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An abbreviated edition this three-day weekend, so I’m kicking it off with a: Valentine’s Day Pitch Although perhaps out of the ordinary, here’s one of the things I did for Valentine’s Day: made a contribution in memory of my dad, a World War II infantry lieutenant, to Honor Flight South Dakota. It’s a new organization […] Random Observations I did it again. Even though I watched the halftime performance Sunday night, I forgot Springsteen tickets went on sale Monday morning. Making it worse, it didn’t sink in until the middle of the night Monday. Of course, perhaps that should be expected from someone who turned the Super Bowl off at the […] Bulletin Board I’ve started posting at the KELOLAND blogs, which will have both original material and items cross-posted here. I posted a review of the DVD 2012: Science Or Superstition at Blogcritics. Bookish Linkage The short list for Best Translated Book of 2008 has been announced at three percent. I’ve read two of the 10 […] Random Observations Two contributors to Open Democracy nail it when it comes to the politics of most political blogs. An excerpt: The democratising possibilities of the internet are in the process of speeding the degeneration of the public sphere into a proliferation of insular nodes, each fighting a war that can never be won. Battles […] Random Observations It’s nice to know there are still real heroes. And my guess is one of his first comments will be, “I was just doing my job.” Back in the day when I was a paperboy (and had to deliver in 6 feet of snow, uphill both ways), there was both the Minneapolis Star […] |
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