opinion

By Froma Harrop The good things that should happen after marijuana is legalized are happening in Colorado. In November, voters in Colorado — and Washington state — legalized pot for...

FromLos Angeles Times: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 19-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen suspected of planting bombs at the Boston Marathon, was charged Monday with using a “weapon of mass destruction” against people...

WASHINGTON — Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, chairman of the Financial Services Committee, has told Richard Cordray not to bother. This is part of the recent evidence that government is getting...

One of the consequences of abandoning a standard by which right and wrong can be judged is our increasing inability to mete out punishment that fits the crime. In fact,...

As snow fades away on this warm spring weekend, it is time to consider one of the important events of the year — the NFL draft. Minnesota’s favorite team —...

The Pentagon is proposing only a 1 percent salary increase in 2014 for the troops of the United States. This proposed increase would be the lowest increase since 1963, more...

Whiteboards as school protection. I can’t let this one get by without comment. You’ve all heard the saying, “Don’t bring a knife to a gunfight!” So, we are to bring...

The Willmar City Council recently approved safety measures that make for quiet zones in two of eight railway crossings in Willmar. Some city residents and council members say the quiet...

After a decade of inconsistent policy and budget cuts, Minnesota’s local government aid may get a long needed fix under a new compromise this year. The LGA program assists cities...

Safe jobs save lives, distracted driving doesn’t. Workers Memorial Day on April 28 is a day to remember workers who have suffered, been injured or died on the job. Isn’t...

First off, I’d like to thank Harold Petersen for his excellent letter in the April 22 paper. As I read this, President Obama’s Rose Garden speech was on KWLM. I...