Unlike other outpatient surgical centers, abortion clinics in Minnesota are neither licensed or inspected, even though abortion is one of the most common surgical procedures.

I have listened with interest as the budget discussions have been carried on some of them are so ludicrous that you wonder if the people putting them forward believe them.

I had thought that the Sandy Hook massacre was a tragedy, not a political cash cow.

ACLU's blind eye Where's the ACLU when you need them? We can't have a manger scene in front of city hall. We can't have the Ten Commandments posted in our courtrooms. The ACLU keeps us from any co-mingling of church and state.

In a rush to curtail gun and ammunition sales to the masses, some states are creating a rush to buy guns and lots of ammo. Our leadership in Washington, D.C.

End 'o winter! An open letter to Buddha, Jehovah, Jesus, Mohammad, Abraham, and the Great Spirit. As an elected representative of the people of Brainerd, Minnesota, I hereby request that you seriously consider ending this winter stuff.

CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS For most all of us there is nothing more important than family. Families are comprised of the people we love, the people we care for, the people whose happiness means the world to us.

What's wrong with this picture? Brainerd Public Schools faces projected $944,061 deficit next year. Forestview Middle School sought and received a building permit to put on a vestibule.

Sex abuse victims Current law says child sexual abuse victims immediately know they are injured and have until age 24 to file a lawsuit.

Choose sexuality? The Brainerd Dispatch's vice president for audience development wrote in the April 7 issue, "… those persons who have chosen the gay lifestyle… .