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Opinion

Disgraceful leadership of Minnesota

Letters

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 ...

Check out programming on scam artists

Letters

To the editor: I’d encourage everyone who is concerned about fraud and scam artists and even all others who should be wary. Tune in to the NUCAT Channel (New Ulm Community Access TV station) to find when the televised program on fraud and scammers was given with lots of useful preventative ...

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. ...

Trump doing the best he can for all of us

Letters

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...