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Tag Archives: politics
Trump and the GOP’s Race to Hell
Well El Douche has taken us to a new low. It’s not a race to the bottom, it’s a race to Hell. Not surprisingly, Minnesota’s Republicans have jumped in with both feet. Hopefully it’s over their heads. The crisis at … Continue reading
Posted in OpEd, Politics
Tagged GOP, Les Phillips, Liberals. Bemocrats, minnesota, politics, Racism, Racist, Reoublican, Trump, Victimization, Victims, White Nationalists
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Partisan
While doing a deep dive into my archives I came upon this interior shot of a barracks room in El Moro Fortress. I think it is a metaphor for partisanship and what happens in the partisan’s mind. I’ll let you … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Photo, Politics, Puerto Rico
Tagged 1989, architecture, El Moro Fortress, Les Phillips, photograph, politics, Puerto Rico, San Juan
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Political Dehumanization – Creating the Other
Derek, volunteer first responder, showing a Jaws of Life device. As 2017 comes to a close, we find America dangerously divided. There are powerful currents at work, trying to deepen the fissures that threaten to fragment our nation. I have … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Politics, Portraits, Relationships
Tagged Dialogue, politics, stereotype
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Memorial Day 2017 – What have We Learned?
We are in the 16th year of the longest war in American history. It’s the Memorial Day weekend. As a nation we remember all those who have served our nation in war, sacrificed their mental and physical health, and for … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Politics, Relationships
Tagged Grief, Les Phillips, Memorial Day, politics, Remembering, Veteran, War Dead, World War I, World War II
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Restoration of the People’s House
School children in the newly restored rotunda at the Minnesota State House. I was at the Minnesota State Capitol, “The People’s House”, a few days ago. On any day when the government is in session, it rings with the sounds … Continue reading
Posted in Blog
Tagged architecture, Capitol Building, Cass Gilbert, Democracy, Legislature, Les Phillips, Martin Luther King, minnesota, Minnesota State House, politics, Preacher, Religious Freedom, Restoration, ST. Paul, Territorial Legislature
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Modern: What’s In A Word
Modern Times Cafe, Minneapolis, MN 12/12/2013 Built in 1909, the Modern has had an interesting past. Most recently as a restaurant in an ethnic neighborhood. But before there was the Modern Times Cafe there had been: Meat Market Dry … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Blog, OpEd, Politics
Tagged 2013, architecture, Art Deco, cafe, liberal, liberal-progressive, Minneapolis, modern, Modern Times Cafe, photo, politics, postmodern, progressive, social justice, Stile Moderne, Tea Party
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