opinion

I am writing in response to the article on June 23 featuring Bemidji native Jon Staff, who is fighting the proposed ban on gay marriage. It saddens me that the...

Stacy Molai knows that life can be hard and unfair, and that the debates held in Washington actually affect real people. Molai is 31 and suffers from Crohn's disease, a...

We can all stop pretending continued R epublican anger about the Affordable Care Act is news. Some figured a Supreme Court ruling would settle things. And since the GOP said...

The recent storm and its aftermath remind me of history, culture and of lost or forgotten knowledge. As we celebrate Independence Day, I can't help but reflect on our lack...

There are two competing theories on how to pull us out of the economic slump we're in, but you'd hardly know it from the debate going on in Washington.

When Chief Justice John Roberts upheld the constitutionality of Obamacare, he didn't just betray conservatives. His twisted legal logic also betrayed the American people by opening the door to the...

The recent storm and its aftermath remind me of history, culture and of lost or forgotten knowledge. As we celebrate Independence Day, I can't help but reflect on our lack...

The recent storm and its aftermath remind me of history, culture and of lost or forgotten knowledge. As we celebrate Independence Day, I can't help but reflect on our lack...

FARGO, N.D. -- It is early July and already for more than several weeks attack ads have been running on television. No, it's not Minnesota in the midst of a...

To the Leech Lake Reservation Band membership: I want to thank you all for allowing me to be your tribal leader the last 10 years. I was honored to represent...

To the Leech Lake Reservation Band membership: I want to thank you all for allowing me to be your tribal leader the last 10 years. I was honored to represent...

To the Leech Lake Reservation Band membership: I want to thank you all for allowing me to be your tribal leader the last 10 years. I was honored to represent...

In a sane climate, Mitt Romney would be running for president on his one big success as a politician: achieving something close to universal private health insurance coverage as governor...

No one knew it at the time, but the key moment in the Supreme Court Obamacare case came on March 26, the first day of oral arguments, when few people...

Extreme weather events, like the severe storms that occurred in southern Beltrami County on Monday, are on the rise, and scientists warn that global warming will bring even more extreme...