This past Memorial Weekend was unlike any we have experienced in the past. This year my wife and I spent two hours on Sunday in our vehicle wa…
That is the life of a caregiver. You are always fine because the focus is always on the person that you care for. You are “just fine” because …
A month ago, Congress gave the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) increased authority to reduce the federal priso…
The 2020 Legislative Session will undoubtedly be remembered more for COVID-19 then for anything else.
To the editor:
Like most Americans, I have always considered the United States an exceptional country.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month – and it couldn’t have more inspired meaning than it does right now. Staying healthy during COVID-19 appl…
Joseph’s first-born, James, looked at Mary, then at Joseph, and asked, “Who told you to name him Jesus?”
While caregivers are defined as the people taking care of those needing help, they sometimes overlook the fact that caregiving responsibilitie…
Minnesota House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler introduced legislation earlier this month to little fanfare that would legalize adult-use marijua…
The 2020 legislative session officially ended on Sunday at midnight. This year’s session was largely dominated by the state’s response to the …
To the editor:
We’ve all been touched in one way or another by the COVID-19 virus.
Too soon? Too late?
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From 1941 to 1946, about 1,000 young black men based in Tuskegee, Ala., could not vote or live in certain neighborhoods. They had to use separ…
It’s been said that a nation that forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten. We tell the world who we are as a country by how we honor ou…
The effects of COVID-19 on the local, state and national economies and the newspaper industry is accelerating our plans to concentrate more of…
“A man who does not read has no advantage over one who cannot read.” — (Attributed, in various forms, to Mark Twain, but without significant p…
I don’t know about you, but I’ve had a very unexpected couple of months!
I swam with snapping turtles.
Friends of mine were in Greece years ago, trying to get into a church in a small village but it was locked. A sign on the entrance told them t…
Although largely unnoticed by mainstream media, something significant has happened with the rise of COVID-19: the marginalization of older Ame…
We have endured (and grown to loathe) the mandated social distancing required to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus. But during these scary…
As we near the end of our spring of discontent, teachers, students, and parents can’t help but to look ahead to what education might look like…
The Minnesota economy is showing severe strain from fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Should you be expecting a dissertation today on the pandemic of the world you are on the wrong page or in the wrong newspaper. You can get you…
The economic crisis caused by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has not only affected countless businesses but the U.S. Postal Service as well.
Even a pandemic might not be able to overcome politics, especially politics involving money.
