opinion

By Bill Ingebrigtsen I ran for the Minnesota Senate on the message of making government run better, controlling spending and improving our business climate through regulatory reform. While we did...

By Donald Kaul Republicans have hatched a health care plan that will bring down costs dramatically. It's called "Die Young." It mainly targets the poor. Democrats have a plan, too...

By Zack Robbins The vehement outcries of conservatives against tax increases are hard to ignore. Their low tax ideology claims that low taxes are essential for economical growth and that...

Be ashamed of planter theft To the person or persons who stole our flowers/planters from our son's grave on the anniversary of his death, I ask how in the world...

Please replace planter This past Memorial Day weekend, our family members respectfully placed, at the Hancock Cemetery, a potted plant on our dad's gravesite. When family members arrived Saturday, they...

By Michael Lackey The National Center for Education Statistics has recently given Minnesotans very serious reasons for concern about the education of our children. With regard to elementary school class...

Let's continue to help Van Horns First of all, thank you to all who donated silent auction items for the Van Horn benefit. Families that made bars, those who helped...

Please wear a poppy "Please wear a Poppy," the Lady said. Then I stopped and watched as she offered them there, And her face was old and lined with care;...

Budget needs attention Has anyone noticed how there's still $1.2 billion missing from the Republican's Minnesota budget proposal? It's less than 20 days until the Legislative session is supposed to...

Ethanol the fuel of today This week, all five major oil companies in the United States are expected to announce billions in first quarter profits. These profits are pouring in...

By Mike Honda and Karen Narasaki Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's signature authorized SB 1070 a year ago, imposing a set of harsh immigration enforcement laws that purportedly sought to reduce...

You may not realize how much small towns and rural areas depend on the mail until someone puts it like this: "Folks who die after midnight on a Friday could...

Monetary system in disarray On Wednesday. April 13, at 6 p.m., at the Morris Public Library, I will be presenting mathematical and empirical evidence that a dynamic force exists within...

By Donald Kaul There are those--I won't name them, they know who they are--who have taken to calling the slate of Republican presidential hopefuls "Sarah Palin and the Seven Dwarfs."...