays was entitled “The Gift of Tears” by Janice Andersen, for many years Director of Christian Life at the […]
As I begin this post, the President is railing on against the Supreme Courts decision on Tariffs. There is such an avalanche of issues, one wonders where to start. More later in this post. There are a few thought starters I’d like to suggest today. THE RIGHT TO VOTE There is a continuing effort to […]
This morning I made my first visit to the sites where Renee Good and Alex Pretti were murdered in January. Mine was only a short visit about 9 a.m. Alex’s death was on the west side of Nicollet Avenue, between 25th and 26th Street. Renee died on the east side of Portland Avenue at about […]
This morning came a 4-minute YouTube I ask you to NOT watch until you read the rest, below, first. Today is Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. Heather Cox Richardson offers a marvelous summary, here. The column got me to thinking back to my own history, which includes lots of tourist stops over many years. Among these stops […]
PRENOTE: My post about our Precinct Caucus February 3, here This is being written on Saturday of Super Bowl weekend, almost a sacred day for many in the U.S. I need to admit that I don’t know which teams are playing in the Super Bowl this year, or where it is being played, but by […]
Six months from today is the 4th of July, the 250th birthday of the United States. By my count that’s 147 days; beyond that, by my count 269 days from now, is Election Day, 2026, November 3. How does your “making a difference” calendar look like between now and then. Set aside some time every […]
February is Black History Month. I’d offer the post I did a couple of weeks ago on Martin Luther King Jr Day, which is here. This post contains Martin Luther King Jrs Letter from the Birmingham Jail, and the letter from Birmingham church leaders at the time, which led to his response from Jail about […]