Opinion

Blackduck speakers shine at state Congratulations to the Blackduck High School speech team for an outstanding season, capped off with two champions at the Minnesota State High School League Class A competition Saturday in Blaine. Eleven Blackduck students qualified for state, and...

I had my first experience of the Bemidji Community Theater this past week. I attended the production of “Peter Pan” with the 230 youth from our school here at St. Philip’s. It was my first visit to the Chief Theater and my first experience of a production there. What a great...

“What are we afraid of?”

On April 12, the House passed H.R. 1120, the Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor Management Relations Act, on a narrow 219 to 209 vote.

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 were the five most important words any professor ever said to him, and as a college teacher...

Have you noticed all the talk about the “inevitability” of same-sex marriage? Are you watching the second round of the “war on women” rhetoric hitting opponents of the president’s stance on abortion and health care? We need to take a deep breath and consider the consequences...

“We love you.”

As the debate over immigration reform reaches a climax, a troubling idea seems to be gaining traction. It is that annual limits on new visas should be severely restricted, and that America must choose between two groups of newcomers: high-tech workers with advanced degrees or family...

The pope, petting a seeing-eye dog? It happened at Pope Francis’ media conference the Saturday morning after his election. As a blind man approached the stage, even the most hardened journalist might have found himself cheering the pontiff on.

There’s a lot of hand-wringing about American students lagging their foreign counterparts in math skills.

Vocalmotive does its hometown proud

When Dolley Payne Madison became first lady in 1809, she instituted Wednesday evening gatherings at the White House where political rivals could meet and talk.

“May God forgive you.” That’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s translation of a joke that Pope Francis told the College of Cardinals a day after being elected the 267th pontiff.

A welcome vehicle for a great cause A welcome vehicle for a great cause In an online contest last week, the Northwoods Habitat for Humanity won over the hearts of voters to win a new Toyota Tundra in the vehicle manufacturer's contest to help nonprofits. Northwoods Habitat, which...

Leo Manzano is the son of an undocumented farmworker from Mexico. Meb Keflezighi and his family fled civil war in Eritrea. Danell Leyva's stepfather defected from Cuba's gymnastics team during a meet in Mexico and swam across the Rio Grande River to reach America. More than 40 foreign-born...