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If you’re the average person, you say things like “I wish they’d bring back ‘ABC’s Wide World of Sports’ and full-service gas stations.” If you’re more like Harvard University geneticist...

I’m a marathon runner. A few years ago my coach was diagnosed with cancer. The first thing his ragged team of runners did was sign him up with Livestrong. Through...

Thank goodness for Good Samaritans ... translate Good Bemidj Samaritans. Five of them came to my rescue on frigid Wednesday morning. At 7:30 I drove to Wal-Mart to purchase what...

Phil Mickelson choked on a gimme putt this week, but it wasn’t on a golf course. According to the AP’s golf writer, America’s most popular golfer “put his popularity on...

The bizarre story of Manti Te’o, the Notre Dame football player, and his dying girlfriend gives new meaning to the term “fantasy football.” Te’o very nearly rode the heart-rending story...

The Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities is heading into the 2013 Legislative session with the strongest membership our organization has ever had. Now representing 85 cities from every corner of...

Repentance can only come when people see wrong, know and acknowledge that wrong, and turn away from that wrong. When we as a nation call what God has said is...

Say a prayer. Put up a tombstone that reads “R.I.P.” for three prevailing political conventional wisdoms that seem to be quickly biting the dust. The first is that President Barack...

With a bow to the past, an arc toward the future and a steady eye on his place in history, Barack Obama opened his second term with a call to...

Oh, how far-removed we are from what now seems like the “innocent” Bill Clinton days when all we had to worry about was the various definitions of the word “is”...

Has anybody noticed the bad roads? Between the holidays I almost lost control twice on Birchmont Beach Road. In front of Noel’s there was a terrible accident, a rollover, in...

The headlines say President Obama has “taken on the gun lobby,” but actually, he has taken on our culture of violence, including the violent rhetoric that accompanies any attempt to...

“It’s no wonder many Americans are uneasy about the way President Obama is growing our government and eroding our liberties. Aren’t most Americans conservative?” “That is correct. Every year, Gallup...

Julius Genachowski, Chairman of the FCC, has challenged the country to create at-least one gigabit city in each state by 2015. I am challenging Bemidji to be that city for...

Veterans home quest gets traction The push for a regional veterans home in north central Minnesota is gaining momentum. The numbers demonstrate a need for a veteran’s home in Bemidji...