Barbara

This letter is to everyone who is going to vote for Mitt Romney for president. Please, please vote for Kurt Bills for U.S. Senate and Lee Byberg for the House...

Welcome to the USA -- home of 5 percent of the world's population and 25 percent of the world's prison population! It's hard to believe but our "sweet land of...

Just writing to commend the city of Willmar for the phenomenal job in hosting the Sonshine Christian rock fest this, and every year! Even in the face of many challenges,...

Who doesn't want election integrity? That's why 80 percent of Minnesotans believe that a photo ID amendment should be added to our state's constitution, but will that guarantee integrity of...

At Reagan Airport a billboard informs "America - Home of 5% of the world's population and 25% of the world's prison population." Are we really the world's worst? Apparently, since...

I'd like to know exactly which Minnesota revenue report John Burns is referring to in his June 9 letter. The top 1 percent is actually those earning over $380,354. I...

During the confirmation hearings of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, I listened closely to their answers because I was suspicious due to their background as corporate lawyers...

In January the Supreme Court put our republic up for sale. It was done without fanfare in the case of Citizens United v. FEC. Five activist justices using two premises...

Last month I laughed at the absurdity of Sarah Palin's "death panel" and Sen. Chuck Grassle's "pulling the plug on granny." I was wrong but so were they. The death...

The GOP has launched another war of domestic terror. The first was "Be afraid, WMD! Mushroom cloud, 9/11-Iraq!" All to manipulate us into an unnecessary war! Now it's "Be afraid!...

I get angry listening to Congressional investigations like the House hearing on rescission of health insurance. Three people told their experiences. I knew about denial for pre-existing conditions; I didn't...

The Nuremberg trials following World War II represented a transformation in legal concepts. It was in June 1945 that the four victorious powers sat down to draw up the London...

About 300 people gathered at a mosque in Dayton, Ohio, to celebrate the end of Ramadan. During Ramadan the Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset so families had come for...

What a financial mess this country is in! How did we get here? Barack Obama, as usual, blames the Bush administration and conservative fiscal policies of less regulation. The truth...

Apparently we are downsizing from preemptive wars to preemptive raids. During the weekend before t1he Republican National Convention, the FBI and local police performed preemptive raids on "activists" who were...