1492 - and the Xenophobia of 2008
By Kenneth R. Brown, II
This week has brought us to another recognition of Indigenous Peoples Day - conversely stated, to another lamentation of the wave of undocumented, oppressive immigration precipitated by one Christopher Columbus. It occurs to me that putting the anti-immigrant attack in this country under the lens of European migration into (read invasion of) this country allows us to see why, among many other reasons, such an attack is foolish and arrogant. If we examine the history of indigenous (i.e., “Native American,” “American Indian,” “First Nations,” etc.) folk in this country, the hypocrisy of the current anti-immigrant xenophobia becomes glaringly evident. Read more
St. Paul Whiteout: The Audacity of Hype
By Rev. David Ostendorf
Midwest winters bring the occasional, dreaded, dangerous whiteout—wind-driven snow so heavy, thick, and intense that you can’t see the road ahead. To get caught in one is to lose your bearings in a universe of whiteness and wind and closed roads, hoping against hope that you’ll come out of it to see another day.
Until this week in St. Paul whiteouts have not been known to occur in September. While there was occasional snowfall and wind last week as read more
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