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I need an official’s timeout

To the editor: This submission is something that’s been percolating with me for a long time. I wish I’d started a journal to chronicle my experiences as a referee, primarily officiating basketball, but baseball and football stories exist. Living with a 350-word constraint in my letter writing, I’ll have to report my anecdote carefully. I could write a book. I still might. After 17 mostly uneventful contests to start this season, I had been lulled into a self-satisfied state and was happy about how my games had gone. At halftime of a 7-3 game recently, I was targeted by a ...

End tragic loss of life due to guns

To the editor: We were  very pleased to see the recent letter to the editor in The Journal that was sent in by Colleen Hokenson and  Vicki Pieser on behalf of Marlys Zetah dealing with shootings. We agree that some solutions need to be carried out to  prevent the terrible carnage like what happened at the end of summer at the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis. But it also seems like shootings have become an almost daily event in the U.S. Many other countries with stricter gun laws  have far fewer shootings. What can be done here in the US? We will never do away with guns but ...

Look at the good Trump has accomplished

To the editor: The letter to the editor in the Dec. 17th Journal points out some of the faults in President Trump’s remarks. Words mean everything and once spoken, they remain. We also need to look at the good he has done for our country, not just his remarks. Ourselves, we are graduates of the University of Hard Knocks, learning to take people for what and who they are, and respecting their point of view. We do not like the personal remarks that come from Trump’s mouth, however, We voted for the Trump Administration, not for who he is, but for some of the following reasons: ...

How’s your conscience?

To the editor: We’re in the middle of the war on illegal opioids. Hundreds of tons of opioids have been confiscated or blown up along with narco terrorists thanks to Coast Guard and especially the Navy. The amount of fentanyl exposer needed to kill someone is so small. So, think before you grab that doorknob, shopping cart, or getting in a car. A thirteen-year-old from Moorhead was caught with over 1,000 pills laced with fentanyl. Anyone outraged by this? President Trump’s choice of words have offended folks but I’m here to remind you a few things. President Biden used ...

Marlys Zetah sends out call to action

A person facing a terminal diagnosis could feel powerless. Marlys Zetah, a much-loved member of our community, has, from her death bed, sent out a powerful call to action. She is speaking out to protect children from the violence of misused guns and assault weapons. Marlys, a retired nurse, mother of four, grandmother of nine, eager participant in church and community, and much-admired friend felt compelled to use her remaining days and hours to work for a just and safe governmental policy on guns. In November of 2024, Marlys learned that her cancer had returned and been ...

The ‘worst of the worst’?

The one thing for which the current occupant of what’s left of the White House still has decent polling numbers is his securing of our southern border. Congratulations, sir. You actually followed through with a campaign promise. Unfortunately, his White Supremacist lust for power has evolved into the actions of the ICE goons going after the “worst of the worst.” Fortunately, public outcry and opinion has swung in the other direction while DHS director Kristi Noem has gone off the rails and appears to revel in her henchmen’s gang-tackling of people who look as if they’re here ...