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We would like to say a huge thank you to the crew and staff of Beltrami Electric Cooperative. They worked diligently to get our power back on after the storm...

I'm Jeff Anderson and I am a Democrat running for Congress in the 8th Congressional District. I grew up in Ely and attended Bemidji State University while serving as a...

Every counselor knows that when someone tells him about the behavior of another, the strong possibility is that the report is correct. But when someone tells him about the motives...

I'd like to frame the current health care debate in terms of the inalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence: Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In doing...

We would like to say a huge thank you to the crew and staff of Beltrami Electric Cooperative. They worked diligently to get our power back on after the storm...

President Obama was supposed to be all about hope and change. But after almost four years he's squeezed the hope out of most of us. A new Rasmussen poll is...

Are America's rich getting richer? Certainly. Every official yardstick shows that America's most affluent are upping their incomes much faster than everyone else. How fast? Between 1980 and 2010, note...

In the discussions regarding homosexuality and same-sex marriage, an essential ingredient has been ignored. Homosexuality is not a life-style which a person chooses. Homosexuality is an inherited gene; that is,...

In the discussions regarding homosexuality and same-sex marriage, an essential ingredient has been ignored. Homosexuality is not a life-style which a person chooses. Homosexuality is an inherited gene; that is,...

"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." - The Second...

Won't be me Who spoils your fun, Go ahead, And tote that gun. Following that dark opening-night screening of the latest Batman movie in Aurora, Colorado, it's time to contemplate...

Earlier this summer, we as members of We Decide had the privilege to travel to Nashville, Tenn., to attend the National Youth Leadership Initiative. Four students from Park Rapids, two...

Earlier this summer, we as members of We Decide had the privilege to travel to Nashville, Tenn., to attend the National Youth Leadership Initiative. Four students from Park Rapids, two...

Every time we have one of these increasingly frequent ritualized killing sprees here in the United States, we have essentially the same national conversation. And then nothing happens. Between the...

Why not let dead people vote? Maybe I better explain. A recent article in the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch says the Washington-based Voter Participation Center has sent voter registration applications --...