Smokers get no respect. The late comedian Rodney Dangerfield could certainly identify.

MAY 19 20 years ago (1993) Janet Moran and Jon Haapajoki were re-elected to the Brainerd School Board, while challenger Lew Hudson made a strong showing to finish in third place.

Graduation from high school and college is nearly upon us. Our teens are our future, our hope for a better future, yet, more teens are dying in auto accidents due to one thing - texting behind the wheel.

I want to commend Rep. Joe Radinovich on his recent decision to vote “yes” on the marriage equality bill. I have known Rep. Radinovich for a few years now, and have always found him to be thoughtful, intelligent and serious about his role as representative. I have visited Joe as a constituent a...

The lakes area is privileged to be represented by Joe Radinovich and John Ward, true statesmen who rose above political expediency and voted in favor of marriage equality. Regardless of what their own personal convictions may have been, they understood that the role of government is not to stand in ...

All the president’s men, a phrase that would later be a book title describing the circle of corrupt advisers surrounding Richard Nixon’s presidency, are beginning to jump the loyalty ship that had surrounded President Barack Obama during his first term as president....

MAY 17 20 years ago (1993) Picnic leftovers of coleslaw, potato salad and ham have created more than just a storage problem for the Jaycees. The group planned to host 3,000 people at the high school athletic fields for the Gov. Fishing Opener party, but only 325 people showed up. 30 years ago (1983...

We have been told over and over, it will not affect our freedom of religion – if this was true, why would they put a provision in the bill to protect pastors? Why would they need to be protected? From who do they need to be protected? And what about me as a Sunday school teacher? Who will protect...

MAY 16 20 years ago (1993) (Photo) Coaches Lowell Scearcy and Keith Peterson and the Warrior baseball team surround the American Legion's Sye Majerus and Supt. Bob Gross at Don Adamson Field.

Members of the Associated Press were indignant upon learning of the Obama administration's Department of Justice (DOJ) snooping through records of reporters and tapping lines for AP's New York, Washington and Hartford, Conn., offices.