No-helmet insurance/deserves consideration
When personal choices impinge adversely on the public’s welfare, when does society have the right to pass a law to...
Editorial
Should we really cheer public-private stadium?
After 10 years of cajoling and threats, the Minnesota Vikings finally got its way. The team will get a stadium...
Animal cruelty should not be tolerated
A few miles away from St. Joseph, an unknown person or group of people held down a cat and shot...
Emails hazardous to health? Well, surprise, surprise
Wouldn’t you know it? We should have seen it coming, and – sure enough – here it is: Emails may...
Sales tax extension should not be forgotten in crossfire
Half-cent sales tax is a term Minnesotans are familiar with. They might see it occasionally on a city council agenda...
It’s time to recommit to a policy of transparency
Nobody likes to be micro-managed or second-guessed, and that includes school boards. When that happens, people and school boards can...
Attacks against Earth Day so typical of extremists
Some right-wing extremists want to throw out baby with bathwater. The latest example of that all-or-nothing attitude surfaced recently, again,...
Volunteerism should be celebrated year-round
April might have marked National Volunteer Week, a time to hail the contributions of citizens who donate their time, but...