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By Debra Bellman, Grey Eagle Our nation’s current law says we will accept and welcome asylum seekers and refugees from other countries, under specified circumstances, and after a vetting process.  It is tradition in many cultures worldwide to welcome the refugee and the stranger in need.  Alternatively, in some places, in some times, outsiders are shunned.  Traditional Christian values, Jewish values, and Muslim values all say to welcome and assist the stranger and those in need, as do Humanists.  It seems likely to me that most well-established religions would teach the same.   The U.S. was founded on the idea of accepting the immigrant, although how we treat them, once here, has ranged widely.  The American economy operates decidedly differently than pre-colonial economies.  We have an economy begun and carried out by and large by immigrants.  Currently, as our population ages, we are in need of more young workers to pay into Social Security if we want to keep the system o

On Saturday November 10 the Extinction Rebellion shut down all five bridges over the River Thames in London. As hundreds of people were being arrested they declared the following manifesto: Declaration of RebellionWe hold the following to be true: This is our darkest hour. Humanity finds itself embroiled in an event unprecedented in its history. One which, unless immediately addressed, will catapult us further into the destruction of all we hold dear: this nation, its peoples, our ecosystems and the future of generations to come. The science is clear:- we are in the sixth mass extinction event and we will face catastrophe if we do not act swiftly and robustly. Biodiversity is being annihilated around the world. Our seas are poisoned, acidic and rising. Flooding and desertification will render vast tracts of land uninhabitable and lead to mass migration. Our air is so toxic that the United Kingdom is breaking the law. It harms the unborn whilst causing ten

Senator Gazelka is now the leader of Minnesota's Republican Party. Earlier this year Senator Paul got to ride shoulder-to-shoulder with his hero, the leader of the national Republicans. It was one of the  happiest days of his life. Tim Central Minnesota Political

Coffman Memorial Union, an architectural centerpiece at the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota, was completed in 1940 and named after the recently deceased University President Lotus Coffman. Coffman was President of the University of Minnesota for eighteen years and, under his leadership, the University of Minnesota became the great University it is today. Or not! The White Men(I can assure you it was white men) that named the grand building at the South end of the U’s green and spacious Northrup Mall, had collaborated with Coffman in a relentless program of racism and anti-Semitism throughout Coffman’s long tenure as President. They named the student union after the anti-semite Coffman at a time when informed people knew that the Nazis and their allies were rounding up European Jews and sending them to their deaths. Some students now refer to it as Memorial Union Thanks to Wikipedia I attended the University in 1974 and ’75 and never once thought about the

Good morning. I didn’t write anything at Central Minnesota Political today. I’ve been putting together a list of people to call in my township. I’ll call them Monday and Tuesday and remind them to vote. I hope you will do the same thing. Call just five people! It will make a difference. Tim Central Minnesota Political PS: I had a call from an undocumented friend yesterday. Her dad has been a citizen for years. He wants to vote for the first time and we went over how it works and reviewed the sample ballot in the Leader. That was a very satisfying experience.