By Jean Schmidt, Garden City
May 16, 2008 11:41 pm
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The editorial from the Mesabi Daily News of Virginia, published May 2 in The Free Press, had an excellent closing paragraph: “Democratic activists, unions and state lawmakers would be wise to give Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer much more healthy consideration before they fully commit the nomination to Franken.”
In a few short weeks, the Democratic delegates will choose a candidate and I hope they do endorse Nelson-Pallmeyer. He would be a great U.S senator from Minnesota,
if given the opportunity. I was very impressed the first time I heard him speak on hunger issues at Gustavus Adolphus College. He has a depth of knowledge one can only admire. The students at St. Thomas College are lucky to have him as a professor of peace and justice studies.
Nelson-Pallmeyer is the author of numerous books: “Hunger for Justice: The Politics of Food and Faith,” “School of Assassins,” “The Politics of Compassion,” “Is Religion Killing Us?: Violence in The Bible and the Koran” and “Saving Christianity from Empire.”
He lived in Managua, Nicaragua, and worked on a project of the Center for Global Service and Education. That gave him background in foreign policy issues.
Nelson-Pallmeyer understands that the Iraq War is the problem. Twelve billion dollars per month on the war hurts the Iraqi people and it also hurts our health care, environment and education at home.
Nelson-Pallmeyer has the qualities Minnesota citizens would admire in a politician: wisdom, honesty, and compassion, not just for individuals, but for humanity as a whole.
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