Brain damage? Look who’s talking
Mud-flinging Meister Karl Rove is stooping to new lows, demonstrating once again the insecurities that shiver through the Republican Party...
Opinion
From the Bench: What does a judge do?
by Judge Frank Kundrat “What do you do as a judge?” I’ve been asked that question many times. The answer...
Denying man-made climate change makes matters only worse
Everyone dreads these words: “It’s too late.” Those words are dreadful when it comes to cancer diagnoses, blasted chances for...
Northstar ride leads to breezy conversation
Last Sunday afternoon, when I boarded a Northstar railroad car in Minneapolis, I thought for a split second I’d entered...
America has a debt
Today, as a veteran, I am enraged. I am enraged 40 veterans have died waiting for treatment at a VA...
Letter in response to ‘It’s time to abolish executions’
Dolores Schuh, CHM Davenport, Iowa I read the Newsleader online. This morning I read your fine column on the death penalty by...
We should ponder lessons from the Smith killings
The trial in Little Falls of Byron Smith in late April was very disturbing, but there are lessons to be...
It’s time to abolish executions
A rope that was too long led to the abolition of the death penalty in Minnesota. A convicted man, 28-year-old...