opinion

I celebrated the Fourth of July this year by having a heart attack. All things considered, watching fireworks would have been more fun. I woke up at 2 a.m. on...

Donald Kaul's latest column is also his last -- either forever or until he changes his mind. I'd like to assure his fans that yes, he's come back from retirement...

What do conservative news baron Rupert Murdoch, The Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and actor Jason Alexander have in common? They're among the majority of Americans...

Forty of our family and friends enjoyed a picnic and a beautiful evening at Diamond Point Pavilion July 2 until suddenly the weather started looking threatening. When a Bemidji police...

In less than four months, Minnesotans will face a proposed constitutional amendment that would limit the freedom to marry. The amendment would exclude some people from the freedom to marry...

Local loggers, as well as most throughout the state, are facing many challenges. The uncertainties surrounding the Verso mill reopening and a market saturated with blowdown wood are daily concerns...

Marriage equality is a human right. There is nothing more to it than that. And because it is in fact a right that should be shared by us all, our...

Forty of our family and friends enjoyed a picnic and a beautiful evening at Diamond Point Pavilion July 2 until suddenly the weather started looking threatening. When a Bemidji police...

In less than four months, Minnesotans will face a proposed constitutional amendment that would limit the freedom to marry. The amendment would exclude some people from the freedom to marry...

Local loggers, as well as most throughout the state, are facing many challenges. The uncertainties surrounding the Verso mill reopening and a market saturated with blowdown wood are daily concerns...

Marriage equality is a human right. There is nothing more to it than that. And because it is in fact a right that should be shared by us all, our...

This may not be politically correct, but it's politically intriguing: Increasingly on television, the more conservative women are in their views, the more liberal they are in flaunting their sexuality...

"Those Harry Potter fanatics actually want a made-up game to become an Olympic sport!" "Ah, yes, you speak of Quidditch, a fictional sport invented by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling...

I am deeply saddened at Brad Swenson's passing. Brad and I had known one another since 1980. I would come to learn that he and I have similar origins. Brad...

I am deeply saddened at Brad Swenson's passing. Brad and I had known one another since 1980. I would come to learn that he and I have similar origins. Brad...