List of Posts to dwkcommentaries–Chronological (2020)

 

Number Date Title
                                       January 2020
1515 01/01/20 Pope Francis Reminding Us To Welcome, Protect, Promote and Integrate Refugees and Migrants
1516 01/03/20 Another U.S. Designation of Cubans Inelligible To Enter U.S.
1498A 01/07/20 North Dakota County Affirms Consent to Refugee Resettlement
1517 01/07/20 Five More States Have Consented to Refugee Resettlement
1518 01/08/20 Alaska Says “Yes” to Refugee Resettlement
1509A 01/09/20 Using Robots Not So Easy for Japan
1519 01/10/20 Implications of Reduced U.S. Population Growth
1520 01/11/20 Texas Says “No” to Refugee Resettlement
1521 01/13/20 President Trump Proclaims His “Success” on Cuba
1522 01/14/20 Blowback on Two Decisions on Refugee Resettlement
1523 01/15/20 Minnesota Counties’ Actions on Refugee Resettlement
1524 01/16/20 Court: Trump’s Illegal Consent Procedure for Refugee Resettlement
01/18/20 Trump’s Unjust Criticism of Court’s Enjoining the Consent Procedure for Refugee Resettlement
1526 01/20/20 Washington Post Endorses Court Injunction Against Trump’s Consent Requirements for Refugee Resettlement
1523A 01/20/20 Additional Counties Actions on Consenting to Refugee Resettlement
1527 01/21/20 “The Chinese Population Crisis”
1528 01/22/20 Former Cuban Judge Criticizes Cuban Legal System
1562A 01/24/20 Minnesota’s Slow Job Growth Due to Slow Population Growth
1529 01/27/20 Remembering Political Courage of a Republican Congressman During Impeachment of President Nixon
1523B 01/28/20 Minnesota Counties Halt Consents to Refugee Resettlement
1524A 01/28/20 Minnesota Counties Halt Consents to Refugee Resettlement
1530 01/29/20 Republican Congressman Thomas Railsback’s Political Courage in Support of Impeaching President Nixon
1531 01/31/20 Immigrants Come To America To Work
                             FEBRUARY 2020
1493B 02/01/20 Current Status of José Daniel Ferrer
1532 02/02/20 U.S. State Governments Celebrate Refugees’ Accomplishments
1523C 02/02/20 Examination of Pope County’s Consenting To Refugee Resettlement
1524B 02/02/20 Refugee Resettlement Agencies  Still Requiring Counties and Municipalities To Consent to Such Resettlements
1533 02/03/20 Cuba’s Low Birth Rate, Increasing Emigration and Declining Population
1534 02/09/20 U.S. State Department’s Recent Actions on U.S. Policies Regarding Cuba
1535 02/12/20 U.S. Litigation Over Cuba’s Medical Mission Program
1536 02/13/20 Cuba Response to U.S. Campaign Against Cuba’s Medical Mission
1537 02/14/20 U.S. Needs More Democratization
1538 02/15/20 Responses to Ezra Klein’s Democratization Thesis
1539 02/16/20 U.S. Needs Immigration To Keep Growing and Maintain Prosperity
1540 02/17/20 Are Developed Countries Decadent?
1541 02/ 18/20 Prescriptions for a Better American Politics
1542 02/19/20 Update on U.S. Commission on Unalienable Rights
1543 02/21/20 U.S. Commission on Unalienable Rights Responds to Criticisms
1544 02/21/10 U.S. Commission on Unalienable Rights’ Meeting, November 1, 2019
1545 02/22/20 Reactions to November 1, 2019, Meeting of U.S. Commission on Unalienable Rights
1546 02/22/20 Trump Official Says U.S. Needs More Immigrants
1547 02/23/20 Professor Orlando Patterson’s Discussion of Affirmative Action
1548 02/26/20 President Lyndon Johnson’s Commencement Address at Howard University
1549 02/27/20 Secretary Pompeo Demands Release of Cuban Dissident
1550 02/28/20 José Daniel Ferrer Tried for Common Crime in Cuba
1551 02/29/20 Open Letter to U.S. Senate from 70 Former Senators
                                     MARCH 2020
1552 03/05/20 Pope Francis Approves Beatification of Padre Rutiliio Grande
1553 03/06/20 Bernie Sanders’ Early 2014 Cuban Prison Meeting with U.S. Prisoner
1546A 03/07/20 Washington Post Thanks Mulvaney for Saying U.S. Needs More Immigrants
1554 03/08/20 Spanish Court’s Upcoming Trial Over 1989 Murders of Salvadoran Jesuit Priests
1553A 03/10/20 Bernie Sanders Denies 2014 Comment to Alan Gross
1555 03/12/20 Two Other Minnesota Cities Celebrate Diversity
1556 03/14/20 U.S. State Department Reiterates Criticism of Cuba’s Human Rights
1557 03/16/20 Request for U.S. Documents in Salvador Trial Over 1981 El Mozote Masacre
1558 03/16/20 U.S. Sanctions 13 Former Salvadoran Military Officers for 1989 Murder of Jesuit Priests
1559 03/16/20 Cuba Presses Charges Against Dissident Artist
1560 03/17/20 U.S. Positive Comments About Cuban Human Rights
1559A 03/18/20 Protests Against Cuba’s Charges Against Alcántara
1561 03/19/20 Cuba and U.S. Debate Cuba’s Treatment of José Daniel Ferrer
1562 03/20/20 Criticism of Cuba’s Persecution of Human Rights Activists and Journalists
1563 03/23/20 Pandemic Journal (# 1): Kristof and Osterholm Analyses
1564 03/24/20 Pandemic Journal (# 2):: Westminster Presbyterian Church Service (03/22/20)
1565 03/24/20 Remembering Archbishop Oscar Romero (Now Saint Romero)
1566 03/25/20 Another Reflection on the 40th Anniversary of Oscar Romero’s Assassination
1567 03/27/20 Pandemic Journal (# 3): 1918 flu
1561A 03/27/20 Ferrer Visited in Prison by Family
1568 03/28/20 Pandemic Journal (# 4): “Life” Poem
1567A 03/28/20 Naming of 1918-20 Pandemic
1569 03/29/20 Pandemic Journal (# 5): POLST(Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment)
1570 03/30/20 Cuba and U.S. Council of Churches Call for End of U.S. Embargo
                                    APRIL 2020
1571 04/01/20 Pandemic Journal (# 6): Maintaining Physical Fitness
1572 04/02/20 Pandemic Journal (# 7): Latest Statistics
1573 04/04/20 Ferrer Sentenced to Prison and Then Released to House Arrest
1574 04/08/20 Pandemic Journal (# 8): Reconnecting with Family and Friends
1575 04/09/20 Pandemic Journal (# 9):Confessions of a Sports Fan
1576 04/10/20 Pandemic Journal (# 10): Wisconsin Primary Election
1575A 04/12/20 Responding to Sports’ Pendemic-Related Reduced Revenues
1576A 04/12/20 More Criticism of Republican Strategy of Limiting Voting
1576B 04/13/20 More Comments on Wisconsin Election
1576C 04/14/20 Surprising Results in Wisconsin Election
1577 04/14/20 Pandemic Journal (# 11): Pandemic Proves Trump’s Incompetence
1576D 04/15/20 George F. Will’s Opinion on Voting By Mail (VBM)
1576E 04/15/20 Emerging Battles Over Changing State Election Laws
1578 04/16/20 Prominent Republicans Unite to Defeat Donald Trump’s Re-Election
1579 04/17/20 Yet More Outrageous Actions by President Trump
1576F 04/20/20 New York Times Editorial on Wisconsin Election
1567B 04/22/20 Other Thoughts on the 1918 Flu
1582 04/23/20 Pandemic Journal ( # 12): Threats to Humanity’s Survival
1583 04/27/20 Pandemic Journal ( # 13) World Economic Recession
1584 04/27/20 Pandemic Journal (# 14): Reading and Writing
1585 04/28/20 Reactions to Louise Erdrich’s Novel “The Night Watchman”
1586 04/29/20 Pandemic Journal(# 15): Declining U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
1586A 04/30/20 Declining U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
1587 04/30/20 Pandemic Journal (# 16): Immense Increase in Global Poverty
                                  MAY 2020
1588 05/01/20 The Principles Underlying the U.S. Form of Government
1576G 05/03/20 Thousands of Wisconsin Absentee Ballots Counted After Election Day
1589 05/05/220 Minnesota Legislature’s Daily Prayer
1590 05/07/20 Pandemic Journal (# 17): More Demonstrations of Trump’s Incompetence
1591 05/09/20 Pandemic Journal (# 18): Colorado’s Successful Voting by Mail
1592 05/15/20 Pandemic Journal (# 19): Class Conflicts in Responses to Pandemic
1593 05/16/20 Pandemic Journal (# 20): Oprah Winfrey’s Challenge to the Pandemic Classes of 2020
1594 05/16/20 Pandemic Journal (# 21): Concurring Opinion on Class Conflicts Over Pandemic
1594A 05/16/20 Comment: Endorsement of Pandemic Pragmatists
1595 05/17/20 Pandemic Journal (# 22): Other Reflections on the Flu Pandemic of 1918-1920
1596 05/19/20 More Objectionable U.S. Statemen1s About Cuba
1597 05/19/ 20 A Conservative’s Critique of Trump
1598 05/20/20 Pandemic Journal (# 23):  Different Opinion on Class Conflict Over Pandemic
1599 05/22/20 U.S. Senate Committee Demands Cuba Release José Daniel Ferrer
1600 05/23/20 U.S. Insulting Proclamation of May 20th as Cuba’s Independence Day
1601 05/25/20 Pandemic Journal (# 24): What We Are Learning in the Pandemic
1602 05/26/20 Pandemic Journal (# 25): Pandemic Showing Weaknesses of Free Market Capitalism
1603 05/28/20 More Republican Opposition to Trump
                                 JUNE 2020
1604 06/05/20 What Happened to George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020
1605 06/06/20 Ban on Police Choke Holds and Neck Restraints in Agreement between City of Minneapolis and Minnesota Department of Human Rights
1606 06/08/20 Minneapolis Religious Leaders Condemn Killing of George Floyd
1607 06/09/20 Court Approves Agreement on Police Conduct Between City of Minneapolis and Minnesota Department of Human Rights
1608 06/10/20 Initial Hearings in Criminal Cases for Killing George Floyd
1609 06/12/20 The Criminal Complaint Against Derek Chauvin Over the Death of George Floyd
1610 06/13/20 Judge Peter Cahill Appointed To Handle Criminal Cases Over Death of George Floyd
1611 06/14/20 The Criminal Complaints Against the Other Three Policemen Involved in  George Floyd’s Death
1612 06/15/20 Five St. Paul Police Officers Fired for Failing To Intervene in Assault by Ex-Cop
1613 06/16/20 May 25th Calls for Help At George Floyd Scene
1614 06/17/20 Minnesota Romance in the Midst of the 1918 Flu
1615 06/18/20 State Department Grants the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom Award to José Daniel Ferrer
1616 06/18/20 Revised Length of Time for Minneapolis Police Restraint of George Floyd
1617 06/19/20 Use of Chokeholds and Neck Restraints by Other Minnesota Police Departments
1618 06/20/20 Training New Minneapolis Poiice Recruits
1619 06/20/20 Another Minneapolis Policemanin George Floyd Cases Makes Bail
1620 06/21/20 Former Minneapolis Mayor Discusses Police Reform Problems
1621 06/22/20 Dispute About Arbitration for Terminated Cops
1622 06/23/20 Minnesota Legislature’s Special Session Fails To Pass Police Reform Measures
1623 06/24/20 Minneapolis Police Chief and Union President Agree: Chauvin Rightfully Fired for Killing George Floyd
1624 06/27/20 Congress Fails To Pass Federal Police Reform Bills
1625 06/28/20 Developments in Criminal Cases Over Death of George Floyd
1626 06/30/20 Pretrial Hearing in Criminal Cases Over George Floyd Killing

 

 

                                      July  2020
1627 07/02/20 Pandemic Journal (# 26): Reflections on Pandemic
1628 07/04/20 Rev. Dr. Margaret Aymer: “Take the Next Best Step”
1629 07/05/20 Will Upcoming U.S. Presidential Election Be Legitimate?
1630 07/05/30 Third Ex-Cop in George Floyd Cases Posts Bond and Leaves Jail
1631 07/06/20 Electoral College Electors Do Not Have Discretion to Vote Contrary to Their State’s Voters
1629A 07/08/20 Update on Litigation Regarding 2020 Election
1632 07/08/20 Derek Chauvin’s Wife’s Divorce Petition Raises Questions
1629B 07/08/20 Trump’s Rants Against Voting by Mail May Hurt Voters for Trump
1633 07/09/20 Ex-Officer Lane Moves for Dismissal of Criminal Charges for George Floyd Killing
1634 07/09/20 Gag Order in George Floyd Murder Cases
1635 07/10/20 Other Opinions About the U.S. Electoral College
1636 07/11/20 Minneapolis Police Officers Claim PTSD
1637 07/11/20 Election Officals’ Dread About This Year’s U.S. Election
1636A 07/12/20 Comment: Budget Problems for Minneapolis Police Department
1638 07/13/20 Defendants Derek Chauvin and Tou Thau Also Object to Gag Order
1639 07/14/20 Minnesota Attorney General Appoints Special Assistant Attorney Generals for George Floyd Cases
1640 07/14/20 Media Coalition Asks Court To Release BodyCam Footage of George Floyd Killing
1641 07/15/20 Defense Attorneys Accuse Attorney General Ellison of Contempt of Court in George Floyd Cases
1642 07/15/20 Journalist’s Report on Viewing Two Bodycam Footages of George Floyd Killing
1643 07/16/20 Floyd’s Family Sues City of Minneapolis and Four Ex-Officers Involved in George Floyd’s Death
1644 07/17/20 George Floyd Family’s Complaint Against Four Ex- Police Officers Over His Death
1636B 07/18/20 More Minneapolis Police Officers Claim PTSD Disability Relief
1645 07/18/20 George Floyd Family’s Complaint Against City of Minneapolis Over His Death: Count II
1646 07/19/20 George Floyd Family’s Complaint Against City of Minneapolis Over His Death: Count III
1647 07/20/20 Derek Chauvin’s Policing Background
1648 07/21/20 Concept of “Excited Delirium” Is Junk Science
1649 07/21/20 Minnesota Legislature Adopts Significant Police Reform
1649A 07/22/20 Comment: More Reactions to New Minnesota Police Accountability Act
1650 07/22/20 Court Hearing in Criminal Cases Against Four Ex-Policemen in George Floyd Killing
1651 07/22/20 Chauvin and Wife Now Charged with Minnesota Tax Crimes
1652 07/23/20 President Trump Prepares To Rule by Decree
1649B 07/23/20 Comment: Governor Signs Minnesota Police Accountability Act
1653 07/24/20 Gary Hart Concerned About Emergency Powers of President
1654 07/26/20 Pandemic Journal (# 27): More Reflections on Pandemic
1655 07/27/20 U.S. Commission on Unalienable Rights’ Report
1656 07/29/20 Secretary Pompeo’s Reactions to U.S. Commission on Unalienable Rights’ Report
1657 07/30/20 Ex-Officer Thao Moves for Dismissal of Criminal Charges for George Floyd Killing
1658 07/31/20 John Lewis’ Final Message for the American People
1659 07/31/20 Barack Obama’s Eulogy for John Lewis
                               AUGUST 2020
1660 08/03/20 Evaluation of the Report of the U.S. Commission on Unalienable Rights and Its Endorsement by Secretary Pompeo
1661 08/04/20 British Newspaper Releases Bodycam Footage of George Floyd’s Arrest and Killing
1662 08/05/20 U.S. Efforts To Prevent Global Atrocities
1663 08/07/20 Cuba Eliminates List of Permissible Activities for Private Sector
1664 08/07/20 Court Denies Ex-Officer Kueng Motion To Remove County Attorney from George Floyd Criminal Case
1665 08/08/20 Court Orders Public Release of BodyCam Footage of George Floyd Arrest and Killing
1666 08/08/20 Change of Chargē d’Affaires of U.S. Embassy (Cuba)
1667 08/09/20 Ex-Cop Derek Chauvin: An Enigma in Blue?
1668 08/10/20 Senator Cotton Continues Criticism of The 1619 Project
1665A 08/10/12 Comment: BodyCam Videos of George Floyd Arrest and Killing Released
1669 08/11/20 Historian Wilentz’ Response to Senator Tom Cotton on the Issue of Slavery
1663A 08/12/20 Comment: Prosecutors Oppose Ex-Cop Thomas Lane’s Dismissal Motion
1670 08/12/20 Prominent Historians and New York Times Official’s Comments About The 1619 Project
1671 08/13/20 Prosecution Requests One Trial for the Four Former Policemen Charged with Floyd Killing
1672 08/14/20 Judge Cahill’s Memorandum Opinion Explaining His Order for Release of  Bodycam Videos
1673 08/15/20 Defendant Thao Interview About George Floyd by Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
1674 08/16/20 Thao’s Body Worn Camera Has More Damning Evidence
1675 08/21/20 Prosecution Opposes Lane’s Dismissal Motion
1676 08/22/20 Lane’s Reply to Prosecution’s Opposition to Dismissal of Complaint
1677 08/25/20 Defendant Thao’s Dismissal Motion
1678 08/27/20 Prosecution Opposes Defendant Thao’s Dismissal Motion for George Floyd Killing
1679 08/28/20 Defendant Kueng Moves for Dismissal and Change of Venue in George Floyd Case
                                    SEPTEMBER 2020
1680 09/02/20 Agenda for Court’s 9/11/20 Hearing in George Floyd Criminal Cases
1680A 09/07/20 Comment: More Informed Reaction to Agenda
1681 09/07/20 Pandemic Journal (# 28): The 1918 Flu Never Went Away
1682 09/09/20 Chauvin Motion To Dismiss Criminal Complaint
1683 09/10/20 Preview of the 9/11/20 Hearing on George Floyd Criminal Cases
1683A 09/10/20 Comment: Rule 44 Evidence Motions: More Details
1684 09/11/20 More Details on 9/11/20 Hearing in George Floyd Criminal Cases
1685 09/12/20 Results of 9/11/20 Hearing in George Floyd Criminal Cases
1686 09/14/20 Guilty Judgment in 1989 Murder of Jesuit Priests in El Salvador
1687 09/18/20 Status of Civil Litigation Over George Floyd Killing
1688 09/19/20 Developments in George Floyd Criminal Cases
1689 09/20/20 Pandemic Journal (# 29): Current Reflections on Covid-19 Pandemic
1690 09/22/20 The Four George Floyd Criminal Cases Should Remain in Minneapolis
1691 09/27/20 Pandemic Journal (# 30: More Days in the Pandemic
                           OCTOBER 2020
1692 10/02/20 U.S. Reduces Refugee Admissions to 15,000 for Fiscal 2021
1693 10/03/20 Secretary Pompeo Foments Conflicts with the Holy See
1694 10/04/20 Additional Developments in George Floyd Criminal Cases
1651A 10/04/20 Chauvin Appears in Court on Tax Evasion Charges
1695 10/05/20 Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter “Fratelli Tutti” (Brothers All)
1696 10/06/20 Pandemic Journal (# 31): What Will Be the New Normal?
1692A 10/07/20 Criticism of U.S. Reduction of Refugee Admissions
1697 10/07/20 Chauvin Out of Prison on Bail
1698 10/08/20 A Moving Biography of George Floyd
1697A 10/09/20 Comment: More Protests of Chauvin’s Release from Prison
1699 10/09/20 Court Permits Chauvin To Live Out-of-State on Bail
1700 10/11/20 New U.S. Sanctions Against Cuba
1701 10/13/20 Prosecution’s Supplemental Argument for Enhanced Sentences in George Floyd Criminal Cases
1694A 10/13/20 Woman Charged for Damaging Car of Defendant’s Lawyer in George Floyd Criminal Cases
1702 10/14/20 Important Prosecution Filings in George Floyd Criminal Cases
1703 10/15/20  Court Denies Prosecution’s Motion for Temporary Protective Order in George Floyd Criminal Cases
1704 10/16/20 Post-Hearing Developments in George Floyd Criminal Cases
1705 10/17/20 Questioning Originalists and Textualists’ Interpretations of U.S. Constitution
1706 10/21/20 Pandemic Journal (# 32): Another Vision of the Future New Normal
1706A 10/23/20 Other Notions of a New Normal
1707 10/23/20 Court Sustains Most Charges in George Floyd Criminal Cases
1708 10/24/20 Objections to Proposed U.S. Rule Changing Asylum Procedures
1709 10/26/20 Pandemic Journal (# 33): More Thoughts on the New Normal
1709A 10/29/20 Remote Work for Bule-Collar Personnel
1710 10/30/20 Election Message from James H. Lowry
                           NOVEMBER 2020
1711 11/01/20 Pandemic Travel-Trailer Trip: Minneapolis to Los Angeles
1712 11/02/20 The Need To End Minority Rule in U.S.
1713 11/04/20 U.S. Commission on Unalienable Rights Issues Final Report
1714 11/05/20 The Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women’s Health and Stengthening the Family
1715 11/05/20 Court’s Orders Regarding Criminal Trial of Defendants in George Floyd Killing
1716 11/06/20 Pompeo Discusses Unalienable Rights and Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women’s Health and Strengthening the Family
1717 11/10/20 U.S. Needs Federal Election Agency
1715A 11/10/20 Court Corrrects Opinion Granting Joinder of Trial for Defendants
1712A 11/11/20 Colorado Voters Approve National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
1718 11/12/20 President Trump Announces Categories for U.S. Admisssion of Refugees for Fiscal 2021
1713A 11/13/20 More Pompeo Comments on Unalienable Rights
468x 11/14/20 Problematic English Translation of Aeschylus
1719 11/18/20 Parties’ Latest Reactions to Issues for Trial in George Floyd Criminal Cases
1720 11/20/20 State Court Rejects Chauvin Divorce Settlement
1721 11/21/20 Pandemic Journal (# 34): Grim Report Lightened by News of Vaccines
1722 11/25/20 Thanking Refugees and Other Immigrants
1723 11/27/20 Mayflower Compact’s 400th Anniversary
1724 11/28/20 Giving Thanks for  Composers and Musicians
1725 11/29/20 Another Perspective on the Mayflower Compact and the Pilgrims
                            December 2020
1726 12/01/20 Giving Thanks for Jazz Musicians
1727 12/04/20 Additional Reaons fro Lobing Dave Brubeck’s Music
1728 12/12/20 Recent Developments in George Floyd Cases
1729 12/15/20 George Floyd Cases: Media for Livestream; Chauvin Criticizes State’s Disclosures
1730 12/18/20 Court Issues Order on Expert Disclosures in George Floyd Criminal Cases
1731 12/20/20 Strong Recommendation for New U.S. Policy for Engagement with Cuba
1732 12/21/20 Court Affirms Livestreaming of Trials in George Floyd Criminal Cases
1733 12/23/20 Court’s Questionnaire for Prospective Jurors in George Floyd Criminal Cases
1734 12/27/20 Pandemic Journal (# 35): Year-End Activities During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic