Let’s believe in the Vikings
It's the middle of November, and by this time in the football season Minnesotans’ hopeful expectations about the Vikings would...
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Learn how to scoff when grocery shopping
As food prices keep skyrocketing, it’s not that I can’t afford certain items, it’s that I won’t afford them; that...
Gunther, Havlat, Knauss and Veterans Day
by Joseph Reagan, Director of Military and Veterans Outreach for Wreaths Across America and an Afghanistan Veteran. The 11th hour...
Good judges, juries help protect democracy
These days, it seems as if good judges and juries are the only ones protecting the Rule of Law/Democracy against...
Linguistic shifts inevitable as the world embraces they
In the context of everyday speech, area residents are increasingly using the pronoun “they” to describe a singular person. Using...
God forbid, are we now in another Cold War?
I remember sitting in Mr. House’s civics class in St. Cloud’s South Junior High School, watching the wall clock’s minute...
‘Trio’ candidates story upset some readers
by Dennis Dalman news@thenewsleaders.com These days, there seems to be a conspiracy theory under every rock. All through September I...
The importance of mental health
The middle of October is definitely a time when we are gearing up for several big events on the calendar....