How to Welcome Mandela as Your Mentor Blog Posts where Race is an Aspect of the Themes It has been a deep honor for me to be able to speak about Nelson Mandela over the past many years. I have done so with Federal Bar Associations, State Bar Associations, businesses, churches and synagogues. I haveContinue reading “Blog #19: 2023 Post: Speaking about Mandela”
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Blog #18: 2023 Post: The Honorable Michael J. Davis
Blog Posts where Race is an Aspect of the Themes #1: Stunning Trial Lawyer I met Michael Davis in the summer of 1976. I had just completed my first year of law school. I was told at school if I wanted to be a trial lawyer to go and watch great trial lawyers. I wentContinue reading “Blog #18: 2023 Post: The Honorable Michael J. Davis”
Blog #17: 2023 Post: Sitting Down? No – You Must Stand Up
Blog Posts where Race is an Aspect of the Themes At the Jesuit Catholic University I went to from 1969-1973, an issue arose regarding Black Civil Rights. In 1972 and 1973, a large group of Black students attended the school’s Division One home basketball games. When doing so, they sat as a group at centerContinue reading “Blog #17: 2023 Post: Sitting Down? No – You Must Stand Up”
Blog #16: 2023 Post: First Great Love
Blog Posts Where Race is an Aspect of the Themes I met a woman at a Bill Withers concert. She was in the row in front of me on a date with another man. She had a great smile, a great laugh and a lightness of being. I did everything I could sitting behind herContinue reading “Blog #16: 2023 Post: First Great Love”
Blog #15: 2023 Post: A Scrimmage with a Forward Lineage
Blog Posts where Race is an Aspect of the Themes In the fall of 1969, I was a new recruit – selected by retiring head coach Red McManus to play basketball at Creighton. The new young coach I was to play for was Eddie Sutton. He had come from Oklahoma. I was one of threeContinue reading “Blog #15: 2023 Post: A Scrimmage with a Forward Lineage”
Blog #14: 2023 Post: Beat Up
Blog Posts where Race is an Aspect of the Themes One Saturday evening in the fall of 1971, I was coming back to my dorm. I walked a familiar route and was next to my dorm in front of the campus bookstore and about to climb some steps that would lead to more steps toContinue reading “Blog #14: 2023 Post: Beat Up”
Blog #13: 2023 Post: Chey Chey – The Wonderful Guy – Cheyenne – Walter Middleton
Blog Posts where Race is an Aspect of the Themes “Chey Chey — The Wonderful Guy – so nice they named me twice.” That is the name and greeting I received when I met Walter Middleton also known as Cheyenne. He shows up in my dorm room as my roommate in 1970. Me, an 18Continue reading “Blog #13: 2023 Post: Chey Chey – The Wonderful Guy – Cheyenne – Walter Middleton”
Blog #12: 2022 Posts: Further Thoughts on a Path
This is my last post explicitly about Anthroposophy. In this post I will essentially make introductory comments and attach 3 sets of documents. With the attached documents it will be one of the larger posts and may serve as a future reference post for some. All 7 billion plus of us here on Earth haveContinue reading “Blog #12: 2022 Posts: Further Thoughts on a Path”
Blog #7: 2022 Posts: Our True Names
On 1/22/22 a world spiritual leader, Thich Nhat Hanh, crossed over. It seems only appropriate to simply acknowledge him here even though his passing has been widely acknowledged. Many would say he is the most influential Buddhist leader second only to the Dalai Lama. I would surely agree. His writings have inspired me throughout myContinue reading “Blog #7: 2022 Posts: Our True Names”
Blog #6: 2022 Posts: Hamline Convocation Speech to a First Year Law School Class
August 19, 2002 It has been interesting to look back 20 years to 2002 to reflect on a speech I gave after 24 years of practicing law. Many themes you have read in prior blogs and that you may see in the future have been living in me for quite awhile. Today you are possiblyContinue reading “Blog #6: 2022 Posts: Hamline Convocation Speech to a First Year Law School Class”