opinion

On Jan. 28 I wrote a check to Sanford Clinic for $29 for the balance on eye surgery. I put it in an envelope and stamped it. It fell out...

When is our president going to do what we elected him to do: Lead the country. He proposed and signed the bill to do the automatic tax cuts but now...

Joe Gandelman: Scoops that’ll bust this town wide open FORT STOCKTON, Texas — The journalistic cliche is that someone comes running into a newsroom, shouting: “I’ve got a story that’ll...

“The report said people are getting dumber — at least I think that’s what it said, but the big words kept throwing me off.” “Ah, yes, you speak of a...

For those of you who missed “Lord of the Dance” last weekend at the Sanford Center, an opportunity was missed to see an excellent Celtic dance performance. The entire show...

There’s no doubt President Obama is using the so-called Washington Monument maneuver in the fight with Republicans over sequestration budget cuts. It’s a time-honored tactic of bureaucratic warfare: When faced...

Gov. Mark Dayton portrays his budget as transparent, free of gimmicks and protecting middle-class Minnesotans. Look closely, however, and his plan is lacking on all counts. The shortcomings are most...

Separating satire from real news requires an advanced degree these days. When Jon Stewart becomes the most trusted newsman for millennials, the line between the evening news and The Onion...

Treatment facility seeks to expand Restore House of Bemidji is proposing a chemical dependency residential treatment facility in Helga Township. The planned nine-bed facility for men would allow the Bemidji...

“Obama’s proposed voting commission under partisan fire from both sides.” That recent headline in The Washington Post is hardly a surprise. Virtually every reasonable idea in the capital these days...

Our political vocabulary is changing all the time. Words that loom large in one generation’s national public discourse can almost totally disappear in the next. Take the word “segregation.” A...

Prepare for the end of food safety as we have known it. For a breakdown in public order. For little children languishing in ignorance. If only Edward Gibbon were here...

Tuesday night was the Motion Picture Academy-sponsored dinner in Beverly Hills, honoring the directors and producers of this year’s five nominated films for Best Documentary. The dinner was an occasional...

Relax. It’s not necessarily the flu making you confused and feverish. Could be spatter from that big, thick, juicy, new, improved Civil War infecting the Republican Party. Yes, again. The...

Central Daylight Time starts March 10. Set your clocks ahead one hour the night before. The unusual news is Comet PanSTARRS, which will be visible above the western horizon after...