‘Commentary’ Archives
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…)
COMMENTARY: Changing your diet
By Randall Grey There are so many products in our cupboards and refrigerators today that contain High Fructose Corn Syrup. If you were to look at the ingredients of the products which are in your cupboard or refrigerator right now, you will find an ingredient called High Fructose Corn Syrup. Just in my home alone, I found it in the cereals, canned vegetables, ice creams, some of the dips, salad dressings, mayonnaise, jams and jellies, sodas, frostings, pie fillings, flavored waters and also in some of the sauces. After looking at all the food items consumed daily, almost every thing in every meal, contains High Fructose Corn Syrup. And just think, these are just in the products in our own homes that contain this substitute additive. Now, imagine how much of this substitute food additive is in foods we eat in restaurants. (more…)
