U.S. should carefully choose targets for airstrikes
On Jan. 28, three U.S. Army soldiers – Specialists Kennedy Sanders and Breonna Moffett, as well as Sgt. William Jerome Rivers – were killed after a drone struck a U.S. military installation dubbed...
View Article‘Old Man’ Biden gives grand-slam speech
In a lifetime of listening to presidential State of the Union addresses, President Joe Biden’s Thursday night speech was one of the best, if not the best, I’ve ever heard. The grand “old man” hit a...
View ArticleStop maligning pro-Palestinian protesters
Although I sincerely hoped to move on from discussing the tragic Israel-Hamas War, recent events have demanded otherwise. A couple of weeks ago, Senior Airman Aaron Bushnell, U.S. Air Force, lit...
View ArticleTighten and strictly enforce gun-safety laws
At long last, our society seems to be realizing the urgent need for stricter gun-safety laws and stringent enforcement. Shannon Gooden, the man who murdered three public servants in Burnsville on Feb....
View ArticleExpanding legal immigration should be a priority
The debate over border and immigration policy has been and continues to be at the fore of the political divide, even though only a small portion of America is close to the border. Some believe the...
View ArticleGoal of being a bread master keeps receding
Fifteen years ago, on a winter afternoon, I suddenly longed for the aroma of fresh-baked bread. I grabbed an old cookbook and got to work. A few hours later, the loaf turned out OK, sort of. Edible but...
View ArticleSuperintendent’s corner: Today’s schools provide ‘womb to tomb’ services
by Tom Lee Interim Superintendent Sartell-St. Stephen A couple years ago a friend of mine (a corporate executive) approached me after church and asked me pointedly, “So Tom, do you think schools have...
View ArticleHouse Aid Bill Comes Not a Moment Too Soon
At the time I am writing this, the House had just passed a $95 billion aid package to provide security assistance to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan as well as develop security infrastructure in the...
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