Please wear a mask
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to sweep the nation, the numbers are simply horrendous. 4.6 million cases have been confirmed...
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No way are sports back to normal
We don’t have it totally under control. It’s not going to be just fine. It didn’t miraculously go away by...
Goodbye Jemima; hello Black Lives Matter
Goodbye, Aunt Jemima. The Quaker Oats Co. decided recently to “retire” her as a marketing image for its pancake mix....
Sidelining scientists costs lives
We have a science problem. A vocal minority of Americans, egged on by political leaders at the highest levels, continue...
This Fourth, let’s live up to our values
We have made it another year to the Fourth of July. But this year, the situation is much different. Our...
Free speech is not free of consequences
The incident could have ended tragically. St. Cloud police tried to disarm a black man in the early morning hours...
It was a lynching by ‘knee’ in broad daylight
It was a vicious public lynching, except the policeman used his knee instead of a noose to squeeze the life...
Exploits in space, strife on Earth bring back memories
Here we are again. Restarting the space race. NASA launched its first manned rocket from U.S. soil in nine years...