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Disgraceful leadership of Minnesota

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To the editor: The leadership of this state is worst than pathetic. They took an $18 billion dollar surplus and blew it on ridiculous: nonsensical projects to maybe benefit a few while draining vital assets from true worthwhile needs, especially for our vets, past and present. Our vets served our country honorably to protect all our freedoms but now live on the streets to survive. What a disgrace to Minnesota and the nation. With tariffs to take more of our money, raising costs of everything, to include insurance premiums, Minnesota will now tax away what few dollars we citizens have ...

Trump doing the best he can for all of us

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To the editor: As we sit back and observe the huge number of naysayers about President Trump, it leads to the question, What do you know about being President and what it takes to have the knowledge to lead this wonderful country? When we look back at the decisions that have to be made and those have been made, President Trump has not been afraid to answer the citizens of our nation. Whether you agree with him or not, we can be assured that he is doing the best he can for the future of all of us.  The past administration has dug us into a deep pit, which President Trump is trying to ...

Apology for missing town hall meeting

Letters

To the editor: I’d like to apologize to residents for not being able to attend our recent town meetings with Sen. (Gary) Dahms. As chair of the Minnesota House Ways and Means Committee, I have been in daily meetings with legislative leaders as we try to find compromise on numerous budget proposals in order to finish our legislative work for 2025. Because of this, I was unable to leave St. Paul in order to make the town meetings. Thank you to Sen. Dahms for holding the events. While I’m pleased residents were able to have their questions answered by Senator Dahms, I also want ...

Coping with problems and life

Columns

Life has its ups and downs, good and bad, right and wrong. How would you know good days if it wasn’t for the bad ones? How would you learn what not to do if you didn’t make mistakes? Since that is the way life seems to be, how do we handle the bad times? Those bad times cause stress. Stress is triggered when something occurs that demands that you do something about it. The things that trigger stress are called stressors. To survive, we have to learn to cope with those stressors, deal with them effectively, and overcome them. There are any number of stressors with which ...

Toughening in

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“I just need to toughen in!” So said Old Frank, my new landlord at the time. I was twenty-one in the winter when I rented a small dairy farm, sight unseen, from Old Frank. Old Frank was several years past his eightieth birthday when he and I first crossed paths in a waiting room. Frank was garrulous and gregarious and soon shared with me that he had a problem: the tenant of a dairy that he owned was exiting the farming business. “I’m too old to farm anymore,” Frank lamented. “I don’t know what I’m going to do with that place!” I had been striving desperately ...

AI won’t bow to evolution lies

Letters

Dear Editor: Artificial Intelligence is going to lead people to the Creator. Unlike scholars who deny God, Artificial Intelligence doesn’t carry an agenda, it simply deciphers reason. The only logical explanation for all of creation is an Intelligent Designer. Foolish arrogance is going to butt up against Artificial Intelligence, because AI won’t bow to the lie of evolution. It will look at all the data and state the only logical conclusion: there is a Master Designer. It is going to be fun to watch. Gigi Rysdahl New Ulm