There are four books that I have handy when I am on the internet, because the right quotation from them can kill any argument. They are “The Prince” by Niccolo Machiavelli, “Rules for Radicals” by Saul Alinsky, “Democracy in America” by Alexis de Toqueville, and “Tao Te Ching” by Lao Tzu.
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Saint Paul
Saint Paul has always been comfortable as just another Midwestern city in a way that Minneapolis cannot be. Our younger, more outgoing sister to the west has always had the bright lights of the big city in her eyes, and yearned to be a great beacon out on the prairie.
Not Saint Paul. We see a beacon on the prairie as pointless, something that can only serve to confuse the waterfowl. We have more in common with Mankato than Chicago, more to talk about with Des Moines than New York. Saint Paul is all of these, pushed together, as if it is a dozen cities with one mayor. It’s something like a giant hotdish or booya where everyone is invited to bring their own ingredients.
Travel
One of those many phrases that pass beyond language to take on a meaning of their own is, “Travel broadens the mind”. I’ve never been sure what that means. If you’ve been traveling this week, as many of us have, perhaps you can figure it out.
Awareness
An article today off of Reuters extols a Stanford study published in JAMA showing that giving people pedometers causes them to walk more and lose more weight. The original paper was based on interviews and a review of previous studies. It appears that the studies were all done in the US, and thus the findings might be entirely cultural, but it’s not a new observation.
Thanksgiving
The day known as Thanksgiving fills this week in the USofA, between the big day on Thursday and our need to make it home ahead of that. It’s not a particularly American holiday, but it is a special celebration of our nation for many reasons.
Barataria - The work of Erik Hare 