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.

God is watching all of us. Mother Nature and God seem to want to extend the season of "winter" in our lives.

Justice needed A while back a women in Georgia was out in public, minding her own business and pushing her baby in a stroller.

Regarding the latest opinion piece by the Crosslake resident who is always so full of nostalgia for the so-called ‘good old days,’ he says that the great major league players of old like Willie, Mickey, Henry, Sandy, Harmon and Stan the Man (all stars of the 40s, 50s and 60s) remained with their...

Tired of tax talk I continue receiving emails from local citizens who object to the tax increases Gov. Mark Dayton and fellow Democrats in the Legislature are proposing in order to increase spending.

I called for information from the NRA, as advertised on talk radio. The call was answered instead by Renee, a lady with the Tea Party Leadership Fund.com. Bait and switch. She wanted money. Here's a quick summary of where things stand in the US today.

Armed staff, really? I am curious. I read in the April 3 Dispatch under the National Briefs section that "A National Rifle Association-sponsored study is recommending schools across the nation each train and arm at least one staff member.