Family

by on August 23, 2023 at 12:01 am
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It was in Northern Minnesota that two disparate parts of the greater family came back together again. A descendent of the people our daughters had joined generations before in northern Britain showed up in the land tamed by the fishers and farmers and fighters of the old country. A daughter from a long line of sens married a son from a long line of cart makers. Thus my little branch of the greater family got the name Carter. Yes, we get together at the large family reunions with all the Hansens, Christensens, and other sens out there. And yes, my name is Christensen, though that comes from an entirely different source. There are so many sens out there that even we can’t keep them all straight. But I’m very much part of the Carter clan.

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Family

by on August 22, 2023 at 12:01 am
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My family and all the others that came to Northern Minnesota tamed it to be our kind of wilderness. We drove the predators who knew no fear away, leaving behind the docile and those that tasted good after a year of feasting on the wilderness we kept alive through careful conservation. Never forget that the Minnesota State Seal incorporates a farmer with a plow and a gun. City folk see our great lakes and our great forests and think our lands are wild. They have no idea how many generations we have spent tending the land to make certain it has just the right amount of balance to support all the animals and all the crops we rely on to live our lives. I grew up in that land, showing rich city folk the “wild lands” on the edges of civilization.

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Canceling

by on August 20, 2023 at 12:01 am
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Fox News took Glenn Beck off the air when he was the most-watched personality. Ditto O’Reilly. Enter Carlson. Look at Alex Jones. Now Glenn Beck again. Apple removed his podcast from their archives with no warning. Over the last few years, Big Tech and Big Media have constantly pushed the envelope to see who they can silence. After a large public outcry, Apple added some of Glenn Beck’s episodes back onto their service. O’Reilly has his own news service now. Carlson is going that way. Alex Jones is working under a massive legal monetary judgment that would cripple most people. You must understand that the canceling will continue. Because silencing those who do not agree is the only way for them to win the argument.

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Tyrannies

by on August 19, 2023 at 12:01 am
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“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
― C. S. Lewis

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