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… .

This morning I finished reading in the Dispatch the second installment concerning mental illness. It is unfortunate that these persons have encountered so many tragedies and traumas in their lifetime.

Attack on Social Security On April 5, 2013 a proposal was announced indicating changes to Social Security (and other programs) on how inflationary calculations for monthly retirement funds may be made in the future.