To the editor: I have had five different cancers in the last 5 years. Why are people going into space? Shouldn’t they be trying to cure cancer with that money. Or homelessness, or so many other things. It just makes me sick. Fritz Livingston Franklin
To the editor: In one of the most remarkable moments of this session, Rep. Schwartz secured unanimous passage of her bill, House File 2169, on a 134-0 vote. In a closely divided House, that kind of bipartisan support is almost unheard of-especially for a freshman legislator. But the reason is quite simple: the bill does exactly what good policy should do, it protects people. House File 2169 closes a dangerous loophole in Minnesota law by ensuring that individuals who commit unintentional murder while under a protective order are held fully accountable, no matter where that order was ...
Today I think positively of what will be. Some say the system is wrong. Some blame the government for their ills. One word comes to mind: responsibility. Responsibility, in itself has little to do with systems or governments. You guessed it. It has to do with the person. People make choices. Whatever our choices one thing is certain: we must live with our choices. Out of all this comes experience. Out of that comes knowledge. Knowing something out there is greater than you is the first step to wisdom. What will be is greater than what is. In the end its not what you know, but who you ...
Most educators and coaches have spent parts of their career convincing teenagers that truth and honesty are attributes to a life well lived. Unfortunately, we are in need of a new instruction manual on how to do this as our youth have seen and heard just the opposite for many many years. Adults, we cannot say "it's just the way it is". We have a responsibility to teach the values that hold societies in harmony. Denny Lux New Ulm
To the editor: U.S. Rep (Brad) Finstad’s newsletter again demonstrated an appalling use of rhetoric and misinformation. Blaming Senate Democrats for “recklessness”, “game playing” and “chaos” is a prime example of misinformation and “political games”. No one asked to shut down DHS. No one asked to shut down ICE. They ask for professional and Constitutional behavior from all federal employees — a minimum ask for the use of our tax dollars. Responsibility and leadership come with a high expectation of honesty. The minuscule percentage of the “worst of the ...
For the better part of three weeks, our President’s foray into Iran has been scrutinized by people around the world. Allow me to pile on. The President, who usually doesn’t choose his words carefully as he does his worst caricature of Archie Bunker’s malapropisms, has labeled the U.S. military’s attack on Iran as an “excursion.” I thought he was just attempting to minimize the potential for disaster with his need to exercise his fetish to bully. But, in fact, the unprovoked attack with the enormously, ever-increasing price tag has been anything but a stroll through a park ...