While we still have time

While We Still Have Time

In spite of the grimness of the times in which we live, there is still hope. If you feel, like I do, that the usual discourse about matters of critical concern tends to be superficial, misguided, and false, then you might find some solace and inspiration here. I will try to offer insight and a holistic perspective on events and issues, and hopefully serve as a catalyst for raising the level of dialogue on this planet.

About Me

Name: John Hamilton

Location: Madison, Wisconsin, United States

I was born in 1945, shortly before atom bombs were dropped on Japan. I served in the U.S. Army from 1968 to 1971. I earned master's degrees in Economics and Educational Psychology, and certificates in Web Page Design and as a Teacher of English as a Second Language. I followed an Indian guru for eight years, which immersed me in meditative practices and an attitude of reaching a higher level of being. A blog post listing the meditative practices I have pursued can be seen here.

Saturday, January 24, 2026

Minnesotans Are Showing The Way

By now it should be clear that the ICE presence in Minnesota is not about enforcement of immigration laws. It is about lawless rule. It all emanates from our supposed president, Donald J. Trump, a pathological narcissist who sees himself as unbound by any law.

As we are seeing in the streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul, usurpers of the Federal Government operate with with the same sense of unboundedness by any law. As with Trump, they can deflect any accountability by lying. Like their boss, they lie about everything, all the time. Not one word they say about anything can be trusted. As with their ideological predecessors in Nazi Germany, they know that the Big Lie is an effective propaganda technique.

Bernie Sanders was interviewed on TV a few days ago, and he said the killing of Renée Good was a warning to the entire nation, that our Federal Government will kill any of us if we get in their way. It is with ICE now, but will expand from there if not stopped. Immigration is the handiest pretext for now, the low-hanging fruit of lawless rule. Once a lethal benchmark is established, it will be easy to expand the murderous impunity outward. It must be stopped, and can when it becomes clear what is taking place. ICE has killed again today. Minnesotans are showing the way out of this mess.
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In 1966-67, while a student at St. Thomas in St. Paul, I lived in Minneapolis, 41st and 42nd St., about a mile east of where Renée Good was shot and killed. It was an average middle class neighborhood. Never would I have believed that such perfidy would take place so close to where I once peacefully resided.

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