Free Speech Zone
Free Speech Zone
Fire Coach Childress
For weeks now, the Minnesota Vikings Faithful have been calling for the dismissal of Coach Brad Childress. For that same amount of time, I was giving him the benefit of the doubt. I said things like, “the team just needs a little more work, they will be good to go” and “the Sistine Chapel wasn’t built over night”. MORE »
Purity Balls? More like a load of bull
In all of the spare time I had waiting for my son to be born, I had the opportunity to watch a special on The Learning Channel about “purity balls.” If you don’t know what these are, let me explain. MORE »
Success of "Fantastical Creatures"
The concert ”Fantastical Creatures in Russian Orchestral Music,” presented at MacPhail Center for Music on November 2, was a great success. MORE »
Reflections on the Minneapolis election cycle in 2009
Lest there be any sleepy time between elections, note that the candidates intending to run in Minneapolis in 2009 are already stirring. MORE »
Barefoot in the Park
If you’re looking for high-quality, low cost evening of entertainment then grab a carload of friends and check out Starting Gate Productions’ Barefoot in the Park, running through November 30th at the historic Mounds Theatre in Saint Paul. Neil Simon’s hit Broadway play/Mike Nichols directed feature film about new love, new life and new experiences is brought to the stage with such painstaking attention to detail and quality performance that will forget the trappings of your modern routine and find yourself transported to mid-sixties Manhattan. MORE »
Let us rejoin the world, my words
We abandoned the world when George W. Bush became the President of the United States of America. We embarked on a course of conquering it when “W” became the “Emperor of the World” after the September 11 attacks. Both plans and policies were mean-spirited and wrong. They have brought nothing positive for America or the world. Only dead humans, economic ruin and environmental disaster. MORE »
How the GOP threw the 2008 presidential election (sort of)
Barack Obama will soon be inaugurated as the United States’ 44th President, a feat of unparalleled significance in our history. I don’t want to take anything away from this monumental victory, but there is a reason that McCain didn’t win (and it’s not Sarah Palin). MORE »
Against school levies
I read with some interest the Mpls Daily Planet article on “School Tax Levies”. I agree with much the author says about the obligation of the State to fund education. Though I certainly disagree about the cause for the poor education offered to less advantaged children in Minneapolis. That poor education is because of systemic failure, not because of funding. MORE »
