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Martti Ahtisaari, the former President of Finland and recipient of the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize, brought words of advice to those gathered at Augsburg College on the weekend of March 5-7. He advised would-be peace makers to go beyond the elite and engage everyone involved. “We should especially engage women at all levels of the […] Continue Reading
Friday, March 5, I had the opportunity to observe a great teacher in action: 2008 Nobel Peace Prize winner Martti Ahtisaari speaking to school children; Martti Ahtisaari participating in a low-key and very casual lunch and conversation with ordinary people; Martti Ahtisaari talking about mediation of the world’s greatest problems to an audience of adults.
In each venue he appeared to be Continue Reading
On his Facebook page, my friend Dale Moerke posted a link to The progression of democracy, ostensibly a letter to the editor of the Jackson County Pilot, written by Les Opheim. Continue Reading
The big dog’s tongue slapped up against my camera lens with a wet thwack.
Having said his hello, the bully breed sprinted down the Metrodome councourse, manically sniffing his large, small and mid-sized canine pals. I wish my lens and shutter finger had been fast enough to have caught that moment, but – despite the central subjects’ high speeds – I managed to catch a number of other decent shots at this winter’s last Dog Days at the Dome. The event attracted a large crowd of dogs and their caretakers on Thursday, March 5. Many good-natured large dogs were there, such as this grey Great Dane.
There was a designated Small Dog Area, although it seemed to go almost completely unused. Continue Reading
Congrats to Ramsey County for coming in at number 23 of the “Fastest 25″ Broadband List! The list comes from Northfield-based ID Insight. They have been tracking broadband rates for communities looking to apply for ARRA funding. To create the Fastest 25, they have tracked usage as well as access. Here’s their very brief explanation:
“Every generation must out of relative obscurity discover its mission, fulfil it or betray it” Frantz Fanon
March 2, 2009 — In our apparently endless debate about health care reform, we have lost sight of the fact that what is being debated is not really “health” or even “health care,” but proposals to modify — slightly — the American system of access to health care insurance. Period. Continue Reading
Want to know who is at the far end of the digital divide? Visit a public library and see who is there. Ask them why they’re there. Do they have a computer? Do they have broadband? Are their siblings hogging the one computer? Maybe they don’t understand how to fill out an online job (or medicare) application.
The Pioneer Press ran a nice article about librarians. Continue Reading
Back in the fall, Bluestem interviewed Austin’s National Socialist Movement leader Sam Johnson, who had been Continue Reading
Not even the chosen few really know: Every morning I put my left sock on first. Always my left. All the other basketball nuts who play in the Noon Ball pickup games at the YMCA know I have trouble going to my left. That’s never kept me from putting into practice the All-American “practice makes perfect” philosophy. Continue Reading