opinion

Widely suspected of believing in nothing, Mitt Romney’s choice of a True Believer as his running mate plays well as public theater. As a TV performer, Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan...

In the eyes of the Obama administration, most Democratic lawmakers and left-leaning editorial pages across the country, voter fraud is a problem that doesn’t exist. Allegations of fraud, they say,...

I found the letter from Marjorie Anderson (Aug. 8) to be appalling. Everyone has a right to his or her opinion but no one (not even you, Marjorie) has the...

Former constitutional lawyer Glenn Greenwald has become a leading illuminator of how George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Barack Obama have made “Extremism normalized” (Salon.com, July 31) in their ravages...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — It seems symbolic that Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan drove the famous Oscar Meyer Weinermobile when he was a teen. Unlike people who gleefully show their...

Hats off to Troy Hendricks and the hiring committee for selecting Dan Ninham to lead our Bemidji High School boys basketball program. Thank you, Dan, for giving us a second...

Boy, our friends in Europe sure know how to vacation. If they get sick while taking their employer-paid vacation, their employer now has to pay them to take another. According...

My second DUI is newsworthy? In the words of my wonderful, intelligent sister, when I told her of the Pioneer story, “This is not something that should be shameful. A...

Get ready, America. Here comes “the next latest and greatest thing in aviation.” Wow, what could it be? Maybe the airlines are going to drop all of their ridiculous rip-off...

Not taking district technology comments personally I am writing this letter with a feeling of much disappointment and betrayal after reading the following published in an article June 29, 2012...

This November, Minnesota residents will be asked to decide whether voters should be required to present valid, government-issued photographic proof of identity prior to casting a ballot.

Kids need jobs: An issue parents should consider Kids in Morris need summer jobs. When kids get to a certain age, their parents stop buying things for them so they...

Field trials of interest to our community I called your office and talked to Kim Ukura eight days ago to suggest that the paper may want to cover the West...

Minnesotans wondering how this summer's heat and spreading drought may affect them might peek in at Lucy and Cliff Larson Jr. and their ventures that cover nearly every cog in...