October 16: I heard that Sen. Whitehouse’s presentation on Oct 13 was very important to hear. Here it is, very worth the time to watch. It zeroes in on the issue as consideration of Judge Barrett races to likely confirmation. * Monday, October 12, was day one of the consideration of Trumps third nomination to […]
World Food Day is October 16. An on-line program is Monday (see next paragraph). The Food and Agriculture Organization is one of the many offshoots of the United Nations, whose 75th anniversary is Oct. 24, 2020. The organization Global Minnesota has all information for World Food Day and other events here. In the calendar, at […]
This week came a mailer from the Internationally recognized Minnesota Orchestra, announcing a collaboration with Minnesota’s TPT (public television) and Classical MPR (public radio). Here’s the details Minnesota Orchestra (click image to enlarge). Note especially page three. The brochure does announce that “all artists, dates and programs are subject to change”, recognizing our shared current reality. […]
Last night I listened to the entire presidential debate; I only watched the first and last five minutes or so. I will leave my personal comments at that. For an excellent summary of commentaries overnight: “The New Cleveland Show“. There have been several comments and suggestions left at my Opinions blog from a couple of […]
Today is the day of the Presidential Debate. It is also the 4 month anniversary of the destruction of Minneapolis restaurant Gandhi Mahal by fire. I last saw Ruhel Islam, owner of Gandhi Mahal, on March 5, 2020, at a fundraiser for Mn Interfaith Power and Light. Ruhel serves on the Board of this organization. It […]
POSTNOTES Sep 28, 2020: Going through flotsam here at home, I came across the May 27, 2007, issue of Newsweek which I had kept for some reason. A dozen pages might be of interest to you. You can read them here (two separate pdf’s (click to enlarge): Newsweek May 200720200928 and Newsweek May 2007 (2)20200928 The […]
In effect, I started this post back in the early summer, when I started thinking about our countries devolution into, essentially, two ‘tribes’ – Democrat and Republican. This led to a series of posts, primarily in August, especially August 1 and 2, 2020, on the “D’s” and the “T’s” (what used to be Republican is […]
Overnight: “The Real Loss Now“. * A letter writer, a health care worker, responding to Saturday’s post, “Ruthless Now” lamented the instant national pivot to the Supreme Court issue at the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at the same time as we collectively seem to forget 200,000 Covid-19 deaths now reached in the United […]
Late yesterday afternoon I was driving down a street in our near neighborhood, and saw a vivid sight, inadequately captured by my camera in this snapshot: An hour or so later I first heard the news of the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Overnight came my favorite commentary on national events, Just Above Sunset, “Ruthless […]
Sunday’s Opinion section had a very interesting commentary by Mike Miles. More below in “The Bus”. First: In Minnesota, absentee voting begins on Friday, Sep 18. All details are at the website of the Minnesota Secretary of State. For other states, The Washington Post provides what seems to be an excellent and easily used link, […]