‘Commentary’ Archives
Editorial “A Smile is”¦the shortest distance between people.”
The final piano number at the recent Grand Opening of the American Swedish Institute”'s Victor Borge Exhibit was the nostalgic Claire de Lune played by pianist Glenn Henriksen. The last quotation shared by Janet Borge Crowle, a daughter of Borge, following nearly an hour of fascinating reminiscing about her “Papa,” the famous “Great Dane” and Clown Prince, was, “A smile is the shortest distance between people.” Claire de Lune was always Borge”'s final song. It is also a reminder that even with turbulence in his life composer Claude-Achille DeBussy was able to compose contemplative and even romantic music like this song of the moon. (more…)
Consequences
by Peter Molenaar Hopefully, a good many visited “Dances with Wolves” as seen again on public television. Certainly, it stands as one of the most beautiful and edifying of films”¦ “Your life is like a pebble dropped into a sea creating ripples endlessly”¦you do not know the end of a thought, action or word.”””attributed to White Eagle. In the aftermath of Tucson, there occurred a simultaneous prayer. I too bowed my head. We sought to limit the swelling of Congresswoman Giffords”' brain. My ancestors were agricultural pioneers in Kandiyohi County to the west. They arrived two decades after the Dakota War of 1862 to settle the left-over spots. Like good Dutch people, they drained the land. (more…)
