To the editor: I have read with great interest (and a lot of amusement) “Public Forum” from Mr. Keith R. Klawitter for some time. I have had many requests to write a letter in response to Mr. Klawitter’s rants about President Trump. So far, I have refrained from comment on his ...
To the editor: The president has asked us to be patient through “a little rough patch of economic adjustment.” I’m wondering what that “little rough patch” means to him and his billionaire friends. Let’s imagine that it means everyone loses something equally, say 10%. When a ...
To the editor: Let’s examine the Republicans Budget Proposal championed by Donald Trump. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the results will result in at least 13.7 million more uninsured people in the year 2034 than would otherwise be the case including 1.8 million more ...
Farmers often have to defend their crops from pests. While these pests can range from microbes to insects to avians, imagine trying to prevent crop losses when the nuisance in question can tip the scales at 15,000 pounds, might be more than ten feet tall and is highly intelligent. This is a ...
THUMBS UP Plenty of Memorial Day observations It is Memorial Day Weekend, a time to remember those we have lost over the years. Many area communities, including Sleepy, Nicollet, Lafayette, Gibbon, Winthrop, Springfield, and New Ulm, are holding special Memorial Day programs on Monday. The ...
To the editor: I have been looking again at “COVID-19 and trust in our community,” an editorial/letter in the Journal in 2021 that was signed by 43 area doctors, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. These signers invited our trust, but made claims that, from what I’ve seen, ...