‘Commentary’ Archives
War cannot be created
“War” cannot not be created like a basketball game…meaning you can create a basketball game by doing basketball things, but you cannot create “war”, which is the freedom to kill and destroy, by doing warlike things. You cannot get “war” from doing “war”, “war” cannot create itself. The problem is, we believe “war” [...]
Mind And Body Unite
By Peter Molenaar After thirty-three years of hard labor in the neighborhood iron foundry, one would expect this writer to have resolved the question surrounding the apparent duality between mind and body. He certainly has had ample time to think about it with his nose before the grinding wheel. It is a vexing problem. If after all our [...]
COMMENTARY Saving the Phillips Pool to Save Lives
By State Senator Jeff Hayden Minneapolis “The City of Lakes.” Minnesota “Land of 10,000 Lakes.” Behind all those images of sky blue sparkling waters, there is a startling fact: Minnesota has the highest drowning rate among African-Americans in U.S. The drowning rate for Native Americans is third highest in U.S. One reason is [...]
Rep. Ryan’s Bill is Robin Hood in Reverse: “Rob from the POOR and give to the RICH”
By Donna Pususta Neste Wisc. Rep. Paul Ryan sponsored a budget bill in the federal House of Representatives last year that would have: increased military spending, cut taxes for millionaires, raised Middle –class taxes plunged millions more into poverty by cutting SNAP (food stamps), the Women Infants and Children Nutrition [...]
Time Won’t Wait
By Peter Molenaar Gone is the brush pile which housed the winter’s flock of sparrows. It was a cold day then. Does the city inspector harbor a mean spirit or merely a sense of duty? It is warm today. The sparrows are sampling freshly strewn seed. And so… Will the Occupy Movement return as a visible hub around which broader [...]
Tough Love & Anarchists
by Peter Molenaar Just south of Lake Street and just west of Chicago Avenue, there appears to be a significant block of resistance to the home foreclosure crisis. Bobby Hull, Vietnam War vet and life-long worker, will not be moved. Quite right: face death, pay taxes, pay the Man, have your home equity stripped, bail out the banksters, and then [...]
