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Too little too late

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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. Outside of his poor debate performance, I never saw anything that would have alarmed me, and thanks to his having a resourceful and competent staff we never seemed to be in any imminent danger as a nation. Of course, the current President was always on his projection soap box in his attack of “Sleepy ...

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 information on how to prevent getting caught up in a scammer snare potentially losing all your hard-earned money. Over 300 people attended this free informational beware and “look out” session at the St. Paul Lutheran Church gathering room on May 28. The presenters, knowledgeable and ...

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 our country honorably to protect all our freedoms but now live on the streets to survive. What a disgrace to Minnesota and the nation. With tariffs to take more of our money, raising costs of everything, to include insurance premiums, Minnesota will now tax away what few dollars we citizens have ...

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 those have been made, President Trump has not been afraid to answer the citizens of our nation. Whether you agree with him or not, we can be assured that he is doing the best he can for the future of all of us.  The past administration has dug us into a deep pit, which President Trump is trying to ...

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 proposals in order to finish our legislative work for 2025. Because of this, I was unable to leave St. Paul in order to make the town meetings. Thank you to Sen. Dahms for holding the events. While I’m pleased residents were able to have their questions answered by Senator Dahms, I also want ...

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 stress. Stress is triggered when something occurs that demands that you do something about it. The things that trigger stress are called stressors. To survive, we have to learn to cope with those stressors, deal with them effectively, and overcome them. There are any number of stressors with which ...