Today we witness an orderly transition. Those judged to have lost do not take up arms. Those judged to have won do not round up the opposition before firing squads. Americans all, we live to fight another day. We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic […]
Content of their Character
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!” -Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, 28 August 1963 Martin Luther King did some amazing […]
School Sports are a Luxury
They’re called “Extra-Curricular” sports for a reason. The bankrupt Minneapolis Star-Tribune stirs up trouble with an article in Sunday’s paper: School sports now a Minnesota luxury? “Cut from the team” means something different in these economic times. Extracurricular activities are hurting. The economic crunch is coming to high school sports. Faced with budget problems, some […]
Far & Away 2008
Freeform American Roots DJ picks for 2008
A River Runs… Through a Book
Friends don’t let friends see movies before they’ve read the book.
"it’s great that he mentioned rural and broadband"
Blandin on Broadband comments on rural broadband in economic stimulus package.
Blogs vs Twitter
Twitter=Quantity; Blog=Quality?
The Marfa Spark with Tift Merritt
Over on Last.fm, Marybeth d’Amico put up a very short journal last week. It doesn’t get much better than this. Tift Merritt recently interviewed Patty Griffin on her radio show, Spark. Listen here: http://www.marfaspark.com/audio/pattygriffininterview.mp3 Don’t know how soon Marfa (TX) Public Radio will cycle to a new interview, but go listen to this now. Grab […]
WordPress v. Blogger
So far WordPress is in the lead…
Plan on it
The National Planning Conference of the American Planning Association (APA) is coming to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in April 2009. APA’s National Planning Conference is the world’s premier educational event for planners and planning officials. With hundreds of sessions, workshops, mobile workshops, and networking events to choose from, you can build your own conference — one that’s just […]
