opinion

Back in 1971 when the hippie revolution’s Pied Piper, Abbie Hoffman, authored “Steal This Book” he got the very outrage he sought. Thirty publishing houses rejected it and, when the...

Fast food, restaurant and bar patrons are being singled out to finance the so-called city hospitality tax. Hotels will more than likely be excluded as lodging tax is used for...

President Barack Obama’s latest budget proposal makes a good predicate for a grand bargain — between the White House and the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Granted, the White House envisions a...

Confusion reigned supreme in the nation’s highest court last month as it heard arguments on two same-sex marriage cases. Confronted with the possibility of endorsing the right of men to...

Current law says child sexual abuse victims immediately know they are injured and have until age 24 to file a lawsuit. Considering it can take decades for victims to confront...

Retired professional basketball coach and former basketball player Phil Jackson once said: “Not only is there more to life than basketball, there’s a lot more to basketball than basketball.” Someone...

When we see integration at work in an unpretentious way, we sometimes feel the country has truly affirmed itself, displaying human understanding on the highest level. That’s what I thought...

Back when I was still writing speeches and giving policy advice to naive candidates foolish enough to listen to me, I once told a young, first-time congressional candidate who was...

Most likely, by the time you read this, one of my dearest family members has either died of natural causes or been euthanized. Roxanne, my all-time favorite cat, seems fated...

Thank you to all the people who stopped by our Save the Carnegie Library booth at the Jaycees Home, Sport and Travel Show. We got many great suggestions for future...

At a time when traditional structures and pathways of American higher education are undergoing creative disruption, Northwest Technical College and Bemidji State University are themselves at the crossroads of innovation...

Get this: President Obama has proclaimed April as National Financial Capability Month. After all, who better than Obama — who has added $6 trillion to the national debt so far...

Today people are talking about gun control, while citizens are hurt of killed by that readily available toxic liquid weapon called liquor, or alcohol. Toxic? Yes, according to Owen S...

Include stakeholders in NTC discussion A proposal to study reorganizing Northwest Technical College as a fourth college at Bemidji State University raises plenty of questions. The study, initiated by BSU...

When Steve was an undergraduate at Harvard 50 years ago, a young government instructor repeated the same admonition whenever he handed back an assignment: “This is not good enough.” Those...