Day: June 24, 2020
The CIA, Prostitutes & Wars: Bangkok’s Patpong Museum
When the CIA’s most macabre paramilitary officer Tony “Poe” Poshepny demanded and received the hacked-off ears and heads of communists in Laos during the Vietnam War, no one predicted he would become … Read Full Article
Dennis Anderson: Minorities lend their voices to outdoors activism
Minnesota graveyards are crowded with conservation champions, many of them little-known because they were women, American Indians, African Americans or members of other races or ethnicities whose work … Read Full Article
Sign-ups for WI Farm Support Program Surpass 10,000 Mark
Farmers who cannot apply online, as well as Spanish- and Hmong-speaking farmers, should request assistance by calling the Department of Revenue at 608-266-2772. The link to the DOR’s application is: … Read Full Article
With COVID Cares phone line, Minnesota mental health professionals offer support in time of crisis
COVID Cares Support Service is a statewide phone line offering free, anonymous support for people experiencing stress and anxiety; it’s staffed by a volunteer team of licensed mental health … Read Full Article
Writing the Poignant New York Times COVID-19 Obituaries
You can learn in The New York Times how many humans have died from the coronavirus from its Tracking the Coronavirus graphic (472,125 as of June 23, 2020). But to understand the humanity, you need to … Read Full Article
Journalists should focus more coverage on Catholic police chaplains and less on ‘cancel culture’
I have covered my share of police funerals over the years. With some regularity over the course of two decades working in journalism, police officers have been shot and killed in the line of duty. Read Full Article