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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
“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. ...
THUMBS DOWN A sunny weekend obstructed by smog Friday, May 30 should have been a sunny clear day, but the morning started with a haze of smoke. Instead of blue sky, central Minnesota was covered by gray. This was caused by wildfire smoke in northern Minnesota. The Minnesota Pollution Control ...