To the editor: How many times do I have to listen to someone compare resurfacing a tennis court for basketball to demolishing the entire East Wing of the White House? Read that again and think about how absurd it sounds, comparing a simple court resurfacing to tearing down a major part of ...
Food can transport you into the past or push you forward. But there are some situations where food can cause familial friction. At least that’s how it’s been for forty-some years with my wife and me. The foodstuff that’s been at the center of our domestic distress is ...
Thumbs up Northern lights unite the country Nearly all of North America was treated to a rare display of the northern lights this week. The lights were visible as far south as Florida. As a result, social media was saturated with photos of the northern lights from everyone with a camera. It ...
When I was young, diversity meant that I knew some Lutheran kids. Around here, we were mostly German descended with a scattered few Irish and British. Norwegians lived by Hanska. Native Americans lived on the reservation. The Sleepy Eye of my youth is gone. Hispanic families started coming ...
Early November is a time to look ahead; to the holidays, the upcoming new year and the first snowfall of the season. People were talking about the first snowfall a week ago. It looked like the Marshall area might get at least one or two inches. It wasn’t supposed to be a snowstorm, just a ...
To the editor: As a constituent of Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach, I am deeply concerned about the recent House Appropriations Committee recommendation to increase Alzheimer’s research funding at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by only $15 million in Fiscal Year 2026 — far short ...