Showing posts with label Minnesota. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Minnesota. Show all posts
Thursday, January 29, 2026

From the Desk of the Lapsed Catholic: The Church Speaks Out, Loudly

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I was raised Catholic and spent my formative years at mass and in catechism when not attending Catholic School. I'm a recipient of most ...
Tuesday, June 02, 2020

Stand your ground, speak out, act up

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Last night it appeared that the country was coming unglued. I'm not talking about the pandemic or massive unemployment or peaceful dem...
Monday, May 07, 2018

A broadside is designed to get a reader's attention

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Broadside published by University of Minnesota Press, 2018.  I received a broadside in the mail this week. A broadside is a printed shee...
Sunday, April 24, 2016

Wish we were memorializing Prince in 2036 instead of 2016

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Symbol for the opioid formerly known as Oxycodone. News of Prince's death rocked music fans. I'm not a big Prince fan, but do ad...
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Monday, October 07, 2013

Furloughed NWS staffers keep the candles burning during Black Hills blizzard

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Paul Huttner, chief meteorologist for Minnesota Public Radio, had a compelling story about the federal government shutdown in his "Updr...
Sunday, October 09, 2011

For Occupy movements, "the point is to speak out, be heard and shed frustration in public"

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Occupy Denver: Man in a hat reads his words and we amplify them Occupy Wall Street is but three weeks old and Occupy sites are sprouting...
Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Is Department of Ed effort to make all employees at-will the start of WY anti-public worker effort?

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On Monday, the AP reported that "the head of the Wyoming Department of Education wants all new hires to be classified as at-will empl...
Saturday, July 02, 2011

Bachmann’s Husband Calls Homosexuals ‘Barbarians’ Who ‘Need To Be Educated And Disciplined’

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Bachmann’s Husband Calls Homosexuals ‘Barbarians’ Who ‘Need To Be Educated And Disciplined’ When trying to figure out where presidential ca...

Worth repeating: Closing Netroots Nation speech by MN Rep. Keith Ellison

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Tonight CSPAN was replaying its live broadcast from Netroots Nation 11 in Minneapolis. Here's Rep. Keith Ellison's inspiring speec...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Wyoming Progressives -- you are not alone!

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One of the most encouraging aspects of Netroots Nation was this: we are not alone. Lots of progressive bloggers out there -- lots of progre...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Jill Sobule: "They say they want their America back, WTF do they mean?"

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Monday, June 20, 2011

Communing with "just folks" at Netroots Nation 11

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At Netroots Nation , I was surprised by the people I met who were not bloggers and not affiliated with a progressive organization. It was th...
Sunday, June 19, 2011

Dear Pops: Happy Father's Day from Netroots Nation

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Thomas Reed Shay (a.k.a. Big Tom) Alone on Father's Day. That occurred to me as I awoke this morning. I'm in Minneapolis, Chris i...
Friday, June 17, 2011

NN11: Make Clean Energy Not War (through art)

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Artwork by Susan Slavick Minneapolis Convention Center protest by the group 10 Years and Counting, as artists try to put a face to 10 yea...
Thursday, June 16, 2011

Netroots Nation 2011: Day Two

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Started the day with the "Big Steaming News Dump" with Lizz Winstead and friends. The Netroots Nation alternative to “Morning Joe...

Netroots Nation 11: Day One

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Mayor R.T. Rybak R.T. Rybak , the mayor of Minneapolis, spoke to us tonight last night at a reception hosted by Democratic GAIN. (I mean...
Wednesday, April 20, 2011

This progressive blogger is off to the Netroots Nation 2011 Conference in June

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I’m pleased to announce that I’ve received a scholarship to the  Netroots Nation 2011 Conference in Minneapolis. Thanks to all my friends a...
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