Opinions
It seems hard to believe but here we are, ready to turn the calendar from 2022 to 2023.
As we get ready to move into a new year, it is natural to take a look at the year soon to be but a memory and the excitement of a new one to come.
2022 saw a continuing return to the “normal” of the pre-Covid...
I’ll continue my past Christmas memories for another week since we are still in the holiday season.
I grew up at a time when there was no Amazon, UPS didn’t deliver gifts to your door, and no one gave gift cards as presents. This was also before the advent of shopping malls with all the big stores...
For so many people, the holidays mean a break from routine—and while many look forward to this time of year, it can also be stressful, especially for people living with dementia or a developmental disability, such as Down syndrome or autism. Those moments of anxiety or commotion can result in them...
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...
There is probably no other holiday that conjures up more memories than Christmas. But it isn’t just the day, it is the anticipation that accompanies it. In Advent we celebrate the four weeks leading up to Christmas. Stores start putting out Christmas displays even before Thanksgiving and keep...
I’m old, but it wasn’t age that caused my problem, it was the headlights
I have seven different woman friends that I go out to lunch or dinner with on a consistent basis. They range in age from 41 to 85. Three of them go out with me on a regular schedule and they help me with my writing. One of...
It seems the state of Minnesota has some extra money. A lot of extra money.
The November Budget and Economic Forecast issued last week by Minnesota Management and Budget shows that the General Fund is projected to have a surplus of $17.6 billion for the 2024-2025 biennium.
So now the suggestions...
During our lifetime we tend to accumulate a lot of stuff. When my wife and I were first married we started out with almost nothing for our first apartment. We got a bedroom set as a wedding gift from one set of parents and a dining room set from the other. We bought a couch, but the rest of the...
Our religious culture has forgotten God’s holiness and justice. We have embraced God’s grace and love to the exclusion of His other attributes. Jesus was as much a man of judgment as He was a man of grace. If fact, you can’t have grace without judgment, for without judgment, you can only have...
To the Editor:
I read with great interest the minutes of the last Dodge County Board of Commissioners meeting (dated November 22, 2022 — 5:00 PM) and their discussion of giving themselves a raise.
Commissioners do not get cost of living increases (there’s a reason for that).
Commissioner Peterson...