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

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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 ...

Musk is no patriot or hero

Letters

To the editor: I’ve been thinking of the definition of a patriot and/or a hero. According to Webster a patriot is a person who loves their country and supports it. My addition even if means some loss for them. Hero: Person admired for their courage, outstanding qualities and achievements. Elon Musk has made billions off government contracts. Tried to cancel the Verizon so he could get a contract for his Starlink. He did not get paid per sa for DOGE but believe me he earned off that role. He did so much damage in such a short time which will take years to resolve. My heroes: Rosa ...

Thumbs up/down

Editorials

THUMBS UP Greyhounds to return to state tournament The New Ulm Cathedral Greyhounds will return to the Class A State Baseball Tournament after defeating the Springfield Tigers on Friday. It was The Tigers who won the state championship last year. This puts the Greyhounds in excellent standing going into the tournament. This will also be the third time the Greyhounds have reached the State Tournament in four years. The Journal tips its baseball cap to the Greyhounds. THUMBS UP New Ulm gets creative with housing A lack of available housing has been one of the top issues facing New ...

Do your research please

Letters

To the editor: While I realize that writing a letter to the editor is a way to express one’s opinions on current events, I would just like to ask that everyone does a little research before writing one. In the recent letter dated June 4 “Trump doing the best he can for all of us” the author referred to the cancellation of the Keystone Pipeline “eliminating 11,000 six figure jobs.” This information is totally false and took me all of 2 minutes on Google to find multiple sources that labeled this as false. This is just one example of many I have seen in the opinion pieces in ...

You call this a concept of a plan?

Letters

To the editor: You’ve heard it said many times in your life that actions speak louder than words. That was a sentiment stated recently in a letter to the editor in this publication. Well, let me tell you, my fellow Americans, that Iowa’s Senator Jody Ernst really stepped into a pile of her own making and did her best to disprove that age-old axiom. At a recent town hall Senator Ernst in a symbolic pair of red slacks tries to justify proposed cuts to Medicaid with this revelation: “We’re all going to die.” Thank you, Captain Obvious. (I’m glad she was prepared for the ...

Too little too late

Letters

To the editor: A new book by CNN’s Jake Tapper reveals, too little too late, that former President Joe Biden was kept away not only from the public eye, but also from White House staff as his mental acuities were diminishing rapidly in the final days, weeks, months of his Presidency. Outside of his poor debate performance, I never saw anything that would have alarmed me, and thanks to his having a resourceful and competent staff we never seemed to be in any imminent danger as a nation. Of course, the current President was always on his projection soap box in his attack of “Sleepy ...