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ST. PAUL -- Even though farm prices rebounded during 2010, the lingering effects of low livestock prices, high feed costs and a lagging economy are evident in the University of...

As a good parent, when one raises a family they want to see their children do well. Most good parents work hard in trying to make this country (America) a...

On Oct. 15, the Treasury Department reported that the nation's budget deficit in the 12 months ended Sept. 30 was $1.29 trillion. That means the government had to borrow 37...

Evil persists when good people do nothing. The health care bill is an evil that could bankrupt our country. The latest polls indicate that 60 percent of Americans would like...

History is very clear about this. America was founded as a republic. However, over the years, it has morphed into the two- (or three- or four-) party system that we...

As I was watching television the other night, a terrific ad came on showing a family who was benefiting from hospital services. Each member had received extraordinary care from the...

An excerpt from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States: From The Associated Press On the troubled City of Indebted Angels: A few short decades ago, Los Angeles seemed...

$2 trillion. That is what the Congressional Budget Office said would be added to the national debt when former President Bush pushed through his two tax cuts and Medicare Part...

In reply to Warren Crackel, you write about the Supreme Court justices and reaffirming the freedom of speech by corporations. The law that was struck down was the law that...

LITCHFIELD -- A financial audit shows the Litchfield School District is on the right path for getting out of statutory operating debt. It was around Thanksgiving Day a year ago...

In the last 40 years America has gone from the world's greatest creditor nation to the greatest debtor nation. America is bankrupt. The problem lies in Washington, D.C., on both...

LITCHFIELD -- To most school boards, approving a $331,993 budget deficit for the following school year is almost like reluctantly accepting some form of punishment. To Litchfield Public Schools, such...