POSTNOTE July 24, noon: This morning, some unknown kids said “hi grandpa”, passably respectably, as I passed their gaggle during my walk at the health center. They appeared to be about 8th grade, part of a group that had been doing what I call ‘wind sprints’. I was about two miles into the walk, and […]
This is the first post since I took some time off from this blog on July 2. It has been an active vacation, and I will catch up in coming days. But this first post is to recommend a powerful film we saw on spur of the moment last evening. It’s Sound of Freedom, 2023, […]
Saturday, July 15 at 1 p.m. at the St. Anthony Main Theatre in Minneapolis MN is the first showing of a new film about the French in what is now Minnesota. I think you will want to attend. Ticketing information is here. The film is in English. The current trailer should be here. (If it […]
PRENOTE; about the Supreme Courts decisions, if you wish, here. POSTNOTE: Letters from an American: Heather Cox Richardson comments on the early history of American independence, here; and here. * All best wishes for a good 4th of July. And to Canadians, as well, celebrating Canada Day, today [July 1]. Going through some of Dad’s […]
A year ago, June 24, 2022, The Dobbs decision came down from the U.S. Supreme Court. I spoke of this in two posts a year ago. The link is here. I stand by what I said a year ago. I have nothing more to add, though there is a great deal more to discuss. There […]
Also, recent posts: Canada and Gratuitous Force. Happy Day to all, whatever your personal relationship to the term “Father” might be. I specifically remember, this day, Marshall, who died March 30, 2023, at the doorstep of 87 years. Marsh is survived by Karen, two daughters, grandkids and a constellation of other relatives and friends. My […]
Saturday’s Minneapolis Star Tribune devoted three full pages to the Department of Justice examination in the wake of the George Floyd murder in south Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. You can read everything about the report, including link to the report, here, the Department of Justice website. I first wrote about this case on May […]
Here’s downtown St. Paul, less than half mile away, 3:05 p.m. on Wednesday June 14, 2023. This afternoon, as predicted, we got a package from the Canadian Wildfires – the same ones which nearly blacked out metro New York City and much of the northeast a few days earlier. (I searched “Canada wildfires June 2023” […]
PRENOTE: Yesterdays post on the 2023 Minnesota state legislature results. Tonight 8 p.m. TPT Channel 2 (PBS, Twin Cities). airs Part Three (last part) of “Living With Hitler”, presumably how the Third Reich ended for the people who temporarily benefitted by its beginning and middle. I’ve watched the first two parts. It’s very well worth […]
PRENOTE: Tomorrow night on Twin Cities PBS, Channel 2, 8 p.m CDT., part 3, last segment of “Living With Hitler”. I have watched the first two segments, and this is really excellent. Everyone should absorb the hard learnings of the results of the Third Reich. * Last Thursday I attended a public meeting reporting on […]