‘Commentary’ Archives
My Talk With June Bug Regarding Non-Violence
By Peter Molenaar Hah! June Bug, you have come to rest your long forelegs across a rumple of my jeans”¦evidently not to bite me. Alright then, it seems we shall enter a state of mutual contemplation. Are you aware of the violence in this world? Note: “The LGBT community has stood side by side with the American-Muslim community during challenging and difficult times. We stand together against hatred, violence and demonization of entire communities.” ”“ Jalani Hussein, Executive Director of the Minnesota Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (as found in Alondra Cano”'s NOTICIAS). Do you wonder if I, a proponent of socialism, am also an advocate for violent revolution? No, marvelous creation of the evolution of matter, God”'s gift to me, I am not. But neither am I a pacifist, nor do I consider the philosophical concept of “a just war” to be entirely passé. Yet in the context of our mutual [...]
Frank Reflections: White Supremacy spans generations
BY FRANK ERICKSON Some Whites in Minnesota are now doing the exact same thing they did after the “Dakota War” when they hanged 38 Dakota men in Mankato, Minnesota conveniently disregarding their role in causing the “War.” 154 years later, some Whites in Minnesota are conveniently disregarding the crimes committed by the U.S. in attacking Iraq in 2003 and starting the “Iraq War,” and holding local Somali-Americans accountable for trying to go to Iraq and Syria to fight for ISIL. These are examples of White Supremacy.
Cartoon still fits, ex-CEO never did, as Children”'s seeks all Block 5 & Half a block between Columbus and Park Ave.
This Cartoon is reprinted from The Alley, July 2006. It was also a decade ago when Dr. Alan Goldberg, then CEO of Children”'s MN Hospitals and Clinics, addressed a City Council Committee hearing testimony from Phillips residents in support of saving the Trinity Presbyterian Church building (on the south end of “Block 5” down the alley from the Messiah Lutheran Church building), said, “Phillips is an unliveable neighborhood!” He neglected to admit that the threat to livability is untrustworthy institutions like Children”'s MN that continue to put Phillips Community under siege and a challenge to maintain constant vigilance and defend.
