COLUMNS
The Bridges of Booneville, New York
Located in Oneida County in north central New York State, the Town(ship) of Boonville is one of the forgotten relicts of the b...
Posted on 12/10/12 at 11:16 AM
Stadium backers don't believe everything they read
Dont believe everything you read, especially in sports blogs and columns about government issues. That is what some Minnesota politicians say after dealing with Vikings stadium issues for months, or ...
Posted on 4/23/12 at 3:13 AM
Plagiarism in North Dakota, Minnesota
One of the biggest stories of the day is this sad tale of a 28-year journalism veteran who allegedly plagiarized most of the columns he wrote in North Dakota and Minnesota. Jon Flatland even won an a...
Posted on 3/9/12 at 12:09 PM
Column: A gimmick to cure sequester pain
WASHINGTON — How predictable was that? Sequestration starts to pinch — and pinch the middle class — so the restrictions are loosened. Why cure the disease when treating the symptom is so much easier? Why lose weight when you can let out the pants?By Ruth Marcus , April 30, 2013
Column: Fight Club on the Hill
WASHINGTON — House conservatives met Wednesday for the latest installment of their “Conversations with Conservatives” luncheon series, but they took their places on the dais without sampling the Chick-fil-A sandwiches and nuggets on offer.By Dana Milbank , April 29, 2013
Column: Don't stand there like a statue. Take a drive to Lismore
WORTHINGTON — It was Maundy Thursday morning, or Good Friday morning. The talk was of sculpture, the crucified Christ. How many statues of the crucifixion have you seen? Where was the best Christ sculpture you have seen?By Ray Crippen , April 27, 2013
Column: The terrorist next door
WASHINGTON — The bomber went to prom. OK, alleged bomber.By Ruth Marcus , April 27, 2013
Column: The fiasco of military tribunals
WASHINGTON — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev won’t be sent before a military tribunal for a technical reason: As a U.S. citizen, he isn’t eligible.By Dana Milbank , April 26, 2013
Column: WCS marks Christian Education Week
By Lori Eekhoff, Worthington Christian School , April 26, 2013
Column: Historic LGA deal will strengthen our communities
After a decade of continued cuts to Local Government Aid (LGA) that weakened communities and resulted in higher property taxes, fewer services, eroding infrastructure and laid-off police and firefighters, there is now a real and significant opportunity to reform the LGA program in a way that will bring long-lasting stability and support to communities across the state.By Bruce Ahlgren, Mayor, City of Cloquet, and President, Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities , April 25, 2013
Column: The terror of not knowing
WASHINGTON — As the manhunt for the Boston bombers reached its climactic conclusion, Americans of all hues and backgrounds heaved a sigh of relief.By Kathleen Parker , April 25, 2013
Column: A lack of appetite for this conservative
WASHINGTON — Whoever thinks there’s no such thing as a free lunch has not been to the Heritage Foundation.By Dana Milbank , April 24, 2013
Looking Back: 1963 - Ground broken for Edgerton school
A weekly look back at regional historyBy Jane Turpin Moore , April 24, 2013
Column: Tail-gunner Ted
WASHINGTON — Is there nobody who can tell Ted Cruz to shut up? The young senator from Texas has been on the job for about 100 days, but he has already turned upside down the Senate’s ancient seniority system and is dominating his senior Republican colleaguesBy Dana Milbank , April 23, 2013
Column: The governor, the soul mate and ... The End
CHARLESTON, S.C. — As the reporter said to the novelist: Why bother to make stuff up?By Kathleen Parker , April 23, 2013
Column: Fitting the Washington stereotype
WASHINGTON — The way to stay sane in this city is never to expect too much. So the soothing mantras of the capital involve admonitions about the art of the possible, the perfect and the good, the zen of baby steps.By Ruth Marcus , April 22, 2013
Column: On gun control, courage in short supply
WASHINGTON — The gun bill was going down, but Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who reached a compromise to try to save it, went to the Senate floor Wednesday morning to give it one more try.By Dana Milbank , April 22, 2013
Column: Empty at first, Worthington became town of trees
WORTHINGTON — In the beginning there were no trees. Not many, anyway. A few burr oaks along some of the lakes. Plum trees along river banks. Again and again the explorers, the pioneers, described southwest Minnesota and northwest Iowa as a treeless prairie.By Ray Crippen , April 20, 2013
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