Friday, March 29, 2024

Opinions

  The transgender movement is pressing its agenda everywhere. Most publicly, activist teachers are using classrooms to propagandize on its behalf and activist health professionals are promoting the mutilation of children under the euphemistic banner of “gender-affirming care.” Christopher F. Rufo,...
Hard to believe but Christmas Day is already past and it is now time to look ahead to the New Year. One thing about this year’s Christmas; it was definitely the strangest weather I can remember. Fifty-two degrees and rain on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in Minnesota is pretty unbelievable. I can...
Minnesota’s two U.S. Senators Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar have formally requested that the Inspector General of the United States Postal Service conduct a full audit of the Minnesota-North Dakota District following persistent reports across Minnesota of delayed and unreliable mail service. “We...
So many things can happen in five months. Or not, as the case seems to be with the Triton School Board minutes. As the end of the year approaches, cities and counties around the state are readying for annual, organizational meetings, which for some happen in January. While not usually very exciting...
The most famous editorial in American journalism was published 119 years ago in the New York Sun, as a reply to a letter from 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanion. The editorial was titled “Is there a Santa Claus?” and its most memorable passage was this reassuring declaration: “Yes, Virginia, there is a...
We recently had one of the most unique and challenging first responder rescues I can ever remember here in Dodge County, reminding us once again how amazing the men and women are who serve here. A 69-year-old male citizen had fallen down a 30–40-foot Zumbro River cliff on his property landing on...
This holiday season, as temperatures drop and we gather with loved ones, it’s important to keep safety front of mind. Yes, that means driving more carefully on icy roads, but it also means keeping your family safe from a less obvious winter hazard — carbon monoxide. According to the Minnesota...
A sequence of events over the past several months is raising some important questions about how one area school district is communicating with the public when it comes to critical information about the operations of the district. The district in question is Triton Public Schools serving the...
Things were hopping in Dodge County last Saturday as community Christmas celebrations were held in Kasson, Mantorville, Hayfield, Dodge Center, and West Concord. Although each celebration was different, there were a few similarities. Santa Claus was everywhere. In every community he was there to...
I’m one of those people who does not like to rush the Christmas holiday season. October means Halloween, November means Thanksgiving. When those two events are over, it’s time for Advent and Christmas to begin. In fact, I kind of feel sorry for Thanksgiving. It seems to get lost in the commercial...

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