Tea Party members and some other politicians, including Rep. Bachmann and Gov. Pawlenty, claim to be practicing Christians. I would like them to explain how this virtue relates to socio-economic justice because the Bible has hundreds of times more words on this subject than about same-sex or abortio...

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Appreciation and depreciation have more than just economic meaning.  Depreciation is the decrease in value of some asset over time and appreciation is the increase in that value.  That also applies to relationships....

Is the federal government broke, or does it have an unlimited supply of money? Where did the Department of Housing and Urban Development get the $50 million to give to Minnesota home owners? Such as Interest free, forgivable loans. People with good credit histories can still get bank loans. How many...

President Obama is now, officially, a Republican! Congrats “Tea Party” Republicans. God help public education, sick people, the poor, the environment, the disabled, the children, single parent mothers, minimum wage employees, the mentally ill, small businesses, borrowers, the elderly, black fami...

I recently lost my wife of 50 years to cancer. As I reflected back on the times we had together I couldn't help but think about what a unique partnership we had. How we had parented three children, who now are working on their own relationships and I have been told by them that they want nothing mor...

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Don’t let the Republicans tell you they’ve given Minnesota a good budget. They didn’t. The hundreds of pages which they rammed through, without public input and only an hour or two for DFL legislators to look at is a terrible deal for everyone but the wealthiest Minnesotans. Republicans will s...

After attending the Pequot Lakes musical comedy “Church Basement Ladies” on Friday, where my daughter Renee Anderson played on the piano, I was very impressed by the huge crowd in attendance and also to the cast so wonderfully performed on the stage bringing to us the blessing of laughter....

The state is, indeed, “an unreliable partner.” States can’t rely on federal money, Counties can’t rely on state money, and on down. Voters have been evenly divided between “gimmies” and “leave-me-alones,” But, our state, and the country, are no longer evenly divided. America is in a ...