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    February 15, 2019
    Commentary: The great emergency hoax
    It is hard to single out any single event in Donald Trump's presidency as the most untethered from truth and reality. Still, Friday's news conference,...
    opinion/columns14 hours 18 min ago
    February 14, 2019
    GENERATIONS: Hank Slotnick: What you learn working in college
    I worked part-time all through college, though the work I profited from most came when I was a junior. I had two jobs that year: in the fall...
    opinion/columnsFebruary 14, 2019 - 4:50pm
    Roxane Salonen
    Salonen: Loneliness the devil’s ploy to isolate, destroy
    Recently, I attended a talk at the St. Paul’s Newman Center chapel hosted by bisonCatholic, a college-student group trying to live a Christ-centered...
    opinion/columnsFebruary 14, 2019 - 3:53pm
    GENERATIONS: Doug Lewandowski: Grandparents have a great gig
    A knock on the door. It opens and three little bodies come racing into the kitchen and barrel into the living room. Arms get thrown around aged...
    opinion/columnsFebruary 14, 2019 - 3:48pm
    GENERATIONS: Art Lee: To learn more about home, get away from it
    Travelers go to distant destinations for the most part to see and learn about different places they've chosen to know more about. (Oops. Fess-up-time:...
    opinion/columnsFebruary 14, 2019 - 2:49pm
    Robert and Jane Unash moved to the Bemidji area from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. They enjoy walking at the mall during the colder months. Sue Bruns | For the Pioneer
    GENERATIONS: Sue Bruns: Mall walkers escape the subzero days
    I unpack my laptop and camera. On this subzero morning, I sit comfortably on a leather loveseat in the middle of the Paul Bunyan Mall with views...
    opinion/columnsFebruary 14, 2019 - 11:46am
    February 12, 2019
    This screen-grab shows a giant barrel of corn syrup being delivered in a beer commercial that ran during the Super Bowl.
    Hoops on Hops: Beer battles and the power of being nice
    Last week, Super Bowl LIII was played in Atlanta. More than 100 million viewers in the U.S. enjoyed watching the game and the ramped-up television...
    opinion/columnsFebruary 12, 2019 - 3:18pm
    February 10, 2019
    KELLY BREVIG COLUMN: Be brave enough to share the load
    Teal mascara blended with Smurf-blue eyeliner and rolled down my face. The giant bangs were still firmly in place, but the makeup was a force with which to be reckoned. One-ply tissue was not quite doing its job after two hours worth of sobbing from the front row of the theater. My...
    opinion/columnsFebruary 10, 2019 - 10:02am
    JOHN EGGERS COLUMN: The question is: Why are we here?
    On snowy cold days, like we've been having, we catch ourselves looking out the window and wondering, "What in the world am I doing living in...
    opinion/columnsFebruary 10, 2019 - 6:01am
    February 9, 2019
    Minnesota U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar whispers to her challenger, state Rep. Jim Newberger, on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, during a Farmfest candidate forum. Don Davis / Forum News Service
    McFeely: Klobuchar's appeal evident in Trump-loving rural Clay County
    FARGO -- The long knives are out for U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, Democrat from Minnesota, who is expected to announce her candidacy for president...
    opinion/columnsFebruary 9, 2019 - 2:49pm
    February 6, 2019
    Jimmy Lovrien and Minnesota Ballet dancer Sarah White practice for the Celebrity Dance Challenge. Steve Kuchera / Forum News Service
    Commentary: Coordination is not my thing
    Smiling while dancing, I’ve learned, is a lot like tapping your head while rubbing your belly — it takes coordination. As I’ve been reminded...
    opinion/columnsFebruary 6, 2019 - 8:54pm
    Carol Bradley Bursack, Minding Our Elders columnist. Special to The Forum
    Bursack: Stroke damage prevents carpenter from doing home projects
    Dear Carol: My husband’s an experienced carpenter, so there’s rarely been a house problem that he couldn’t fix. Now that’s changed because...
    opinion/columnsFebruary 6, 2019 - 2:42pm
    Jessie Veeder, Coming Home columnist.
    Veeder: Dear husband, I love you
    Dear Husband, I’m writing this at naptime because I have a moment, and I’m worried when I try to say it I’ll get interrupted for a snack...
    opinion/columnsFebruary 6, 2019 - 2:33pm
    Rev. Scott Karnik is welcomed as a guest by Jeanine Bitzan and Brad Gray on their morning show for Real Presence Radio, which has a station in the Meadowlark building in downtown Fargo. David Samson / The Forum
    Faith Conversations: Faith-based radio lifts souls through local airwaves
    MAYVILLE, N.D. — Thirteen weeks into her third pregnancy, Allison Johnson and her husband, Ross, learned their baby had anencephaly and wouldn’t...
    opinion/columnsFebruary 6, 2019 - 2:19pm
    February 3, 2019
    SUPPORT WITHIN REACH: We must protect teens from dating violence
    February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. It is a national effort to raise awareness and protect teens from violence. Every...
    opinion/columnsFebruary 3, 2019 - 11:45am
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