The class envy crowd is really rolling these days, led by the envier-in-chief who longs for fairness in our society. Of course, those who long for fairness are allowed to define it, as they define so many other things to their advantage. The lamentations about the distribution of wealth in our socie...

Obama and the liberals want us to believe that by taxing the rich more we can fix our financial mess. Never mind that the top 1 percent of our earners now pay over 40 percent of all individual taxes collected. Never mind that the top wage earners are the only ones creating jobs in America today. The...

The Rosenmeier Center-sponsored debate on voter photo IDs, featuring  State Representatives Mary Kiffmeyer and Steve Simon left unanswered questions and prompts one to research this topic.   Does a 10-minute video tell the real facts about Voter Photo IDs? No. The League of Women Voters Mi...

  Recently, Rep. Ward expressed criticism of my work at the state Capitol, claiming the majority caucus budget bills include all cuts and hidden fees.  I’m disappointed to hear this. It tells me — more importantly, it tells you — he hasn’t read our proposals. Instead, Rep. Ward pre...

President Obama is asking high-income earners (including himself) to pay a little more taxes to help reduce our nation’s deficit. When taxes collected are at a 60-year low this idea doesn’t seem unreasonable, but it is vigorously opposed by the president’s opponents.   Just how would lett...

Today as I sit at my desk overlooking the lake, there is a blue line of open water coming from the other side. Nothing heralds the coming of the summer months more than the ice off the lake. That dirty grungy ice is being absorbed as we speak and in its place comes the clear, icy blue water, that ha...

In the Dispatch “Open Forum” of April 13. I feel I must respond to Rep. John Ward’s ranting on budgets. Somehow he apparently thinks state spending is free and it would be a travesty to increase property taxes. The readers should be aware that we pay taxes for state spending as well for proper...

Voter ID is one of the issues receiving discussion during the current legislative session and was the subject of a meeting at Central Lakes College, as reported in the April 14 Brainerd Dispatch. A question which I asked the legislators representing Crow Wing County, and was also not mentioned in th...

After hearing about the growth in the Pillager School District, the proposed building project is clearly needed. It is refreshing to see a building plan that serves the needs of students and is attractive, but doesn’t have costly extras. Thanks for planning for the future of Pillager students....

The world’s largest recession continued: In 2001 investment banks lost $5 trillion dollars when their bubble burst and Internet stock fell because they promoted stock in companies they new would fail.  This information comes from the documentary “Inside Job.”...