UPDATE on June 28 hearing in the comments section. Included below the Heather Cox Richardson Letters from an American for June 28. Richardson is ideal for reading every day, if interested in public affairs. * Hearings 4 on June 21, 5 on June 23, and 6 on June 28 were especially powerful. As with the […]
Today is Father’s Day. I also want to recognize and acknowledge Pride Month, which has been the month of June; and Juneteenth, observed today, with a national holiday celebrated many places tomorrow. Check the internet for more details. I decided, this morning, to take a look at my trusty, unabridged, 1979 Webster’s for a definition […]
We take instant and universal communications for granted. This past week – June 17 – marked the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in, June 17 1972, which led, ultimately, to the resignation, and almost immediately the pardon, of President Richard M. Nixon by successor President Gerald Ford in August, 1974. A citizen today would have […]
Today is Flag Day. The flag I choose to represent this day was at Oltman Middle School in Cottage Grove MN on May 27, 2022. It is at half-staff. Three days earlier, on May 24, 19 people, 17 Fourth graders and two teachers, had been slaughtered at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde TX. Also, I […]
The Monday hearing of the House Select Committee of Jan. 6 begins soon, and I have a few preliminary comments. First, I will use this post as the gathering point for any comments submitted, through the final public hearing of this committee which is June 23. The previous post on this topic is here. 9:04 […]
PRENOTE: I did watch the entire Jan. 6 Committee report on June 9, and plan to watch the remainder beginning Monday 6/13 10 a.m EDT (9 Central) on the Committees YouTube Channel, with a followup column likely the same day. Your comments are solicited. The Committee Home Page is here. Remaining hearings Jan 15, 16, […]
POSTNOTE JUNE 8: Latest update on televised hearings: “The hearings will be broadcast on C-SPAN, ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, PBS, and the Fox Business Channel and streamed on the YouTube channel of the House Select Committee on June 9, 13, 15, 16, 21, and 23.” Heather Cox Richardson, Letters from an American, June 8, […]
I really hope a few of you take the bait on the below…. Read the paragraph that begins with “Below, I speculate”. The rest is your choice. The word is that the Supreme Court ruling on a woman’s right to choose will be sometime this month, as will the public report of the Congressional Committee […]
Here is the prior post on Uvalde. There have been 15 comments to this post. Upcoming: Memorial Day, Monday May 30, Vets for Peace MN chapter 27 will renew its annual observance of Memorial Day at the Vietnam Memorial on the State Capitol Grounds at 10:30 a.m. Here are details. I have participated in […]
A second post on the topic is at May 27. Today I watched the entire news conference in Uvalde TX in the wake of the carnage at Robb Elementary School May 24. The Governor and Lt. Governor of TX were center of attention. I won’t recount much from that meeting, which will cover the walls […]