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 […]
It has been a rough 7 months since Melissa and John Hortman were assassinated in suburban Minneapolis on June 24, 2025. Thence came Annunciation School children targeted at Catholic Mass in south Mpls, followed by the recent killings of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti on south Minneapolis streets at hands of ICE, and more. […]
Two days ago I was delivering my spouse to the Day Surgery section of Abbott Northwestern Hospital (ANW) in Minneapolis. The objective was a new shoulder, with overnight stay. (All went fine. I brought her home yesterday.) I spent nine hours at the hospital, before 10 a.m. to after 6 p.m. Wednesday, mostly waiting. You’ve […]
Several previous posts on the Minnesota situation accessible here. Sunday, one of you sent a note from England: “What with the storms & bitterly cold weather as well as the distressing images we see, I just thought I would drop you a line to make sure all ‘s well.” I replied: “Just got back from […]