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So easy, even a caveman can make choices

Anyone who’s watched enough “Law and Order” is familiar with the notion that a district attorney can easily manipulate a grand jury to indict anyone, even, as Sol Wachtler criticized in 1985, an inanimate object like “a ham sandwich.” After our recent midterm election, I looked over those results for southwestern, west central, and western Minnesota. It appears that the DFL candidates, regardless of their credentials, were doomed to receive only about a third of the votes cast. Those are figures that are usually matched in bastions of Republican strongholds such as Texas or ...

Clothing Depot volunteers appreciated

In 1971 Martha Knutson and our mom Gert Fodness created the Clothing  Depot with a mission to give families a comfortable and friendly atmosphere to pick out clothing.  With the closing of the Depot, we thought it would be a great time to thank all the volunteers over the years who have made the Depot a wonderful community resource. Volunteers came from all communities around New Ulm to be a part of the successful outreach. We would especially like to thank Lori Hoffmann, who for the last 20+ years, kept the Clothing Depot up and running. Kathy, Sharon and Scott Fodness  St. Paul

MAGA lost the meaning of Christianity

I have waited a few days for my excitement on the election results to subside prior to commenting on what took place. Let’s start by affirming that I am a U.S. Navy retiree, I am a patriot, I deeply love my country and none of these things are mutually exclusive to one political party or ideology. For the past few years some people within the Republican Party attempted to make people believe that you could not be patriotic, love your country, or be Christian unless you were a Republican. Nothing could be further from the truth. In my view what occurred across the country was a ...

A party run by a president who doesn’t give a damn

The most important piece of making a democracy work (besides actually heeding the voice of the people) is that people vote. This election is different than most, however. While historically we could all vote for candidates holding policies reflecting our conservative or our progressive viewpoint and expect responsible government from either, currently the GOP party is in the grasp of a cruel, greedy, immoral, self-centered and vindictive man, mired in corruption. He cares nothing for average folks like you and us, recklessly starting wars without regard to cost or human life, imposing ...

Finstad best choice for Congress

Jake Johnson is running to unseat Brad Finstad. I Googled Mr Johnson and read his website; hardly any political experience and apparently no business experience. Brad served in the Minnesota Legislature, was the Minnesota director of the USDA Rural Development and served several years as our U.S. representative. He has been successful in the business world, both in farming and in a commercial business. Jake is a 20-year teacher (you can Google Minnesota salary for a 20 year teacher) who apparently can’t afford to fix an old van. Who do we want to manage our tax dollars ? John ...

Choose wisely on Election Day

The coming Nov. 3 election is a watershed moment for the State of Minnesota. ALL of the major Democrat candidates either knew of, participated in, or benefited from the Somali Fraud in recent years. Walz, as leader of the Democrat Party (although no longer a candidate), Klobuchar, Flannigan, Ellison, and most certainly Omar (Elmi) should not be elected to the offices they pursue. All of them should instead be facing criminal charges. None of them will be charged if Ellison is re-elected Attorney General. I highly suspect Omar (Elmi) will be charged and convicted of immigration crimes ...