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Be aware colorectal cancer preventable and treatable

Columns

March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, the time of year when you’ll see lots of reminders about colon health and the importance of getting screened for this type of cancer – screenings that can prevent the second leading cause of cancer deaths. In fact, new data now reveals colon cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in men and women under 50 years of age. Colorectal cancer is common with more than 150,000 new cases found each year. Colonoscopy is the gold standard for colorectal cancer screening because physicians can not only identify cancer in its early ...

Can Trump be trusted with nukes?

Letters

To the editor: Donald Trump has been politicking for a Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel people have not cooperated. If we check events in and around Iran, Venezuela, Cub and Greenland during the last two months, we can understand their reluctance. Contrast these events with the last presidential election. On Nov. 2, 2024, just before the election, Donald Trump said, “If Kamala wins, only death and destruction await because she is the candidate of endless wars. I am the candidate of peace. I am peace.” Four days later Donald Trump added, “I’m not going to start a war. I’m ...

Choosing my next chapter

Columns

Dear Annie: My children are trying to move me into assisted living, and I feel like I’m being slowly erased. I am in my early 80s, and I still live in the home where I raised my kids. It is not fancy, but it is mine. I know every creaky stair. I know which window sticks in the winter. I have neighbors who check in on me, a routine that keeps me grounded and a life that feels familiar and dignified. Here is the part that makes me feel misunderstood. Last Sunday, I hosted what I have hosted for years, coffee and banana bread after church. Nothing glamorous. Just a few neighbors at my ...

What is due process?

Columns

Simply stated, due process is a fundamental right guaranteed by the United States Constitution. The American concept of due process comes from English Common Law, which is rooted in the Magna Carta of 1215. That foundational document states that individuals cannot be punished or have their property taken without due legal process. This long-standing tradition was incorporated in the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution and applied to states in the Fourteenth Amendment. Both citizens and non-citizens have the right to due process which includes a chance to defend their rights and to ...

Dairy questions answered

Columns

A reader recently emailed me, saying that they were distressed about how modern dairies operate. I replied with some insights gleaned from my six decades’ worth of dairy experience. The majority of America’s dairy cows live in confinement facilities. The cows remain indoors from time they give birth to their first calf. Many dairies milk their cows three times per day. When I dairy farmed I could only milk twice a day. My higher producing cows would often be leaving white puddles on the ground by the time they were milked. A stressed cow produces less milk. As such, confinement ...

Letter writer was speaking from the heart

Letters

To the editor: I am writing in appreciation for Sarah Schnieder’s column that was in The Journal’s Feb. 25 edition. It was beautifully written. Sarah was speaking from the heart. The story connecting the church of her youth and her chosen church of now touched me and several of my friends. It was a reminder that man makes laws and political structures, but ultimately Jesus our Savior is who we follow. We pray the laws and structures that men create reflect kindness, decency, and justice. Clearly that is not the case with the paramilitary operations being conducted in our ...