opinion

Having watched the funeral proceedings yesterday for the late President George Herbert Walker Bush, I listened to many speakers. Among their...

The killing of Vernon May by Bemidji area law enforcement officers is deeply troubling to me. As somebody who grew up in Bemidji, I can personally...

It's healthy for any democracy to ask questions of those who rule and govern over them. After the police shooting and killing of Red Laker Vernon...

Christmas is coming, and with it, we fear, are the dreaded Christmas movies that bring nothing but cheer. We hear stories of Grinches and Scrooges...

This is a letter of thanks to Marketplace Foods, Paul Bunyan Broadcasting, Bemidji Area Schools, the Bemidji Pioneer, and the Bemidji community...

It’s no secret there are things in this life that are ruined by adulthood.

Gift shopping and travel aren't the only things making this time of year busy. In the final weeks of December, there will also be plenty of hustle...

Well, at least I got to save Christmas. Let me explain. Many years ago, one of the assorted sons-in-law in our family nobly carried a bowl of...

One of the legacies left from the "Greatest Generation" and which we were reminded of in the passing of George H.W. Bush was the fact that during...

Dear Carol: My sister is the primary caregiver for our dad, who is in a nursing home because of Alzheimer’s disease. She lives in his community...

FARGO — Challenge and hope commingled at a recent gathering of about 750 Catholic leaders and parishioners from the Fargo and Crookston, Minn.,...

I read Mark Thorson’s letter (Nov. 23) pointing out the hysterics of Stephen Gurney calling this time "a low point" in the American story....

I offer my appreciation to Gov.-elect Walz for coming to Bemidji this past Sunday afternoon. What caring and compassionate people we have in...

Why must we be such a polarized society today? In order to support something, you must be diabolically opposed to so many others. My hope is...

For the record, you should never do anything in front of children that you might find embarrassing when talked about in front of adults. When...