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Have some respect Mr. President — it’s not always about you.

Letters

To the editor: On June 14, the United States will celebrate Flag Day, and hold a celebration and parade in Washington D.C. to recognize the 250th anniversary of the US Army. This parade will be massive with thousands of soldiers and military equipment in the procession. The Army’s celebration at the National Mall was planned, however, a parade was not part of their initial plans. The parade idea was pushed by the White House, because June 14 is also President Trumps 79th birthday. Defense estimates place the cost of the parade and displays at $45 million. I am a U.S. Army ...

Show them we are not happy

Letters

To the editor: It’s a good thing to look at waste and fraud when cutting the deficit, but it must be done with proof and precision. So, were the subsidies to oil companies eliminated? Were the bloated military contracts examined? Elon Musk alone has received $38 billion. No, the programs, departments, agencies, grants, etc. which safeguarded and benefited the vast majority of Americans were targeted — education, environment, food for our most vulnerable, weather forecasting, consumer protections, vital research, national parks, veterans, Job Corps, Americorp, health care and the ...

The relapse problem

Columns

Anyone who works in a helping profession will deal with success that often is followed by the person being helped sliding back into his or her old ways. The setback then needs to be addressed and dealt with. Their self-defeating behaviors have to stop if success is to be maintained When a person initially stops the problem behavior for a brief period of time we say that the person is in remission. Remission is an initial period during which there is no recurrence of the problem behavior. Relapse, however, is any return or recurrence of the problem behavior. A slip is different. A ...

Dairy Month delights

Columns

Legend has it that an urban congressman decided to visit a dairy farm. “How often do you milk your cows?” asked the congressman. “Twice a day,” replied the dairyman. “So, ten times a week,” said the congressman. “No, twice a day.” “That’s what I said. There are five days in a week, so that’s ten times a week.” “No, twice a day,” insisted the dairyman. The discussion continued in this vein for some minutes. Shaking his head, the dairyman finally turned to his wife and quipped, “Good news, Helen. It sounds like the ...

Mourning and grief

Columns

There was a time when you came into existence, and there is a time when you will exist no more. Like the saying goes, no one gets out of this life alive. Unfortunately, that includes the people we like and love. Encounters with death are inescapable. The longer we live, the fewer people with whom we have been close. Some people would call that the cycle of life. When a person with whom we have been close dies, we enter a state of grief, mourning, and bereavement. To really understand what grief is about, you have to remember how intimately interwoven your life is with the people ...

Sparks will fly with NUFS’ screening of ‘The Natural’

Columns

NEW ULM – The New Ulm Film Society continues to round the bases of its Baseball film series with a screening of “The Natural.” The screening begins at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 10, at the New Ulm Public Library. “The Natural” was released in 1984 and is based on a novel by Bernard Malamud. Both the film and the book tell the story of baseball talent Roy Hobbs and a decade expanding career. At a young age, Hobbs showed natural talent but an unexpected injury sidelined his career. Later in life, he returns to baseball, still showing a natural talent however the dark side of ...