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Both political parties should be happy

Letters

To the editor: Apparently Democratic voters are not in favor of President Trump’s policies regarding our illegal immigrants and our governments management and bureaucracy. There’s no need for division on these topics. Let’s just back up a few years and see how some of our former favorite Presidents framed their opinions on these important issues. Lets do a Google search regarding illegal immigrants. Type in the search bar: “Video of President Clintons 1995 State of the Union speech on lllegal Immigration.” In later years Hillary echoed Bills speech in her campaign, then ...

Old Iron escapes the scrap guy

Columns

Three springs ago, a despicable derecho ravaged our region. We eventually engaged a scrap iron guy to haul away some of the wreckage the storm had created at my parents’ farm. It was gratifying to think that the steel from our ruined grain bins was going to be recycled, perhaps into new grain bins. Like many farms, ours had a quantity of dilapidated equipment — a wrecked car, an ancient Case combine, other miscellaneous junk — that had been placed into long-term storage in the shelterbelt. I told the scrap guy exactly where these items could be found, instructing him to just ...

The spirit of falsehood

Letters

To the editor: When I was about 12 years old I would tell my dad about some of the things we were being taught in school. Concerning evolution, he would tell me that’s just a theory. The fact is theory is not fact. What is not told is at the end of his life, Darwin completely dismissed his theory of evolution. On another note, let’s mention Karl Marx. Marxist philosophy has been taught in colleges for at least seven decades. Marx hated God. A line from his poem “The Fiddler,” Marx said “With Satan I have struck my deal.” In a line from another poem he said “I will feel ...

Keeping local pharmacies open

Letters

To the editor: The local pharmacy isn’t just a place to pick up prescriptions—we are a lifeline. I’ve spent years helping patients manage their medications, answering late-night phone calls, and ensuring my community gets the care they need. But independent pharmacies like mine are disappearing, and with them, vital healthcare services. Too many in Minnesota lack easy, safe access to medications. This problem is statewide: 44% of pharmacies in Minnesota have closed in the last ten years, with 58% of those being independent pharmacies. The driving force? Pharmacy benefit ...

Thumbs up/down

Editorials

THUMBS UP Time to celebrating Easter weekend Sunday is Easter and that’s reason enough to celebrate. Outside of the religious observations at area churches on Sunday, there are a few Easter events being held on Saturday. Easter egg hunts were scheduled in New Ulm Ulm’s Harman Park; Sleepy Eye’s Allison Park; Fairfax’s St. John’s church grounds and Hanska’s City Park. The forecast for the holiday weekend is a little mixed. Saturday is expected to be partially clouded but with a low chance of rain. The chances of rain on Easter Sunday are higher, but the temperatures are ...

Love wins on Easter

Columns

As I begin this, I just got home from Palm Sunday Mass. It is a beautiful morning: warming sun, light breeze, hints of green. It is a time of beginnings. It is the beginning of Holy Week which will be near it’s end when you read this. Glorious Easter will follow. It is the beginning of the growing season. The tentative plan here is to begin planting this week. It is tentative, like all farming plans. It will take cooperation from the weather, machines, and soil. As they say, God’s plans are sometimes not our plans. It is the beginning of baseball season. I haven’t played ...