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Reach out to representatives over Medicaid cuts

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To the Editor: We have very limited time to make a difference in our country. On behalf of Oak Hills Living Center and the broader community, we ask that you reach out to your congressional representatives by July 3 and inform them how crucial it is to object to the devastating cuts to Medicaid which are in the current budget bill under consideration in the U.S .House of Representatives. Medicaid, called Medical Assistance in Minnesota, serves about 1.3 million Minnesotans. It provides health coverage to low-income families and individuals, and long-term care for seniors and people ...

Worried from afar

Columns

Dear Annie: My sister and I were inseparable growing up. We talked every day, shared everything and supported each other through some tough times, including the death of our dad five years ago. But ever since she started dating her current boyfriend about a year ago, things have changed in a way I never expected. At first, I tried to be supportive. But over time, I started noticing how he talks down to her, how he seems to monitor her phone and how she slowly began pulling away from everyone, including me. She stopped coming to family dinners. She rarely returns calls. The sister who ...

Defund Human Rights Commission

Letters

To the editor: We knew it would eventually happen. President Trump was elected with a mandate to deport illegal aliens (yes, they are illegal aliens, not “undocumented people”). Initially, the low hanging fruit of deporting illegal aliens who had committed heinous crimes, drug traffickers, gang members, and other assorted low lives were deported. Even ridding our country of these criminals was opposed by Democrats and their supporters. The bigger problem is the millions of the average, run of the mill, illegal immigrants. So, of course the New Ulm Human Rights Commission ...

A developing psychopath

Columns

A fair question is, what are psychopaths, and where do they come from? Where can psychopaths be found? Truth be told, you don’t have to look very far. They can be found in every part of our society. They can be found in every career and job site. They can be found in the cream of society all the way down to prisons in jails. Every level of socioeconomic status has psychopaths in them. You cannot identify them simply by looking at them. They look like anyone else. A psychopath does not understand the feelings of other people. They cannot imagine how another person feels. ...

Trump’s reason for not calling Walz ‘disgusting’

Letters

To the editor: There was a recent article on Journal Page 2 under National News. The AP article stated after the assassination of  Hortman, her husband and two others severely injured Trump said, “ I could be nice and call Walz but why waste time?” The full quote which needs to be read by everyone said, “I think the Governor of Minnesota is so whacked out, I’m not calling him. Why would I call him. He is a mess. So I could be nice and call but why waste time?” Not a surprise coming out of his mouth.  What a disgusting nasty piece of humanity. Talk about being “whacked ...

My memories of Taylor’s fireworks

Columns

It has been said that the only constant is change. This is true except if you’re hoping for change from a 20-dollar bill after filling your car’s gas tank. Tremendous changes have taken place on the farm where I launched my dairy farming career 46 years ago. When I first rented that bedraggled little farm, the city of Brookings was a mile and a half away. The city has since, in an amoeba-like fashion, gradually engulfed the entire farm. The day that I lost my lease on the farm, my elderly landlord’s son informed me that the entire half-section would soon be turned into ...