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If not now, when?
January 15, 2013 President Barack Obama held the final press conference of his first term Monday, issuing a demand that Congress raise the federal debt ceiling, raise it quickly, and do it without demanding spending... more »»
Thanks for doing the right thing
January 15, 2013 To the editor: I felt compelled to write about something that happened here last Friday. My husband and I were getting ready to go out to dinne. more »»
Changes ahead in 2013 for District 88
January 15, 2013 Change will be the operative word for the school district in 2013. The first change is a turnover of school board membership. more »»
Difficult task for GOP in session
January 14, 2013 The Republicans in the Minnesota Legislature have a difficult task this yea. more »»
Sister Cities: A link of friendship
January 13, 2013 This year the Hans Joohs Sister Cities Cultural Exchange program is celebrating its 25th yea. more »»
Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down
January 12, 2013 Hall of Fame vote THUMBS DOWN: The Major League Baseball Hall of Fame voters struck out looking this week. more »»
Metro vs. rural
January 11, 2013 Rep. Paul Torkelson (R-Hanska) had some observations worth worrying about when he was sworn in on Tuesday. more »»
Flu is serious
January 10, 2013 People tend to think of common diseases in non-threatening terms. “I caught a bug... just a touch of the flu — I’ll be all right.” The influenza season should be taken seriously, however. more »»
How did life begin?
January 10, 2013 To the editor: One of the anonymous commenter’s (2:44 P.M. more »»
CIA’s deception undermined vaccinations
January 10, 2013 To the editor: Your Jan 7 editorial on polio eradication failed to mention a major factor in Pakistan’s polio vaccine program. more »»
Keep the focus on Highway 14
January 9, 2013 The Minnesota Legislature has just started its work this year. more »»
The next big idea for 2013
January 9, 2013 So. Here we are, then. OK, I’m a little embarrassed. With the possible end of the world a couple weeks back, I have to admit I don’t have a colum. more »»
Goal: A structurally balanced budget
January 8, 2013 Minnesota legislators will be sworn in today, and start the work of the 2013 legislative session. Its goal, as it is each year, is a balanced state budget. more »»
Tragic misinformation
January 7, 2013 Back in 1985, a massive International project started with the noble goal of eliminating polio from the plane. more »»
Letting murderers out of prison
January 6, 2013 Prisons in many states are overcrowded, and that has led both judges and state legislators to look with favor upon schemes to free up cells, sometimes by giving felons opportunities to shave years... more »»
Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down
January 5, 2013 Take flu precautions SIEDWAYS THUMB: The flu season is upon us early and viciously this year. more »»
A thanks for 2012 good deeds
January 5, 2013 To the editor: A Christmas thank you to the family that help lift Curt’s poer wheelchair out of the mud last spring, and thank you to the yuoung man who was driving by our home and stopped to help... more »»
Let’s get back to the Christian way
January 5, 2013 To the editor It appears strange that every time a disastrous shooting occurs the powers to be want to confiscate all the weapons. more »»
Acts of kindness
January 4, 2013 To the editor: On Christmas Eve morning I went to the Backerei to pick up the order I had placed a few days earlier. When the young woman brought me my order she said the bill was taken care of... more »»
Major waste, no accountability
January 2, 2013 Truly enormous sums of money are wasted by the federal government. Merely lessening the amount flushed down the toilet that is Washington, D.C., would help ease the nation’s deficit spending problem. more »» |
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