Really? I continue to be astonished at the notion that restoring a 2 percent tax on incomes of more than $250,000  to balance to our state’s budget, is somehow “punishing the rich.” We were taught, and still teach our children from the earliest stages of their lives, to “share” with o...

I went skateboarding today at the Jaycees Skate park while there were baseball games going on. But the park was full of unattended little kids using the ramps as slides.  Is it going to take a kid getting hit by a flying  skateboard for parents to realize that it's not a playground? Seriou...

A 17-year-old boy was arrested for bringing a gun to his high school in St. Paul. There would be fewer school shootings if those students, who had passed a police training course, where allowed to concealed carry to class.If Minnesota can’t balance its budget, where did the DNR get $7,750 to grant...

The governor and Legislature now need a special session to pass a budget.We taxpayers will pay thousands extra for each day of that session: up to$16,080/day in per diem ($86/day for Senators; $77/day for House members); weekly round trip mileage at $.51 for legislators living over 50 miles away; po...

Both my wife and I have had some trying times the last few months as she deals with cancer, but that’s not what I am writing about. From the time she was first diagnosed there seemed to be a noticeable change in our friends and acquaintances. Don’t get me wrong they were always caring people but...

I’ve read a lot of letters in this column recently from people who are happy about gay marriage being put on the 2012 ballot. Even some of my own friends think this is a sensible idea — just let the voters decide.  What’s wrong with that? So for anyone out there who doesn’t understand; ...

Abortion is unjust because it denies the baby its right to life. Patrick Borden Brainerd...

Hope makes $9.50 per hour and works 40 hours per week. Her gross income is $1,520 per month. Hope has two children, one in school and one who needs daycare. These are her expenses: $540 rent/house payment; $100 weekly daycare; $65 mandatory car insurance; $100 weekly budget food and luxuries like Ta...

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