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PRENOTE: There are several comments to the Valentine’s Day post. Check them out here. * Thursday evening an organization in which I’m active, Citizens for Citizens for Global Solutions MN, presented a very informative Zoom-cast on the assassination of a human rights advocate in a country you’ve probably never heard of, Eswatini, (formerly Swaziland). Before […]
POSTNOTE Wed Feb. 8: I watched the State of the Union. Here’s Joyce Vance’s take on it. And Heather Cox Richardson’s take. And Jay Kuo in Status Quo. I’ve seen Biden in person several times over the years, and his is always an excellent and authentic speech. I’m a couple of years older than he […]
Today is the first day of the Minnesota State Fair. It’s a drizzly day, and I suppose the first regular State Fair in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Soon to follow will be the first day of SchooI. For local teachers this is next Monday; for students the day after Labor Day. And, of […]
It’s a rainy day in our community, so the expression “rain on our parade” is probably appropriate for the nearby town of Afton’s annual parade. July 4 is when we celebrate how exceptional we are. This year “exceptional” has a very different definition than previous years, in my opinion. We are awash in uncertainty and […]
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 […]
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 […]
Yesterday, I rough-drafted the comments seen below, and affixed the title you see above. Today came the news of the most recent mass casualty school shooting, this time in Uvalde TX. 14 kids and a teacher, dead, is the report. The shooter killed. More later on that; first the rough draft. * Separately came two […]