opinion

Dirty political campaigns are as old as the Founding Fathers. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams are said to have thrown the first mud at each other in the presidential election...

The view of the Catholic Church on same-sex marriage is often distorted in the media. I hope I can help clear things up in fewer than 400 words. The Bible...

The view of the Catholic Church on same-sex marriage is often distorted in the media. I hope I can help clear things up in fewer than 400 words. The Bible...

Here's the thing about privileged characters like Mitt Romney: they've never really been vetted, indeed rarely challenged. Say you're a senior at a posh prep school in Michigan, for example,...

A while back, I drove past a sun-tanning salon sharing a property line with a cemetery. The salon posted a sign that, in my opinion, was positioned too close to...

In response to the July 10 letter to the editor ("We shouldn't promote a gay lifestyle.") The writer asserts several incorrect notions as romanticized narratives regarding the founding of our...

In response to the July 10 letter to the editor ("We shouldn't promote a gay lifestyle.") The writer asserts several incorrect notions as romanticized narratives regarding the founding of our...

In response to the July 10 letter to the editor ("We shouldn't promote a gay lifestyle.") The writer asserts several incorrect notions as romanticized narratives regarding the founding of our...

Dear Columnist: I am 8 years old. Some of my friends say if you hear it on a talk show, or from a big political pundit on TV, it must...

The thing people want most in life is to be independent. Often when a person becomes injured or reaches a certain age, the loss of independence becomes a difficult thing...

I'm torn about it if you want to know the truth. I speak of the death of cursive handwriting, which I read about recently in the Atlantic Wire. As it...

This week, President Obama continued his push to reform our tax code in a way that reduces our deficit and shares fairly the burden of our economic recovery. Unsurprisingly, Mitt...

Condi! The mid-July rumor that Mitt Romney might pick former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as his running mate was a fun Matt Drudge scoop for those in the country...

Here's a simple idea that both parties should agree on: disclosure. Anybody who contributes money to influence an election -- corporations, unions, advocacy groups, individuals -- should be required to...

I sat in a courtroom in Park Rapids the other day in awe. Could this be real, is Helga Township really spending thousands of dollars to stop a fellow township...