To the editor: I am writing to say that I am very disappointed by the conduct of some of the attendees at the recent Gary Dahms legislative town hall meeting in New Ulm. Some of the attendees treated a duly elected state senator with a lack of respect and courtesy. Perhaps some of them should ...

To the editor: I have read with great interest (and a lot of amusement) “Public Forum” from Mr. Keith R. Klawitter for some time. I have had many requests to write a letter in response to Mr. Klawitter’s rants about President Trump. So far, I have refrained from comment on his ...

To the editor: The president has asked us to be patient through “a little rough patch of economic adjustment.” I’m wondering what that “little rough patch” means to him and his billionaire friends. Let’s imagine that it means everyone loses something equally, say 10%. When a ...

To the editor: Let’s examine the Republicans Budget Proposal championed by Donald Trump. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the results will result in at least 13.7 million more uninsured people in the year 2034 than would otherwise be the case including 1.8 million more ...

To the editor: I have been looking again at “COVID-19 and trust in our community,” an editorial/letter in the Journal in 2021 that was signed by 43 area doctors, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. These signers invited our trust, but made claims that, from what I’ve seen, ...

To the editor: Very often families face the difficult decision of what to do about mom or dad or both of them when they’re no longer able to take care of their day-to-day affairs or themselves. All too often we hear stories of vulnerable seniors who are being stung by a scam to rob them of ...