‘Commentary’ Archives
The Aerobics Beyond the “Y”
By Peter Molenaar Visits to the Lake Street YWCA have become familiar to me, in the aftermath of thirty-five years hard labor at Smith Foundry. However, when worn ankles dictate, treadmills and elipticals won”'t do. It is from the vantage of a stationary bike that I am allowed to discreetly observe. As for aerobics, evidently there are many women who have surpassed what I once was. One wonders why a world-wide movement of women has not been mobilized to fight ISIS. Sending our young men to war tends to make matters worse. Recently, en route to burning 100 calories at 95rpm, the caption line on the big screen flashed BREAKING NEWS: NORTH KOREA THREATENS GUAM WITH MISSILE ATTACK. Amazingly, the elipticals and treadmills kept churning. I happen to garden with the Koreans who founded the Community Peace Garden, at the junction of Highway 94 and Cedar Avenue. From them I received a copy of the spring issue of the Korean Quarterly with the front [...]
Frank Reflections: A Good Deed: Deed Hiawatha Golf Course back to Hiawatha”'s descendants!
BY FRANK ERICKSON In regards to what should be done with the land known as Hiawatha Golf Course at 4553 Longfellow Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55407: give it back to Hiawatha! When an opportunity like this presents itself, it needs to be embraced and the right thing done! Giving the land back to its rightful owners is the right thing to do. Giving the land to the local Native American Community would not hurt the City of Minneapolis or any of its residents in any way. The White Man has unjustly taken, controlled, and profited from owning all of this North American land for long enough---Time to give a little back!
