BY ED FELIEN In 1968 Hubert Humphrey thought he had it in the bag. LBJ had signed the Civil Rights Bill, started the Great Society and began a War on Poverty. It looked like Happy Days were going to be here all over again. LBJ decided to not run for…
BY ED FELIEN I confess to a mild case of transference. My best friend, until his death last year, was Tony Bouza. He was Chief of Police for Minneapolis from 1980 to 1988. He was tough on cops and would not tolerate racist and inappropriate behavior from any of his…
BY ED FELIEN The Mayor’s race is the big one. After that, people notice candidates for City Council, and only after that, and only if they follow local government very closely, do they pay attention to Park Board candidates and candidates for the Board of Estimate and Taxation. So far,…
BY ED FELIEN Where I grew up, around Roosevelt High School, folks in our corner of the City were considered very conservative, and folks around Kenwood and Loring Park were considered very liberal. That’s changed. The 12th Ward DFL Convention rejected a challenge from a middle-of-the-road, law and order liberal…
BY ED FELIEN Early Saturday morning, May 24, someone smashed the front plate glass windows of the Minnesota Anti-War Committee at 4200 Cedar. The AWC believes this to be a targeted, politically motivated attack. At a press conference at the damaged office Monday, Meredith Aby said, “Our spirit can’t be…
BY ED FELIEN Shir Tikvah, one of the more progressive synagogues in the Twin Cities, says, “We represent a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences regarding Israel/Palestine. We are dedicated to the value of B’tzelem Elohim (the sacredness of all human life). We lift our collective voice to support, advocate,…
BY ED FELIEN The race for DFL endorsement for Mayor of Minneapolis is tightening, but so far, the leading candidate among City Convention delegates is Uncommitted. The big news in the contest is that Council Member Emily Koski dropped out. We thought she could get as many delegates as Frey. It turned…
By Ed Felien In an interview with ABC Trump, admitted he could free Abrego Garcia, “I could,” but, in defiance of a unanimous decision of the U.S. Supreme Court and the rule of law, he said he wouldn’t. Habeas Corpus, the right to a hearing before a court of law, is…
BY ED FELIEN The 11th Ward Convention will be May 31 at Washburn High School, but it’s beginning to look more like a Coronation of the Homecoming King than a normally raucous DFL Convention. Jamison Whiting played cornerback for the Washburn Millers before he graduated in 2013. He currently coaches boy’s football at…
BY ED FELIEN I believe the people who live on the land must be recognized as the rightful owners of that land. No foreign army should determine their sovereignty. There must be plebiscites to allow the people of Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk to vote on whether they want to align…
BY ED FELIEN You can change the world. Trump is not as great as he thinks he is. He needs us to bow before him. If you stand up, if your neighbors stand up and say, “No,” then he is reduced to the clown we know him to be. Wouldn’t it be…
BY ED FELIEN The breach of security on Pete Hegseth’s Group Chat was not the most significant revelation last month, the most significant conclusion to come out was that a State of War exists between the United States and Yemen. 53 people were murdered in their sleep in an apartment building…
BY ED FELIEN What’s happening at George Floyd Square? Well, actually, not much. George Floyd was murdered on Chicago Avenue at 38th Street almost five years ago. Since then, the city has sponsored many, many meetings (with free food) and taken surveys to determine how to commemorate the murder of George…
BY ED FELIEN At first, City Council Members Payne, Wonsley and Chavez moved to transfer some of the programs in the Neighborhood Safety Department to the county. There had been widespread public criticism of what seemed like mismanagement of funds. There was a whistleblower lawsuit last November that said a staff…
BY ED FELIEN In order to understand the full implications of Trump appointing Bob Kroll as U.S. Marshall, we need to review Hitler’s relationship with Ernst Rohm. Trump’s first wife, Ivana, said “The Donald” had a copy of Hitler’s speeches on his bedside table. He once asked his Chief of…
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