The fact is that our deficit and budget crisis is going to require more tax revenue. I suggest we pay 30 cents/gallon gas tax this year; 60 cents next year; and 90 cents after that. By the third year, that’s $90 billion/year to be spent on deficit reduction and domestically on job creating infrast...

Our lakes have, in some case, been invaded by Aquatic Invasive Species, Eurasian Milfoil and Zebra Mussels. These two species are transported by humans, in their boats’ propellers, live wells, trailers and bait buckets. We have a great opportunity to do something now, in the form of education and ...

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Were you disappointed in Barack Hussein Obama’s highly touted, much anticipated jobs speech and/or the dismal display  by the Vikings?   I wasn’t....

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According to Wednesday's Dispatch, a speaker at the tea party rally stated that America does not have poverty, and as evidence of true poverty, he cited the fact that people in Kenya live near an oil pipeline in order to collect spilled oil.  No doubt the Kenyans live on fewer dollars than the ...

Yesterday (Monday), the Little Falls schools launched their iPad initiative with students. People have questioned why these students need the bells and whistles of the iPad. I have heard comments from parents the likes of — “schools just need to focus on reading and math. That worked when we wer...

In “Washington-speak”, a gaffe occurs when a politician accidentally tells  the truth.  In last weeks Republican debate, Texas Governor Rick Perry  committed a huge gaffe when he stated that the Social Security System is a  Ponzi scheme. Every politician knows this to be true...