BY ED FELIEN Adieu, adieu, kind friends, adieu We can no longer stay with you We must hang our harps on a weeping willow tree And may the world go well with thee Fare thee well, for we must leave you Do not let our parting grieve you For remember…
BY ED FELIEN What happened with the November elections? Everywhere there was a Blue Wave, a rejection of Trump and his policies. In New York City, an African immigrant, a Muslim, a Democratic Socialist, won the Mayor’s seat, but, in Minneapolis, an African immigrant, a Muslim, a Democratic Socialist, lost.…
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE When tyrants tremble sick with fear And hear their death knell ringing When friends rejoice both far and near, How can I keep from singing? In prison cell and dungeon vile Our thoughts to them are winging. When friends by shame are undefiled, How can I…
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Being gentle with myself I am trying to transition from a more or less addicted coffee drinker into a tea drinker. I have always associated tea with gentleness and relaxation, while I associate coffee with hard work, both mental and physical. So that’s part of it.…
BY CLINT COMBS Omar Fateh faced more media scrutiny than any Minneapolis mayoral candidate in recent memory. Had he not been both a socialist and Somali, it’s likely he wouldn’t have critics lining up on both sides of the aisle. The Star Tribune’s Eric Roper described the state senator as “a…
Election Reveals Two Minneapolises BY CAM GORDON Nov. 3 was election eve. Minneapolis was wrapping up one of its most expensive and divisive campaign seasons in recent history. The city was on the cusp of possibly electing its first male Black mayor as Omar Fateh, DeWayne Davis and Jazz Hampton…
FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ROBIN WONSLEY: Starbucks workers are on an open-ended strike. I continue to stand in solidarity with Starbucks Workers United. I call on the Starbucks corporation to stop union busting and meet the demands of workers. The contract could be settled with just one day’s worth of profits.…
BY ED FELIEN Right now, over 100 Jews and people of conscience are rallying ahead of the City Budget Hearing demanding the city of Minneapolis cut ties with Israeli surveillance tech company Zencity. Our city should not be partnering with an Israeli company as the Israeli military commits genocide and…
BY DAVE GUTKNECHT Memory of even recent history is being lost. To review early warnings: Thirty years ago, Boris Yeltsin argued vehemently against expanding NATO to include Ukraine, and George Kennan, our foremost diplomat, said that NATO expansion was a “fatal error.” U.S. scholars Stephen Cohen and John Mearsheimer…
BY ELAINE KLAASSEN In 1990 Ed Felien started the newspaper Southside Pride to protest the First Gulf War. Southside Pride has always been an anti-war paper. So it seemed like an anti-war article was what I should write for my last Spirit & Conscience column. This was confirmed when I…
BY ED FELIEN As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors. Hegseth gave a verbal order to kill everybody in the first Caribbean boat strike, officials said. Admiral Alvin Holsey,…
KAY SCHROVEN “The soul survives the death of the body.” This is the belief of many religions, including the Baha’i. “Man- the true man- is soul, not body…The soul it is which makes the human creature a celestial entity!” – Baha’i Faith History While the Baha’is are one of the…
BY MOHAMMED SAMEER Living in tents is very difficult in winter. One of the most painful things: when you wake up from sleep and rainwater fills your tent and soaks you while you can’t do anything. This is our painful reality this winter. We still suffer in our tents silently.…
BY AHMED THARWAT Arab dictators get a job for life. When they are removed prematurely from their jobs they have a heck of a time handling their forced retirements. In their first career as dictators, they don’t usually get a job review every now and then. In a democratic world,…
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Openings, closings, and changes A fairly new restaurant, Brim in Uptown, is one I have not tried yet but it sounds like my kind of place. They recently opened a second location in Edina, in the former Red Pepper Chinese location, 2910 West 66th St. A…
