One week to go: my opinion

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Sen. Mitch McConnell, Republican leader in the U.S. Senate, has confirmed that the GOPs major objective is to make President Obama a one-term President. So, if the GOP prevails next week, the gridlock of the first two years of the Obama administration will only intensify. The GOP leaders in the U.S. Continue Reading

President Obama comes to the Twin Cities

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Sometimes I hear talk of Democrats and Republicans being the same: “they’re both alike“; “they’re all liars”; “Democrats are only the lesser of two evils“. This kind of rhetoric comes from both left and right. It is an excuse to vote Republican, or to not vote at all.


I beg to differ. Continue Reading

The Chilean miners

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The rescue of the 33 Chilean miners after 69 days underground grabbed and held on to me today.


I got up about 2 a.m. to see the 4th miner reach the surface, and I watched intermittently today, and for an extended period tonight as the final miner reached the surface.


For me, personally, the entirety of the drama centers around community. Continue Reading

A morning meet-up with Joe Biden

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Above, Vice President Joe Biden at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN October 5, 2010.


The offer of a free opportunity to see Joe Biden in person Tuesday morning was more than I could pass up, even if it meant, as it did, three and a half hours standing. Such is how it is with political rallies, this one at Macalester College in St. Paul. Continue Reading

“Waiting for Superman”

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Were it in my power, I’d require every American adult to spend the one hour 42 minutes needed to watch the documentary “Waiting for Superman“; then I’d assign them to a working group with ten of their peers of differing points of view, with the assignment to dialog at length about what they’ve just witnessed and then try to come to consensus o Continue Reading