Day three, Nobel Peace Prize Forum at Augsburg College: Science and Health day
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Today’s (March 8) Forum was stellar. Continue Reading
GreenCardVoices.com: A project to document our nation of immigrants
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One week from today, Wednesday, March 12, a fundraiser to celebrate the power of immigrant stories will be held at Target Field, Minneapolis. Continue Reading
His Holiness, The 14th Dalai Lama at the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Minneapolis
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Give yourself a gift this week, and enroll for one or more days of the rest of the Nobel Peace Prize Forum at Augsburg College, Minneapolis MN (Friday through Sunday Mar 7-9). Here’s up to the minute information. Continue Reading
Why “I breathe union”: The invisible but real long-term consequences for America symbolized by the VW vote
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After workers at the Chattanooga TN VW plant barely voted down the United Auto Workers a few days, I sent a message to my own mailing list. Part of that Feb. 17 message was this: “The vote doesn’t surprise me at all”. (The remainder of the message is at the end of this post; a link to a longer discussion of this issue can be found here.) Continue Reading
The wages of rages, and thoughts for change in 2014
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Ten months from today, a few more than 300 days, November 4, 2014, Americans will go to the polls to elect the entire U.S. Congress, a fair number of U.S. Continue Reading
Visiting Frank Lloyd Wright’s windmill
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As usual, I was lolly-gagging a bit behind the rest of the group as we toured Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin East near Spring Green WI on October 16. Continue Reading
Then and now: What does the Census tell us about progress?
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Today is Advent for many Christian churches of the western tradition. Some would call it the beginning of the Christmas season culminating with Christmas Day, recalling the birth of Jesus. Continue Reading
Save Our Symphony MN speaks out on day 415 of the lockout of the Minnesota Orchestra
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Roughly 100 of us attended a most interesting and informative presentation earlier this evening. Continue Reading
Letters remembering a war
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A number of years ago a friend of a friend started a Red Cross project she’d heard about somewhere. The goal was to send Holiday greetings to service men and women who may not get any mail from anybody. Continue Reading
Another special evening with the Minnesota Orchestra on the 411th day of the lockout
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Ninety years young Stanislas Skrowaczewski led a marvelous Minnesota Orchestra concert at the Ted Mann Theatre last night. Maestro led the Orchestra from 1960-79, and during his tenure the Orchestra changed its name from Minneapolis Symphony to Minnesota Orchestra, and Orchestra Hall was built in downtown Minneapolis. Continue Reading