Afghanistan
June 16, 2011
Reflecting now on those loaves and fishes I am advocating, and I could be wrong, that the Christ parable holds the answer to our civil upset here in Minnesota about the marriage amendment
I was born and raised in a southern Minnesota community. My wife and I attended 12 years of Catholic parochial education. In those grade school years, as they were known then, we queued up with our classes and trotted across the street to daily mass, five days a week. In the Lenten season, it was Friday afternoon Stations of the Cross. And there, with the church window transoms open, a boy could smell the earth of spring and his mind would...
May 2, 2011
Food For Thought
A Lunchtime Learning Series
The Food For Thought learning series takes place at the Winona County History Center. Lectures, Films and Book Chats begin at 12:05 p.m. and last approximately one hour (unless otherwise noted). Attendees are welcome to bring their own lunch. Coffee is served. All are free and open to the public.
Lecture
June 8
A Soldier’s Story of Afghanistan with David Baer at 12:05 p.m.
April 20, 2011
A charming lady I know stopped by The Book Shelf to tell me how much she appreciated an article published Sunday in our local paper about my husband's cousin who was killed in Afghanistan while serving in the Army. She then continued to talk to me about that "silly war business." I tried to hold my own because, to quote various members of the Wilfahrt clan,"This is what we do now." But I didn't have a lot to say except that I think it's time to...
April 18, 2011
Like snow in late April, there are any number of things that can make a person just sort of shake their head in confusion. Yesterday I read about a young woman who carried off a ruse of being a soldier who served in Afghanistan. She was honored at her old high school in Cass Lake. The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Honor Guard was there to give her a tribal blanket and a feather to honor her service as a woman warrior. She had no ties whatsoever to...
April 13, 2011
But the most extraordinary feature of the film, and in my estimation the key element that makes Lake of Fire distinct and important, is that the film, while ostensibly addressing abortion, is really about what we talk about when we talk about abortion
On April 5th, 2011, I sponsored a screening of the film Lake of Fire on the Winona State University campus. Directed by Tony Kaye, Lake of Fire is a documentary on the abortion debate. Shot in black and white, Lake of Fire caricatures the discourse on abortion through interviews with academics, health professionals, and activists on both sides of the issue.
March 28, 2011
It’s time for us to join those who have been trying to no avail--contact your representatives; attend a peace rally; send an e-mail; start a letter writing campaign
The headline in The Washington Post March 2, 2011 read: “Lt. Gen. John Kelly, who lost his son to war, says U.S. largely unaware of sacrifice.”
No truer words have been spoken. Until recently, I could stand on one side of that statement and hang my head in shame because it’s clear he was speaking to me. On February 27, 2011, Corporal Andrew Wilfarht, cousin to my husband, and son to Jeff and Lori Wilfahrt of Rosemount, Minn.,...
March 26, 2011
Corporal Andrew Wilfahrt, son of Jeff and Lori Wilfarht of Rosemount, MN, was killed on February 27th, 2011, while serving in Afghanistan.
January 20, 2011
Nathan Wardinski breaks down the flicks that topped his list in the past year, as well as the films that should have been left on the cutting room floor
Originally broadcast on Sounds of Cinema, here are Nathan Wardinski’s picks of the best and worst films of 2010 with abridged arguments for each film. For further information, including full arguments for each film and lists of honorable mentions and trends from the past year, click here.
BEST FILMS OF 2010:
1. Black Swan
November 1, 2010
Winona County History Center
Since the attacks of 9/11 and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, misconceptions about Islam often plaque relationships between Muslims and other Americans. Ahmed El-Afandi, professor emeritus, WSU will help clear up many misconceptions we may have about Islam.
July 11, 2010
Rolling Stone editorial writer Matt Taibbi has recently written two complementary pieces attacking the journalism establishment.
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