This past weekend I had a fun gig with my 1970s cover band – “7teez” – at the Brown County Fair in New Ulm, Minnesota. I drove through about seventy miles of deep farm country on thin roads – some… Continue Reading
Native American Medicine Cards are used much like Tarot Cards but represent signals nature provides through the wisdom of animals. You draw different cards for different categories in your life and you gain wisdom as to how to improve your… Continue Reading
Here on the ground change happens fast. Everything seems to be in a rush. Problems feel frequent and urgent. It’s loud and anxiety runs high. From the satellite view, the earth looks the same as it did thousands of years… Continue Reading
I grew up in a lower-middle-class family in the sixties and seventies. Upon graduating High School in 1982 I was told by my parents that I would not be able to attend college in Boulder, Colorado because they couldn’t afford… Continue Reading
Sometimes rhetoric makes no sense, and when it makes no sense it seems no one questions it. The proclamation that “the free market will correct the problem” is spewed out any time there’s a suggestion to improve work conditions and make… Continue Reading
The incidents of police shootings since July 5th (2016) and the ambush on the Dallas police all provide guidance toward solutions that have not revealed themselves to most before. When I say “most” I’m not including Dallas Chief of Police,… Continue Reading
I’ve been saying for a few years now that the Republican Party will go the way of the Whigs, and become extinct. I’ve been thinking their end would come about in 2020. But now I believe both of those predictions are… Continue Reading
Bernie Sanders supporters were ready to turn the Minnesota State DFL Convention into a negative news story last Saturday. Early in the day Governor Dayton spoke to all of us delegates and alternate delegates. The main gist of his speech… Continue Reading
Minnesota Politics Back 12 years ago, when Heidi and I were trying to get our new small business off the ground, we also had a new baby girl. Although we were struggling financially we both recognized the benefit we had in… Continue Reading
In the few days since the 2016 Minnesota State Caucuses, some of my excited Bernie Sanders-supporting Facebook friends have called the caucus system chaotic. They’ve claimed it’s ripe for abuse and that Minnesota should switch to a primary system. Their… Continue Reading